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Bug 293018 - stable nvidia-drivers doesn't load for stable gentoo-sources
Summary: stable nvidia-drivers doesn't load for stable gentoo-sources
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: High major
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2009-11-13 11:49 UTC by Crístian Viana
Modified: 2009-11-13 17:37 UTC (History)
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Description Crístian Viana 2009-11-13 11:49:57 UTC 
when I try to load the stable nvidia-drivers-180.60 while running the stable gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r5, Xorg says the minimum module version it can load is 185.18.31, so I have to unmask nvidia-drivers-185.18.36 to use it on the stable kernel.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge gentoo-sources # 2.6.30-r5
2. emerge nvidia-drivers # 180.60
3. startx

Actual Results:  
here's the relevant part of dmesg:

NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 180.60, but
NVRM: this kernel module has the version 185.18.31.  Please
NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
NVRM: components have the same version.

Expected Results:  
they should work together, maybe adding a DEPEND flag on nvidia-drivers ebuild.
Comment 1 Patrick Lauer gentoo-dev 2009-11-13 17:37:43 UTC 
You will have to load the correct kernel module. Mixing like that cannot work.