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vi3dr0

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-03-22

Posts: 208

TuxOnIce (kernel26-ice) vs. Nvidia

Hi there,

I just managed to install kernel26-ice from AUR, however X doesn't start due to nvidia module not loading. I found nvidia-ice package in AUR, however it can't be build because of unable to determine target kernel version or sth...

Well, I don't know what to do, please help

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lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: TuxOnIce (kernel26-ice) vs. Nvidia

Get the nvidia PKGBUILD from ABS, change the pkgname to nvidia-ice, kernver to 2.6.30-ice and depends to kernel26-ice, build.

ngoonee

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Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,355

Re: TuxOnIce (kernel26-ice) vs. Nvidia

Don't forget to change BOTH the PKGBUILD and nvidia.install files.

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jelly

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 714

Re: TuxOnIce (kernel26-ice) vs. Nvidia

If you upgrade / install a new kernel you need to recompile some kernel modules against it. This is what happend here, the stock kernel doesnt have this problems because nvidia is compiled against it (already).

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vi3dr0

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-03-22

Posts: 208

Re: TuxOnIce (kernel26-ice) vs. Nvidia

Thank you all for such quick answers. Everything went fine, but current nvidia module (185.18.31) is corrupted somehow and I'm using 185.18.14 on vanilla kernel. Is there any way to obtain ABS 185.18.14 instead of newest one?

PS. elinks & mpd FTW, what do I need X for?

EDIT: I just managed to build ice module from nvidia-beta and it's working flawlessly I'm stunned everyday how great is Arch.

Last edited by vi3dr0 (2009-08-13 12:08:35)

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jelly

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 714

Re: TuxOnIce (kernel26-ice) vs. Nvidia

Nice, to install an old nvidia driver from ABS , you could edit the version number of the PKGBUILD

Last edited by jelly (2009-08-13 12:22:56)

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