I was able to install nvidia-drivers while running gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r4 using the ebuild posted here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=246425
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Mansour Al Akeel <mansour.alak...@gmail.com> posted > 49433267.1090...@gmail.com, excerpted below, on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:56:23 > -0400: > > > In file included from > > /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work/NVIDIA-Linux- > x86_64-173.14.09-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14: > > /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work/NVIDIA-Linux- > x86_64-173.14.09-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:107:27: > > error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory > > The arch-x86 (including 64-bit) header files were reorganized in kernel > 2.6.27, and as that says, asm/semaphore.h (or more like asm-x86/ > semaphore.h) no longer exists in .27. I won't install proprietaryware so > no nvidia for me and no direct experience with it to help you with, but > it's likely nVidia hasn't updated to take account of that yet (or if so > it'd probably be with the newest drivers, which may not even be in > portage yet let alone stable). > > You did mention switching your running kernel back to 2.6.26.x, which > should work, but did you switch your kernel symlink back to it as well? > If not, it's probably still pointing at the 2.6.27.x kernel, thus you'd > still be getting the error. > > -- > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman > > >
