From: JLyn@NotForMail.com   
      
   On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:02:43 +0000, AZ Nomad wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:22:59 -0400, Jenny Lyn  wrote:   
   >   
   > ...   
   >>Here is the issue I'm having.   
   >   
   >>Device Drivers --->   
   >>Character devices --->   
   >><*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)   
   >   
   > The agp driver is for your motherboard chipset, not your video card.   
   > What motherboard are you running?  Which agp driver you use will depend   
   > on that.   
      
   Not sure what the motherboard is..   
      
   >>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 --->   
   >>< >   nEVidia Framebuffer Support   
   > Framebuffer is if you're not running X.  It is very primitive and probably   
   > not what you want.  I don't think you can run agp w/ it.   
   >   
   >>< >   nVidia Riva support   
   > the riva is something back from the early 90's.   
      
   Hi! How would you suggest I get my nVidia driver working?   
      
   This is the error I'm getting when I try and install the drivers;   
      
    * Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version   
    * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if   
   relevant.   
    * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/x11-driv   
   rs/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09/temp/build.log'.   
    *   
      
    * Messages for package x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09:   
      
    * Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory.   
    * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of Linux   
   sources.   
    * If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that   
    * it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find .config.   
    *   
    * ERROR: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09 failed.   
    * Call stack:   
    *   ebuild.sh, line 1670:   Called dyn_setup   
    *   ebuild.sh, line 719:   Called qa_call 'pkg_setup'   
    *   ebuild.sh, line 44:   Called pkg_setup   
    *   nvidia-drivers-100.14.09.ebuild, line 142:   Called linux-mod_pkg_setup   
    *   linux-mod.eclass, line 464:   Called linux-info_pkg_setup   
    *   linux-info.eclass, line 554:   Called die   
    *   
    * Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version   
    * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if   
   relevant.   
    * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/x11-driv   
   rs/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09/temp/build.log'.   
    *   
    * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.   
      
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