unable to use nv and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M with gentoo and xorg 7.2 , xorg-server 1.3

[Aaron Plattner]

On Monday 05 November 2007 11:38:55 am Frank Munsche wrote:
> Hi Bryce,
>
> that's the output from the working one (kubuntu 7.10 livecd) .
> The same thing does not work within gentoo, although matching versions of
> the kernel (2.6.22), xorg (7.2) , xorg-server 1.3
>
> The part of "Output LVDS connected" does not appear in the gentoo's Xorg
> log:
>
> X Window System Version 1.3.0
> Release Date: 19 April 2007
[...snip...]
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so
> (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>         compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.2
>         Module class: X.Org Video Driver
>         ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
[...snip...]
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found

Does it work if you install xf86-video-nv-2.1.5, which contains some LVDS
fixes not in 2.1.2?

-- Aaron