On 01/07/11 09:51, KIM WHALEN wrote: > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> On Thursday 06 January 2011 20:10:15 KIM WHALEN wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 3:02 PM, walt wrote: >>>> On 01/06/2011 10:43 AM, KIM WHALEN wrote: >>>>> Sorry, I did >>>>> # echo ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.0.0" >> >>>>> /etc/portage/package.mask >>>>> first >>>> >>>> Good, you're now trying to install the correct version. >>>> >>>>> then tried it again and got the following error. >>>>> >>>>> Your kernel was configured to include nvidiafb support! >>>>> >>>>> The nvidiafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver, please >>>>> reconfigure your kernel and *disable* nvidiafb support, then >>>>> try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again. >>>> >>>> Looks like you haven't done that yet, right? >>> >>> Haven't got it installed yet. Should I just buy a new nVidia card? I >>> really wouldn't mind, I just don't want to get a new one if I'm >>> going to >>> have the same problems. Thanks. >> >> could you please use an email client that does not butcher threading? >> >> And a new card does not help you if you don't set up your kernel >> correctly. > > I made the kernel with the nvidia driver as a module and the "emerge > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" worked. However, running Xorg -configure > still fails. > > . . . and I would love to use and email client that doesn't butcher > threading, but I can't until I get this problem fixed. I have to do a > remote login from a machine at work and use optonline's webbased > client. Sorry. > But the warning message specifically says to *disable* that support, not just make it a module. From what I remember, you can't have *any* support for framebuffer in your kernel config.
Also, if you're getting to a new step, can you include the output from "Xorg -configure"? Jake Moe
