The nvidia guide does not mention that specifically the nvidia-kernel package needs rebuilding after every kernel change. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-344261.html I think I figured out the problem. When I re-emerged nvidia I just ran: # emerge nvidia-glx which didn't re-emerge nvidia-kernel because it was seen as already installed. Explicitely emerging it as you suggested created my module and now it's working great. I'd like to suggest some mention of this in the nvidia HOWTO. Thanks for all the help.
Created attachment 60545 [details, diff] Patch for nvidia-guide.xml Attached is a diff for nvidia-guide.xml. Besides the warning that was reported in this bug I also added paragraphs and codenotes explaining the need for the /usr/src/linux symlink and how to create it if necessary.
Looks good, thanks for doing this. A few comments: 1. +<p> +If you are using gentoo-sources-2.6.11-r6 then your symlink should look like +this: +</p> + +<pre caption="/usr/src/linux symlink"> +lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Apr 23 18:33 linux -> linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r6 +drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Mar 16 22:00 linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r6 +</pre> You haven't just shown the symlink, you've shown other stuff too. So it would make more sense to refer to it as the output of ls -l /usr/src 2. Use "ln -snf" so that an older link will get overwritten if it already exists 3. To make it clearer to the user, I think you should explain the difference and relationship between nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx. Then it will make more sense to them why the -kernel part needs to be rebuilt, and they won't be generally confused :) 4. +Each time you change kernel versions you will have to re-emerge nvidia-driver. +nvidia-glx is unaffected by a kernel change. How about rewording it as "Every time you compile a new kernel, you will need to re-emerge nvidia-kernel". It would also be a good point to link to the kernel upgrade guide, which also has a few notes on this topic.
(In reply to comment #2) > Looks good, thanks for doing this. A few comments: > 2. Use "ln -snf" so that an older link will get overwritten if it already exists We have symlink use flag for this, so emerging new kernel version can do the job automatically for you. Would be also worth mentioning in section 4 of kernel upgrade guide. ;-)
Edited and committed. symlink USE flag added to kernel-upgrade.xml Thanks a lot.
Minor error : <comment>(Check that linux point to the right directory)</comment> Should be "points to the right directory"
Created attachment 60580 [details, diff] nvidia guide patch Add an introduction and an advanced configuration section, plus a few content tweaks.
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Bumped version and applied as-is. Thanks a lot.
