Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 01:47 on Wednesday 26 January 2011, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > > [1] old age this end = fuzzy memory = get names mixed up sometimes > > Eh? I thought you were just a young whipper-snapper. And no, you can't > have any fuzzy memory - it's all taken. You t

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 25 January 2011 22:43:17 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 19:33 on Tuesday 25 January 2011, > Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 17:05:41 Bill Longman wrote: > > > You can *always* compile any package against your choice of > > > kernel.

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 19:33 on Tuesday 25 January 2011, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 17:05:41 Bill Longman wrote: > > You can *always* compile any package against your choice of kernel. > > Just use "KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/mykerneldir emerge package". It >

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 25 January 2011 17:05:41 Bill Longman wrote: > You can *always* compile any package against your choice of kernel. > Just use "KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/mykerneldir emerge package". It > doesn't have to be the running kernel or the current kernel. We've been through this once. -- Rgds Pete

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-25 Thread Bill Longman
On 01/16/2011 01:18 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: >> Adam Carter 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'

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 16 January 2011 15:32:03 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Logic tells me you likely have something dodgy local to your machine > as you are the only one so this would be a good point to post the > error output you get. As I said to Dale, I'll check at the next upgrade. Thanks anyway. -- Rgds Pe

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 17 January 2011 02:28:57 Dale wrote: > Peter, you got something weird going on with your system? Maybe I have, or did have at one time. I'll try it again at the next update. Thanks for the info. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread covici
Dale wrote: > cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Dale wrote: > > > > > >> Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> > >>> On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make > oldconfig/menuconfig w

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Dale
cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't i

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread covici
Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: > > > > > >> The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make > >> oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. > >> > > In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .con

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, com

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, compil

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:18 on Sunday 16 January 2011, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:54:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > That's nonsense. > > It is not. It has not been a problem for me, not once, in 4 years at least, both on x86 and amd64. Other posters

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:54:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: > That's nonsense. It is not. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: > The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make > oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:06:30 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > 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 versi

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 11:18 on Sunday 16 January 2011, Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: > On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Adam Carter wrote: > > > Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux link? IIRC the > > > module is built to suit whatever ke

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Adam Carter
> > I am using x86 rather than 64 and I did emerge it after rebooting to the > new kernel, but I got invalid argument when issuing the modprobe > command. > > Can you cut/paste the command and output? and also the command "modinfo nvidia" and its output?

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread covici
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Adam Carter 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-e

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Adam Carter
> > >> >> > > I have compiled a kernel for 2.6.37 but I have not booted it yet. I'll set > the link to the new kernel, emerge nvidia and see what happens when I boot > the new kernel. > > In the past, I was on x86 on my old rig. Maybe it is the arch that affects > something. I'm not sure but wil

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 10:48:45 Dale wrote: Peter Humphrey wrote: 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 emerg

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 16 January 2011 10:48:45 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Adam Carter 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

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Adam Carter 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 i

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:56 PM, wrote: > > Here is my nvidia drivers version: > Installed versions:  260.19.29!s(09:14:27 PM 01/15/2011)(acpi gtk > kernel_linux -custom-cflags -multilib) > > I am using gentoo-x86 and the card is 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: > nVidia Corporation G86 [GeFor

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-15 Thread covici
Adam Carter wrote: > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM, wrote: > > > Hi. I am trying to use my unstable gentoo on kernel 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 > > and when I emerge nvidia-drivers, I get invalid argument when I try to > > modprobe the module. > > > > Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux li

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-15 Thread Adam Carter
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM, wrote: > Hi. I am trying to use my unstable gentoo on kernel 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 > and when I emerge nvidia-drivers, I get invalid argument when I try to > modprobe the module. > Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux link? IIRC the module is built to suit

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-15 Thread covici
Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:34 PM, wrote: > > Hi.  I am trying to use my unstable gentoo on kernel 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 > > and when I emerge nvidia-drivers, I get invalid argument when I try to > > modprobe the module.  I could not find a bug anywhere -- is this a too > > recent

Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:34 PM, wrote: > Hi.  I am trying to use my unstable gentoo on kernel 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 > and when I emerge nvidia-drivers, I get invalid argument when I try to > modprobe the module.  I could not find a bug anywhere -- is this a too > recent kernel for him? > > Any assist

[gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

2011-01-15 Thread covici
Hi. I am trying to use my unstable gentoo on kernel 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 and when I emerge nvidia-drivers, I get invalid argument when I try to modprobe the module. I could not find a bug anywhere -- is this a too recent kernel for him? Any assistance would be appreciated. -- Your life is like a p