nVidia driver issue
 

Hello,

I am running Slackware 10.2 on kernel 2.6.13

I'm having a problem installing my nvidia drivers.

I go through the setup fine by running

./nvidia-installer -a -n -k 2.6.13

It installs without erorrs

When I do the following

modprobe nvidia

I get this error:

"FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.13/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko): No such device."

When I try to startX with the device set to 'nvidia' It says No device found..

My device is listed in lspci as: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [ RIVA TNT2 Model 64/ Model 64 Ori] (rev 15)

Can anyone help me fix this?

Re: nVidia driver issue
 

all you gotta do is...........and the installer interface will start ..........

Re: Re: nVidia driver issue
 

I think you should read my post to figure out what exactly the problem was, instead of just posting without thinking.

Also, that is NOT all you have to do because the nvidia-installer doesnt always find where your kernel modules are located..

I fixed it anyway.

How you fixed ?

I'm having the same problem, how did you solve this?

I am having the same problems.....i am running a 2.6.13.2 kernel. How did you fix it??

Well for my problem i had to download a legacy driver for my nvidia card. I'm not sure if it was by searching through the log files that i found the latest driver did not work for my card or it might have said somewhere on the nvidia site.

I had to download one that was i think two versions old. The nvidia site has all the old drivers and says which ones will work for which cards.
If your need to get the specific name to compare on the nvidia site run lspci as root on the console (it lists the pci devices).

that is what i did. i got the 7174 driver and i get problems with my kernel module. I have a thread open on this. but it is also complaining about unknown symbols in kernel modules