From: JLyn@NotForMail.com   
      
   Hello :-)   
      
   I would like to be able to use my nVidia driver. I'm using gentoo-2007.0   
   with kernel 2.6.19 with an amd64 bit processor.   
      
   Here is the problem I'm having: according the hand book, I should emerge   
   gentoo-sources (I've done this)   
      
   Next cd /usr/src/linux   
   make menuconfig   
      
   This gives me the kernel options menu. So far so good :-)   
      
   I (try) an follow these   
   instructions.   
      
   Loadable module support --->   
     [*] Enable loadable module support   
   Processor and Features --->   
     [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support   
      
   (No problem so far already built in :-)   
      
   Here is the issue I'm having.   
      
   Device Drivers --->   
   Character devices --->   
   <*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)   
      
   According to the handbook I should tick the above and move on to the next   
   step,   
      
   The kernel option in the menu config looks like this:   
   <-> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)   
   I can't (*) or (M) The kernel source, gentoo-source-2.6.22-r5.   
      
   More confusion.   
      
      
   On amd64, the IOMMU controls the agpgart setting. I see no IOMMU or agpgar   
   anywhere in the kernel.   
      
   This is also confusing me;   
      
   Important: For x86 and AMD64 processors, the in-kernel driver conflicts   
   with the binary driver provided by nVidia. If you will be compiling your   
   kernel for these CPUs, you must completely remove support for the   
   in-kernel driver as shown   
      
   Device Drivers --->   
   Graphics Support --->   
   < >   nVidia Framebuffer Support   
   < >   nVidia Riva support   
      
   Why can't I just tick those?   
      
   A good framebuffer alternative is VESA:   
      
      
   Then, under "VESA driver type" select either vesafb or vesafb-tng. If you   
   are using an AMD64 processor, you should select vesafb rather than   
   vesafb-tng.   
      
   This is the guide I'm following.   
   http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml   
      
   I have a feeling that I'm over complicating the issue ;-) Any help you   
   could offer on how to use an Nvidia driver on Gentoo-amd64 would be much   
   appreciated!   
      
   Thank you in advance.   
      
   Jen   
      
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