On January 10, 2017 10:01:12 AM GMT+01:00, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: >170109 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 01/09/2017 10:09 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >>> I had a previous thread re Kernel 4.9.0 + Nvidia 375.26 (now >stable). >>> I tried recompiling that kernel with DRM disabled, >>> & remerged Nvidia 375.26 , but X won't start. >> The nvidia driver isn't "automatic". It's not used by X.Org by >default. >> X.Org only uses its own drivers by default. >> For the nvidia driver, you need a conf file. >> Something like this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia.conf: >> http://pastebin.com/raw/0y3NMndp > >I didn't need this with earlier versions of Nvidia-drivers, >but I've copied your template & am willing to give it a try. >It looks as if there are several lines which wouldn't fit my machine. > >> The nvidia driver has a tool to help with this too, >> it's called `nvidia-xconfig`. > >It doesn't seem to be available on my machine : > > root:515 xorg.conf.d> which nvidia-xconfig >which: no nvidia-xconfig in >(/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin::/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:) > root:517 xorg.conf.d> nvidia-xconfig > bash: nvidia-xconfig: command not found > >Thanks to the others who replied. One asked for USE flags : here they >are : > > root:518 xorg.conf.d> eix nvidia-drivers > ... >Installed versions: 361.28^msd{tbz2}([2017-01-09 02:41:57])(X driver >gtk3 kms -acpi -multilib -pax_kernel -static-libs -tools -uvm >KERNEL="linux -FreeBSD") > >Those are for the version which works & which I've had to restore, >but I didn't change them for 375.26 . > >Further suggestions are very welcome.
Add the "tools" USE flag to get nvidiasettings and similar. Am going to try a later version of drivers and kernel myself later. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
