media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6111-r3 builds okay against 2.6.12-gentoo but fails to initialize. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.12-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 dev-lang/python: 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.9 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig cvs digest distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms sign strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,combreloc" LINGUAS="de" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X a52 acpi alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl divx4linux dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode esd fame font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg libg++ libwww lzo mad mikmod mjpeg mmx moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nomotif nptl nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python quicktime readline samba slang spell sse ssl svg tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode userlocales vorbis win32codecs xml2 xv xvid zlib linguas_de userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, MAKEOPTS
Created attachment 61470 [details] /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Created attachment 61471 [details] kernel configuration
Well, what about never versions? I'm afraid Gentoo won't be able to do too much about it.
Newer versions do not work with the nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Go chip I have in my laptop.
FYI: I have similar problems with nvidia-kernel-1.0.7664 and a nVidia FX 6800. I had to downgrade to 2.6.11-gentoo-r11. I hadn't any problems upgrading all the way throught the previous "r"s. My error was "No devices" or something similar though. Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.8 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-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/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/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/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-pipe -Os -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/gentoo/" LANG="de" LC_ALL="de_DE@euro" LINGUAS="de cs" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X Xaw3d aac aalib acpi aim alsa apache2 apm arts artworkextra avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cscope cups curl dba dga directfb divx4linux doc dvd dvdr dvdread eds emacs emboss encode esd examples fam fame fbcon ffmpeg flac flash foomaticdb fortran fping gd gdbm gif gnome gnutls gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal iconv icq imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde ldap leim libg++ libwww lzo mad maildir mikmod mjpeg mmap mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mplayer mpm-prefork msn mule mysql ncurses network news nls nntp nocardbus nptl ntpl nvidia objc offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oscar oss pam pcre pdflib perl plotutils png postgres ppds python qt quicktime rar readline real rtc ruby sasl sdl slang spell sqlite ssl svg svga tcltk tcpd tcpserver tetex theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode videos vorbis win32codecs wmf wxwidgets wxwindows x86 xface xine xinetd xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib video_cards_radeon linguas_de linguas_cs userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Forgot to mention this before, from dmesg: nvidia: Unknown symbol inter_module_get
Kernel 2.6.12 deprecated some functions in its AGP modules that both nVidia and ATI used. Like Jakub said in comment #3, there's not much that can be done. inter_module_get is the one that both drivers have been choking over. In response to #4: this is an unfortunate effect of using binary drivers in an open-source world. You can't use the xorg driver instead?
No, the X.org nv driver does not support dual-head which I need for giving presentations with my laptop.
Closing, versions of nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx no longer in portage.
