On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 17:58 -0800, Bob Young wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Corbin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 3:21 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.14 & Nvidia > > On Sunday 06 November 2005 11:13 pm, Norberto Bensa wrote: > > Philip Webb wrote: > > > Has anyone got Nvidia to work with Kernel 2.6.14 ? > > > > Yup. In /etc/conf.d/local.start > > > > /sbin/NVmakedevices.sh > > > > or > > > > mknod /dev/nvidia0 c 195 0 > > mknod /dev/nvidiactl c 195 255 > > > This doesn't work for me. If I have the nvidia FB compiled in, then nvidia > module fails to load long before local.start seems to be called. > > > You can't have the nv driver providing the console frame buffer, then load > the nvidia driver. If you do that, you have two different modules laying > claim to control of the video hardware, thus causing the second one to fail > to load.. If you want support for different video modes and boot splash etc, > use the vesafb, then your nvidia driver should load. > Bob Young
This link may be relevant: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104369 mlangc -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
