Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
Yup, that's the problem - why I don't know either and searching didn't turn up any answers other than "it's broke". I used the script to create them and it worked. On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Bob Sanders wrote: On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 8:57:59 -0400 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On a new system I built I had to recreate the /dev/nv* items. The problem is udev is not creating the device nodes like it should. Neither 0.68, nor 0.70. Why? Don't know. I took NVmakedevices.sh from an older nvidia-kernel (downgraded as part of my troubleshooting the issue), saved it in /root, upgraded - 1.0.7676 removes it and doesn't have it in the ebuild, and added to /etc/conf.d/local.start. Bob -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 8:57:59 -0400 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a new system I built I had to recreate the /dev/nv* items. The problem is udev is not creating the device nodes like it should. Neither 0.68, nor 0.70. Why? Don't know. I took NVmakedevices.sh from an older nvidia-kernel (downgraded as part of my troubleshooting the issue), saved it in /root, upgraded - 1.0.7676 removes it and doesn't have it in the ebuild, and added to /etc/conf.d/local.start. Bob -- - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On a new system I built I had to recreate the /dev/nv* items. First of all, top posting sucks. Secondly, you want the keyworded nvidia-kernel. - -- [Name ] :: [Matan I. Peled] [Location ] :: [Israel] [Public Key] :: [0xD6F42CA5] [Keyserver ] :: [keyserver.kjsl.com] encrypted/signed plain text preferred -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDTROtA7Qvptb0LKURAoHmAJ9GJdKZLm+9A7MMVHXR69avAnAyKQCeM0pI rsz+sBHlMctibpKADK08TuA= =2K1z -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
On a new system I built I had to recreate the /dev/nv* items. > > From: Alexander Puchmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/12 Wed AM 03:11:08 EDT > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia > > Am Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2005 13:51 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Reemerge nvidia - it's one of the modules that when you rebuild the > > kernel you have to redo them. > > > > Doesn't work, sorry. Any other suggestion? > > Thanks > Alex > > > > > > From: Alexander Puchmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 2005/10/11 Tue AM 03:29:52 EDT > > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > > Subject: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > After upgrading the system and hence switching to kernel 2.6.13 and > > > udev, my nvidia device nodes are no longer available and I did not find > > > any way to create them automatically by udev. > > > > > > According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml, I have > > > * nvidia listed in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and verified > > > that it is loaded. > > > * media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 is installed > > > * sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.13-r1 is installed > > > > > > Additionally, I installed the coldplug package. > > > > > > grep nvidia /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules > > > KERNEL=="nvidia*", NAME="%k", GROUP="video" > > > > > > Why is there no /dev/nvidia[0-7] and nvidiactl ? > > > What did I forget? > > > > > > Thanks for suggestions and greetings > > > Alex > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Hi! > > After upgrading the system and hence switching to kernel 2.6.13 and udev, my > nvidia device nodes are no longer available and I did not find any way to > create them automatically by udev. > > According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml, I have > * nvidia listed in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and verified that it > is loaded. > * media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 is installed > * sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.13-r1 is installed > > Additionally, I installed the coldplug package. > > grep nvidia /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules > KERNEL=="nvidia*", NAME="%k", GROUP="video" > > Why is there no /dev/nvidia[0-7] and nvidiactl ? > What did I forget? > > Thanks for suggestions and greetings > Alex Doing this should resolve the problem: (Note that # designates a root shell...) # [ -z /etc/portage/ ] && mkdir /etc/portage # echo media-video/nvidia-kernel >> /etc/portage/package.keywords # emerge nvidia-kernel # reboot Instead of rebooting in the last line, you could also quit X and do: # modprobe -r nvidia && modprobe nvidia - -- [Name ] :: [Matan I. Peled] [Location ] :: [Israel] [Public Key] :: [0xD6F42CA5] [Keyserver ] :: [keyserver.kjsl.com] encrypted/signed plain text preferred -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDTO+LA7Qvptb0LKURAtUEAJ9dvUKVZEub9plZb3Z01NqL3s7AMACgiiqT 9YtV7FWFFfXLhpReLL/Oo08= =OQuU -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:39:33 +0200, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > I did this after installing the new kernel, and I re-emerged it again > just to make sure, but it didn't help. Still, I don't have /dev/nvidia* > created by udev, I have to create them by myself. I think this is because you're using an old version of the nVidia driver, which isn't udev-friendly. -- Neil Bothwick Macro: (n.) a series of keystrokes used to simulate a missing but essential command. pgpE4BctiwD8t.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
Am Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2005 13:51 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Reemerge nvidia - it's one of the modules that when you rebuild the > kernel you have to redo them. > Doesn't work, sorry. Any other suggestion? Thanks Alex > > From: Alexander Puchmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/10/11 Tue AM 03:29:52 EDT > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia > > > > Hi! > > > > After upgrading the system and hence switching to kernel 2.6.13 and > > udev, my nvidia device nodes are no longer available and I did not find > > any way to create them automatically by udev. > > > > According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml, I have > > * nvidia listed in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and verified > > that it is loaded. > > * media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 is installed > > * sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.13-r1 is installed > > > > Additionally, I installed the coldplug package. > > > > grep nvidia /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules > > KERNEL=="nvidia*", NAME="%k", GROUP="video" > > > > Why is there no /dev/nvidia[0-7] and nvidiactl ? > > What did I forget? > > > > Thanks for suggestions and greetings > > Alex > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
Am Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2005 09:58 schrieb Drew Tomlinson: > Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > >Hi! > > > >After upgrading the system and hence switching to kernel 2.6.13 and > > udev, my nvidia device nodes are no longer available and I did not find > > any way to create them automatically by udev. > > > >According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml, I have > >* nvidia listed in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and verified that > > it is loaded. > >* media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 is installed > >* sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.13-r1 is installed > > > >Additionally, I installed the coldplug package. > > > >grep nvidia /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules > >KERNEL=="nvidia*", NAME="%k", GROUP="video" > > > >Why is there no /dev/nvidia[0-7] and nvidiactl ? > >What did I forget? > > > >Thanks for suggestions and greetings > > Alex > > I recall reading somewhere that because of the binary nature of the > nvidia driver, you have to re-emerge it after building a new kernel. > Seems like it was on a gentoo.org page about the nvidia driver. > I did this after installing the new kernel, and I re-emerged it again just to make sure, but it didn't help. Still, I don't have /dev/nvidia* created by udev, I have to create them by myself. Greetings, Alex -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
Reemerge nvidia - it's one of the modules that when you rebuild the kernel you have to redo them. > > From: Alexander Puchmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/11 Tue AM 03:29:52 EDT > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia > > Hi! > > After upgrading the system and hence switching to kernel 2.6.13 and udev, my > nvidia device nodes are no longer available and I did not find any way to > create them automatically by udev. > > According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml, I have > * nvidia listed in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and verified that it > is loaded. > * media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 is installed > * sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.13-r1 is installed > > Additionally, I installed the coldplug package. > > grep nvidia /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules > KERNEL=="nvidia*", NAME="%k", GROUP="video" > > Why is there no /dev/nvidia[0-7] and nvidiactl ? > What did I forget? > > Thanks for suggestions and greetings > Alex > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
Alexander Puchmayr wrote: Hi! After upgrading the system and hence switching to kernel 2.6.13 and udev, my nvidia device nodes are no longer available and I did not find any way to create them automatically by udev. According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml, I have * nvidia listed in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and verified that it is loaded. * media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 is installed * sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.13-r1 is installed Additionally, I installed the coldplug package. grep nvidia /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules KERNEL=="nvidia*", NAME="%k", GROUP="video" Why is there no /dev/nvidia[0-7] and nvidiactl ? What did I forget? Thanks for suggestions and greetings Alex I recall reading somewhere that because of the binary nature of the nvidia driver, you have to re-emerge it after building a new kernel. Seems like it was on a gentoo.org page about the nvidia driver. HTH, Drew -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] udev and nvidia
Hi! After upgrading the system and hence switching to kernel 2.6.13 and udev, my nvidia device nodes are no longer available and I did not find any way to create them automatically by udev. According to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml, I have * nvidia listed in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and verified that it is loaded. * media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4 is installed * sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.13-r1 is installed Additionally, I installed the coldplug package. grep nvidia /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules KERNEL=="nvidia*", NAME="%k", GROUP="video" Why is there no /dev/nvidia[0-7] and nvidiactl ? What did I forget? Thanks for suggestions and greetings Alex -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
