Re: [proaudio] failed nvidia drivers.

[Vladimir Savic <vladimir.firefly.savic@xxxxxxxxx>]

Works fine for me. AMD64 arch with nvidia 8600GT card.

$ uname -a
Linux savichome 2.6.31-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Mon Sep 21 01:54:34 CEST
2009 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ AuthenticAMD
GNU/Linux

For simplicity sake, I'll attach patch file to this mail. Patch was
grabbed from nvnews nvidia forums. That means I'm not author of the same.

Hopefully someone can make ebuild since I haven't had a single crash for
 days (weeks even).

Vlada

P.S. "2.6.31-gentoo" in uname output is misleading, but it is -rt11
kernel. I just haven't changed Makefile.


alex stone wrote:
> A quick heads up for the powers to be in the overlay.
> 
> Had a weekend of experimenting with a 2.6.31.1-rt11 vanilla kernel
> build, and as i've come to expect, the nvidia drivers ebuilds (all of
> them) failed miserably against this build. This time around, it seems
> to be something in the RT patch that messes the nvidia build up, but
> more importantly to us mere audio users, xf86-video-nv doesn't work
> either, and freezes the desktop. (And a quick google will reveal i'm
> not the only one defaulting to vesa at this stage.)
> 
> I've found a patch, that sadly didn't work for me, and more sadly, the
> latest overlay RT build didn't work with the latest nvidia drivers
> either.
> 
> I'm still on 2.6.24-rt for good reason it seems, but time is running out.
> 
> If anyone is trying this particular combination, you have an uphill
> trek in front of you, so don't get discouraged if it doesn't work.
> You're not on your own.
> 
> A final question. Could the overlay maintainers ask the portage chaps
> if they can have a look at the 190.xx nvidia-drivers series ebuilds,
> and ask on my behalf if they could consider fixing the ebuilds to
> satisfy an rt kernel build as well? (2.6.31 in particular)
> 
> I've mailed them 3 times, and nobody seems to be home.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alex.
> 
>

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