Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 9:18 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > <SNIP> > > > > My first kernel, emerge prechecks warned that it wasn't and might or > might not work. So, I went back to a version that it claims is > supported. I have to say tho, the nvidia site wasn't very helpful. > The messages when emerging nvidia-drivers was a lot more help. That > said, it does load the drivers. They are listed with lsmod. Given > the kernel is on my main rig, it's harder to test since I don't reboot > often. At some point, I may start a thread about it if a update or > something doesn't fix it. After all, current kernel is working just > fine. > > > > I just thought it worthwhile to follow this problem since it might > help or give clues on things to look into. Might be related, might not. > > > Hi Dale, > > So assuming I understand your situation, you built nvidia-drivers to > work with > 6.1.55 - but got no GUI. The build told you it might not work and it > didn't. > > You went back to an earlier kernel and it does work. > > I don't think you shared what NVidia card is in this machine, and > I don't think you shared what version of NVidia drivers worked > with the old kernel and what version didn't work with the new kernel? > > - Mark
Actually, I went to the latest version in the tree, 6.5, and got the message it likely won't work. I went back to a version the message said should work, 6.1. It still doesn't work. It may be the driver, it may not be. I could have left something new out in the kernel that it needs but I didn't know it. It could be any number of things. At some point when I got time to mess with it, I'm going to boot into the kernel that doesn't work and save the log files, sddm, Xorg etc. Then maybe it will have a clue as to the problem. Until then I just want to sort of follow this to see if it might help with my problem. If not, oh well. Dale :-) :-) P. S. My pack of drives arrived early. Running SMART test on them now. :-D
