On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Adam Carter <adamcart...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux link? IIRC the > > module is built to suit whatever kernel that is pointing to. If > > its not set correctly you'll need to re-emerge nvidia-drivers. > > linux is pointing correctly and it was after I emerged the > nvidia-drivers that I got the invalid argument.
You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in advance. On this ~amd64 multilib box, 260.19.29 has run trouble-free with gentoo- sources 2.6.36-r5, 2.6.36-r6 and 2.6.37. Perhaps your -multilib USE flag is causing trouble. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
