After modprobing nvidia or snd dmesg shows "Unknown symbol capable" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. modprobe nvidia Actual Results: # modprobe nvidia FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.11-hardened-r1/video/nvidia.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) # dmesg nvidia: Unknown symbol capable Expected Results: insert the module Portage 2.0.51.19 (hardened/amd64, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-hardened-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-hardened-r1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 20 2005, 00:33:10)] distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/bmg-main" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa amd64 apache2 bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bzip2 bzlib cdr crypt cups curl dbus dvd dvdr esd ethereal fam font-server gd gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hardened icu imagemagick imap imlib java junit justify ldap libwww lm_sensors mad mono mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nvidia oggvorbis opengl pam perl php pic pie png python qt readline samba snmp soap spell sqlite ssl tcpd threads tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts userlocales xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
This issue has resolved it self, and I am unsure what has changed on the system.