Jesús Guerrero wrote: > On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:38:37 -0500 > Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Jesús Guerrero wrote: >>> On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:57:53 -0500 >>> Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello >>>> 'API mismatch. This nvidia component has version 100.14.09, but the >>>> nvidia's kernel modules version does not match' >>>> >>> This is not relate to nvidia. It would have happened the same with your ATI >>> board. >>> >>> This means that the kernel modules version and the X driver versions do not >>> match. This can have an easy explanation: probably your /usr/src/linux >>> symlink is not pointing to the correct directory, so, the module was >>> compile for any other kernel. And your current kernel is still using the >>> old piece, while Xorg is using the new one. >> I'm not stupid - ls -al linux points to linux-2.6.21-gentoo-r4 the >> latest version of gentoo-sources installed and this is what is compiled >> on my laptop. I rebooted after compiling the kernel and reinstalled the >> nvidia driver. I followed the nvidia How To to the letter. And I still >> get the same message. > > Sorry to have irritated you. I have no way to know what your level in > these matters is. If I start on basic things is because most of the times > it is something basic which causes the problem, and because I don't like > to start the house from the roof. > > I know you might be bored and tired of trying and failing, that is not a > reason to react like that. I am just trying to help. To be hard to the > helper is a way not to get any more help in the future. > > That said, I would double check another basic thing: check the compilation > date on uname -a. I have seen too much times this errors cause of one basic > thing: people compile one kernel but install it without mounting /boot. > There is not need to be stupid for that to happen. It happens from time to > time to users with more than a decade of experience in *nix clones. > Sorry if that is too basic, but it is better to make sure. > >> I've done all this and as I stated, the previous version of >> nvidia-drivers that was installed before I upgraded worked fine. And as >> previously stated, I just recompiled the kernel today, so it was *not* >> compiled with a different version of gcc. >> >> And I still think nvidia cards are crap! > > Believe it or not. Version mismatch between a kernel and a module, has nothing > to do with the manufacturer of the card or the driver, but with the gcc/glibc > stuff used to compile both, and the version of the modules in both sides. This > is true for every module that is built outside the kernel tree. Nvidia is not > something special, and the ati thingy is not special either. > > Luck with that, and be patient. There is no other option.
I am frustrated with the situation and your response reiterated some things that I thought I had explained, but no matter. I have tried a few things since ... I've only had the laptop since Apr. This was the first time I updated nvidia-drivers. I checked to see what upgrades to gcc had been done and the only one that had been done was minor. I started out with gcc-4.1 and the upgrade was to 4.1-r3. Hence, I doubt that that's the problem since I had nvidia-drivers working before. On a lark, I'm going back to an earlier kernel version - to 2.6.20-r7 and will recompile nvidia-drivers to see if that works. And I still don't like nvidia. I've had more frustrations with this (the first time I have ever used nvidia and wouldn't have, but I didn't have a choice when I ordered the laptop) than I ever had with ati. I *did* encounter a few wrinkles the first time I installed my radeon card on the desktop that I built, but I was pretty new to Gentoo. However, after getting the initial wrinkles ironed out, it was smooth sailing after that. That's why this situation frustrates me so much. I got over the initial hurdle of getting the nvidia card configured when I first got the laptop and one would think that after that, an upgrade shouldn't be rocket science. Anyway, I apologize for jumping all over you. I know you were just trying to help and this list is and always has been a great and patient source of help when I need it. Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
