Re: [proaudio] failed nvidia drivers.

[Lucio Asnaghi <kunitoki@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had to patch the nvidia drivers to compile them on 2.6.31-rt11 so  
i've uploaded an ebuild in my roxxorx overlay (search it in google code)

Cheers

Lucio


On 06/ott/09, at 20:06, Vladimir Savic  
<vladimir.firefly.savic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>
> <nv-2.6.31-rt.patch.gz>