Bug 293018

Summary:	stable nvidia-drivers doesn't load for stable gentoo-sources
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Crístian Viana <cristiandeives>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.