Hi Dale,
currently I am runnning nvidia-drivers-173.14.15 for my FX-5600 and
kernel version x86_64-2.6.27-gentoo-r8.
I don't know, if the driver 173.14.15 works for you, but if it does,
than kernel 2.6.27 might me a solution.
kind regards,
der Max
Am Mittwoch, den 01.04.2009, 00:15 -0500 schrieb Dale:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade to the newer kernel, namely
> gentoo-sources-2.6.29. It seems the drivers won't build against that
> kernel or the drivers that do build won't let X come up. How do I find
> out what drivers are compatible with what kernels and my old card?
> Currently, I am using nvidia-drivers-173.14.09 with
> gentoo-sources-2.6.23-gentoo-r8 which are quite old. From my google
> search it seems that is the last version that works with the old video card.
>
> The drivers I am currently using works fine for me with my old kernel.
> It just doesn't build against the newer kernel or it fails to let the
> GUI come up. Any magic tricks? Anybody with a 2.6.29 kernel and a
> FX-5200 card care to share what version of drivers they are using? ;-)
>
> I think this is the error log for trying to build the current video
> drivers against the newer kernel:
>
> > INFO: setup
> > Determining the location of the kernel source code
> > Found kernel source directory:
> > /usr/src/linux
> > Found sources for kernel version:
> > 2.6.29-gentoo
> > Checking for MTRR support ...
> > Checking for Paravirtualized guest support ...
> >
> > INFO: unpack
> > Applying NVIDIA_glx-defines.patch ...
> > Applying NVIDIA_glx-glheader.patch ...
> > Applying NVIDIA_i2c-hwmon.patch ...
> > Converting NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0/usr/src/nv/Makefile.kbuild
> > to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...
> >
> > INFO: compile
> > Preparing nvidia module
> >
> > ERROR: compile
> >
> > ERROR: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09 failed.
> > Call stack:
> > ebuild.sh, line 48: Called src_compile
> > environment, line 3695: Called linux-mod_src_compile
> > environment, line 2711: Called die
> > The specific snippet of code:
> > eval "emake HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"
> > CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}-
> > LDFLAGS="$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)" ${BUILD_FIXES}
> > ${BUILD_PARAMS}
> > ${BUILD_TARGETS} " || die "Unable to emake HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"
> > CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- LDFLAGS="$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)" ${BUILD_FIXES}
> > ${BUILD_PARAMS} ${BUILD_TARGETS}";
> > The die message:
> > Unable to emake HOSTCC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
> > CROSS_COMPILE=i686-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS= IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes V=1
> > SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux SYSOUT=/usr/src/linux
> > HOST_CC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc clean module
> >
> > If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack
> > if relevant.
> > A complete build log is located at
> > '/var/log/portage/elog/x11-drivers:nvidia-drivers-173.14.09:20090331-205939.log'.
> > The ebuild environment file is located at
> > '/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/temp/environment'.
> >
> >
>
> I just want to have my GUI and a newer kernel please. :-)
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
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Maximilian Bräutigam
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www.chemie.uni-jena.de/jcf
