Stephen Ward wrote:
You need to install a newer version of the Nvidia driver. Nvidia kernel
1.0.6629 doesn't work with the 2.6.13 kernel. To use a newer version
you can type:
echo "media-video/nvidia-kernel" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
You also need the unstable version of nvidia-glx, and you might as well
get the latest nvidia-settings as well:
cat >> /etc/portage/package.keywords << EOF
media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86
media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86
media-video/nvidia-settings ~x86
EOF
I've always run with the unstable version with no problems (except the
annoyance of lacking source code.)
You will be able to then install a newer version that will work with the
2.6.13 kernel.
I must say, I was very excited to try this out. I updated
/etc/portage/package.keywords just as you said and was able to install
nvidia-kernel-1.0.7676-r1.
Unfortunately, I still get the same results. No X server and "(EE)
NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!" in my log
file.
I have seriously bad luck with nvidia. Maybe I would be better off
with a new motherboard (my nvidia chip is integrated). :(
Any other ideas?
Load the nvidia module at boot:
# echo 'nvidia' >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
Then either reboot or 'rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia'.
Make sure you have the right /dev entries, which udev should create when
you load the nvidia module:
# ls -l /dev/nvidia*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 Oct 19 21:37 /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Oct 19 21:37 /dev/nvidiactl
(Ugh, world writeable? What are they thinking? There's probably a
security hole lurking there.)
Shane
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