Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread zhen
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
> hi,
> 
> are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to
> the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide?
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
> 
> kind regards,
> der Max
> 

Thank you for the reference! I've read the guide and now my combination
(nvidia 5200 + kernel-2.6.27-r8 + nvidia-drivers-173.14.15) is working fine.

Best regards,
Evgeniy B.



Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
> hi,
>
> are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to
> the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide?
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
>
> kind regards,
> der Max
>
>   

I double checked my config with the guide and it appears everything is
correct.  Just in case there is a change that I don't see, here is the
current error message from the start:

r...@smoker /usr/src/linux # emerge nvidia-drivers
Calculating dependencies... done!

>>> Verifying ebuild manifests

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09
 * NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0.run RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-)
...   [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-)
... 
   
[ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-)
... 
  
[ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-)
... 
 
[ ok ]
 * 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
... 

[ ok ]
 * Checking for Paravirtualized guest support ...
>>> Unpacking source...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
173.14.09
 * Applying NVIDIA_glx-defines.patch
... 
[ ok ]
 * Applying NVIDIA_glx-glheader.patch
...
[ ok ]
 * Applying NVIDIA_i2c-hwmon.patch
... 
  
[ ok ]
 * Converting NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0/usr/src/nv/Makefile.kbuild
to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...[ ok ]
>>> Source unpacked in
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work
>>> Compiling source in
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0
...
 * Preparing nvidia module
make -j3 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 are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***

make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1
 *
 * 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-173.14.09:20090401-120715.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/temp/environment'.
 *

>>> Failed to emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09, Lo

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread KH
Maximilian Bräutigam schrieb:
> hi,
>
> are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to
> the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide?
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
>
> kind regards,
> der Max
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 01.04.2009, 05:34 -0500 schrieb Dale:
>   
>> Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
>> 
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>   
[snip]

Hi,

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Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread KH
zhen schrieb:
> Hi,
> 5200 is also my card and I have recently tested it with latest nvidia
> driver - it doesn't work with latest stable kernel 2.6.27-r8. I've had
> to roll back to my old nv driver.
>
> Best regards,
> Evgeniy B.
>
> Dale wrote:
>   
>> 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
[snip]

Hi,

Q: Why is top-posting evil?
A: .backwards read don't humans because





Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
> hi,
>
> are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to
> the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide?
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
>
> kind regards,
> der Max
>
>   

Well, I copied my old config over and ran make oldconfig.  I did try to
boot it earlier and it does a kernel panic so something is not right
somewhere.  I'll check through the link you posted and reconfigure my
kernel and see what happens.

Thanks for the link.  Will check in later.  It seems there are more
issues than just nvidia. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 



Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
hi,

are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to
the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide?

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml

kind regards,
der Max

Am Mittwoch, den 01.04.2009, 05:34 -0500 schrieb Dale:
> Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >   
> 
> OK.  This error looks different:
> 
> r...@smoker / # emerge nvidia-drivers
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> 
> >>> Verifying ebuild manifests
> 
> >>> Emerging (1 of 1) x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09
>  * NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0.run RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-)
> ...   [ ok ]
>  * checking ebuild checksums ;-)
> ...   
>  
> [ ok ]
>  * checking auxfile checksums ;-)
> ...   
> 
> [ ok ]
>  * checking miscfile checksums ;-)
> ...   
>
> [ ok ]
>  * 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
> ...   
>   
> [ ok ]
>  * Checking for Paravirtualized guest support ...
> >>> Unpacking source...
> Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0
> Verifying archive integrity... OK
> Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
> 173.14.09
>  * Applying NVIDIA_glx-defines.patch
> ...   
>   
> [ ok ]
>  * Applying NVIDIA_glx-glheader.patch
> ...   
>  
> [ ok ]
>  * Applying NVIDIA_i2c-hwmon.patch
> ...   
> 
> [ ok ]
>  * Converting NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0/usr/src/nv/Makefile.kbuild
> to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...[ ok ]
> >>> Source unpacked in
> /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work
> >>> Compiling source in
> /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0
> ...
>  * Preparing nvidia module
> make -j3 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 are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
> you either have configured kernel sources matching your
> kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
> on your system.
> 
> If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
> you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
> installed on your system. If you specified a separate
> output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
> the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
> directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
> the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
> 
> Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
> kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
> their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
> the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
> 
> *** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***
> 
> make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1
>  *
>  * 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
>  *
>  * 

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
> 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
>
>   

OK.  This error looks different:

r...@smoker / # emerge nvidia-drivers
Calculating dependencies... done!

>>> Verifying ebuild manifests

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09
 * NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0.run RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-)
...   [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-)
... 
   
[ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-)
... 
  
[ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-)
... 
 
[ ok ]
 * 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
... 

[ ok ]
 * Checking for Paravirtualized guest support ...
>>> Unpacking source...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
173.14.09
 * Applying NVIDIA_glx-defines.patch
... 
[ ok ]
 * Applying NVIDIA_glx-glheader.patch
...
[ ok ]
 * Applying NVIDIA_i2c-hwmon.patch
... 
  
[ ok ]
 * Converting NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0/usr/src/nv/Makefile.kbuild
to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...[ ok ]
>>> Source unpacked in
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work
>>> Compiling source in
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0
...
 * Preparing nvidia module
make -j3 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 are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***

make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1
 *
 * 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-173.14.09:20090401-103106.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/temp/environment'.
 *

>>> Failed to emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09, Log file:

>>> 
'/var/log/portage/elog/x11-drivers:nvidia-drivers-173.14.09:20090401-103

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread zhen
Hi,
5200 is also my card and I have recently tested it with latest nvidia
driver - it doesn't work with latest stable kernel 2.6.27-r8. I've had
to roll back to my old nv driver.

Best regards,
Evgeniy B.

Dale wrote:
> 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
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 




Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
zhen wrote:
> Hi,
> 5200 is also my card and I have recently tested it with latest nvidia
> driver - it doesn't work with latest stable kernel 2.6.27-r8. I've had
> to roll back to my old nv driver.
>
> Best regards,
> Evgeniy B.
>
>   

Do you, or anyone, know if this is a kernel thing or is this a nvidia
driver thing?  Something is amiss somewhere.  While I am stable using
this old kernel and I don't mind using the old driver with a new kernel,
I would like to keep my kernel up to date.  We have storms coming
through in the next few days and I will be rebooting a good bit anyway
so I would like to get this upgrade done.  I just don't know where the
problem lies, kernel on nvidia driver.

Any thoughts?

Dale

:-)  :-) 



Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread zhen
Dale wrote:
> zhen wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 5200 is also my card and I have recently tested it with latest nvidia
>> driver - it doesn't work with latest stable kernel 2.6.27-r8. I've had
>> to roll back to my old nv driver.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Evgeniy B.
>>
>>   
> 
> Do you, or anyone, know if this is a kernel thing or is this a nvidia
> driver thing?  Something is amiss somewhere.  While I am stable using
> this old kernel and I don't mind using the old driver with a new kernel,
> I would like to keep my kernel up to date.  We have storms coming
> through in the next few days and I will be rebooting a good bit anyway
> so I would like to get this upgrade done.  I just don't know where the
> problem lies, kernel on nvidia driver.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 
Hmm, honestly I don't now. As I remember I've got a message saying my
card was old and emerge has tried to roll back (after that I've had to
relink some openGl references by hand). I've thought: 5200 was a card
not powerful enough so why I would bother about particular driver
whether it was nvidia or nv? :)

Best regards,
Evgeniy B.



Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-03-31 Thread Dale
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
> 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
>
>   

I was hoping to jump up to the latest kernel but I did make a note of
this just in case.  I suspect that something is just wrong or I have a
wrong version of something and there is a conflict or hopefully
something simple I missed.

Thanks for the idea.  Will keep that in mind.

Dale

:-)  :-)



Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-03-31 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
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
max-br...@gmx.de
www.chemie.uni-jena.de/jcf