installing nvida driver on new gentoo kernel
 

i'm switching from the 2.4.20 vanilla source kernel to the 2.4.20r1 gentoo sources to to try out the low latency and i'm having a problem getting my nvidia driver (3123) re-installed.

when i booted into the new kernel i saw the expeted errors about the nvidia and alsa modules not being found.
i re-merged the nvidia kernel and glx but it got installed into /lib/modules/2.4.20/video instead of /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r1/video
so a modprobe NVdriver
what do i have to do to make this work?

i tried renaming the 2.4.20 folder and making a symlink called 2.4.20 that points to the 2.4.20-gentoo-r1 folder bu that caused errors as well. the module was installed but when i tried to load it with 'modprobe' i got an 'unresolved symbols' error (sorry i didnt write down the exact error but i can try it again if that will help).

you will have to remove the symlink,rename your folder to the original name (2.4.20-gentoo-r1) and rebuild the nvidia driver to match your new kernel

isn't that going to lead to the same thing i tried first? the symlink was just a guess after trying to install failed the first time.

When modules go in the wrong place usually /usr/src/linux is not pointing to your new kernel.

ahhhhhhhhh! i dont know why i didnt think of that. thanks, i'll go try it right now...

yep, that fixed it. thanks!

yep forgot to say to make a new symlink :)