[TriLUG] nVidia Problems

[Randy Barlow]

I found the solution to my problem.  I submitted it as a bug, and it 
turns out that is was a known bug.  The bug report is at 
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113466

The solution:

/etc/portage/package.keywords
added:

media-video/nvidia-kernel ~amd64
media-video/nvidia-glx ~amd64
media-video/nvidia-settings ~amd64
app-admin/eselect-opengl ~amd64
app-admin/eselect ~amd64

emerge -uv world --deep

Now I am able to modprobe nvidia!  Thanks to all who replied!

Randy Barlow

rpbarlow at ncsu.edu wrote:

>Hi, I am trying to install the nvidia driver on a newly installed Gentoo
>system. I emerged nvidia-glx (and nvidia-kernel).  I am unable to modprobe
>nvidia. When I do so, I get the following error:
>
> FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
>(/lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo-r5/video/nvidia.ko): Unknown symbol in
>module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>
> dmesg | tail shows me:
>
> nvidia: Unknown symbol register_ioctl32_conversion
> nvidia: Unknown symbol unregister_ioctl32_conversion
>
> lspci gives me that the video card is:
>
> 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV37GL [Quadro FX
>330/Quadro NVS280] (rev a2)
>
> This is a 64 bit Opteron system, and I used genkernel to generate the
>kernel (I had some trouble with the manual configuration...) I did try,
>as the nVidia guide suggested, to make sure that my BIOS had the option
>to assign an IRQ to VGA enabled, but my BIOS had no such option (It's a
>Sun Ultra 20). Any ideas on what is wrong? Thanks!
>
>  
>