Re: [proaudio] failed nvidia drivers.

[Matt Henley <nwmatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I recently reinstalled gentoo on my main linux computer (a lot of the
hacks I had done to configure it to work were no longer working due to
updated software).  I have not had a chance to try the RT kernels... I
use blender more than my audio apps so a working nvidia driver is an
absolute requirement.  I noticed that there was a nvidia patch posted
on linux-rt-users on 12 Sept and updated on 27 Sept.  If thats not
working for you, you might try emailing the guys who posted the
patches, they may have an update:

Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx>

I will try to look at it this weekend.. still trying to get jackd (or
jackdbus) to play well with both pulseaudio and my Zoom H4... jackd
works with my Zoom but is not able to get grab my soundcard from
pulse.. while jackdbus seems to work better with pulse but i get no
sound out of my zoom.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:46 AM, alex stone <compose59@xxxxxxxxx> 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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