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Old 05-23-2006, 08:48 AM   #1
warshke
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nvidia drivers strange behaviour


I've encountered a strange problem

i've downloaded and installed NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run
everything worked fine - ppracer, wolfenstein, etc
but after reboot X didn't start
so i did lsmod
Code:
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia               4544916  0 
ipv6                  222976  8 
nls_iso8859_1           4032  1 
nls_cp437               5696  1 
vfat                   11968  1 
fat                    46428  1 vfat
ide_generic             1216  0 [permanent]
psmouse                32516  0 
snd_ens1371            21856  0 
gameport               14024  1 snd_ens1371
snd_rawmidi            22688  1 snd_ens1371
snd_seq_device          8012  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         82528  1 snd_ens1371
snd_pcm_oss            46112  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16576  1 snd_pcm_oss
joydev                  8960  0 
snd_pcm                77704  3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
evdev                   8896  1 
snd_timer              21444  1 snd_pcm
serio_raw               6596  0 
pcspkr                  1732  0 
mousedev               10592  0 
floppy                 54916  0 
snd                    48740  8 snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
rtc                    11508  0 
bt878                   9720  0 
shpchp                 39872  0 
tuner                  36772  0 
pci_hotplug            24884  1 shpchp
tda9887                14096  0 
bttv                  151888  1 bt878
video_buf              19972  1 bttv
firmware_class          9984  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            8392  1 bttv
v4l2_common             5696  1 bttv
btcx_risc               4616  1 bttv
tveeprom               13840  1 bttv
videodev                8832  1 bttv
soundcore               8992  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          9992  1 snd_pcm
snd_ac97_bus            2112  1 snd_ac97_codec
via686a                15368  0 
i2c_isa                 4672  1 via686a
i2c_viapro              8020  0 
i2c_core               19408  9 nvidia,tuner,tda9887,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,via686a,i2c_isa,i2c_viapro
via_agp                 9344  1 
agpgart                31496  2 nvidia,via_agp
parport_pc             32324  0 
parport                31880  1 parport_pc
ext3                  118664  2 
jbd                    48724  1 ext3
mbcache                 8516  1 ext3
8139too                25408  0 
ide_cd                 36804  0 
cdrom                  33568  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               15936  5 
8139cp                 19648  0 
mii                     5248  2 8139too,8139cp
uhci_hcd               28304  0 
usbcore               113924  2 uhci_hcd
via82cxxx               8260  0 [permanent]
generic                 4356  0 [permanent]
ide_core              112928  5 ide_generic,ide_cd,ide_disk,via82cxxx,generic
thermal                13512  0 
processor              22976  1 thermal
fan                     4676  0
nvidia module is loaded

i resinstalled driver, and did lsmod once again

Code:
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  222976  8 
nls_iso8859_1           4032  1 
nls_cp437               5696  1 
vfat                   11968  1 
fat                    46428  1 vfat
ide_generic             1216  0 [permanent]
psmouse                32516  0 
snd_ens1371            21856  0 
gameport               14024  1 snd_ens1371
snd_rawmidi            22688  1 snd_ens1371
snd_seq_device          8012  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         82528  1 snd_ens1371
snd_pcm_oss            46112  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16576  1 snd_pcm_oss
joydev                  8960  0 
snd_pcm                77704  3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
evdev                   8896  1 
snd_timer              21444  1 snd_pcm
serio_raw               6596  0 
pcspkr                  1732  0 
mousedev               10592  0 
floppy                 54916  0 
snd                    48740  8 snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
rtc                    11508  0 
bt878                   9720  0 
shpchp                 39872  0 
tuner                  36772  0 
pci_hotplug            24884  1 shpchp
tda9887                14096  0 
bttv                  151888  1 bt878
video_buf              19972  1 bttv
firmware_class          9984  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            8392  1 bttv
v4l2_common             5696  1 bttv
btcx_risc               4616  1 bttv
tveeprom               13840  1 bttv
videodev                8832  1 bttv
soundcore               8992  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          9992  1 snd_pcm
snd_ac97_bus            2112  1 snd_ac97_codec
via686a                15368  0 
i2c_isa                 4672  1 via686a
i2c_viapro              8020  0 
i2c_core               19408  8 tuner,tda9887,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,via686a,i2c_isa,i2c_viapro
via_agp                 9344  1 
agpgart                31496  1 via_agp
parport_pc             32324  0 
parport                31880  1 parport_pc
ext3                  118664  2 
jbd                    48724  1 ext3
mbcache                 8516  1 ext3
8139too                25408  0 
ide_cd                 36804  0 
cdrom                  33568  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               15936  5 
8139cp                 19648  0 
mii                     5248  2 8139too,8139cp
uhci_hcd               28304  0 
usbcore               113924  2 uhci_hcd
via82cxxx               8260  0 [permanent]
generic                 4356  0 [permanent]
ide_core              112928  5 ide_generic,ide_cd,ide_disk,via82cxxx,generic
thermal                13512  0 
processor              22976  1 thermal
fan                     4676  0
now nvidia module isn't loaded, but X works perfectly, glxgears produces >300 fps, how can it be? How can i avoid reinstalling nvidia driver after each reboot?
p.s. different driver versions didn't solve the problem

Last edited by warshke; 05-23-2006 at 08:51 AM.
 
Old 05-23-2006, 12:23 PM   #2
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I had the same kind of problems when I was installing the nvidia drivers from nvidia web site, I had no problems with "debian way".

You need to unistall the your nvidia driver then

http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/nvidia.htm

I followed this. and it worked fine.

Last edited by Torquewrench; 05-23-2006 at 12:26 PM.
 
Old 05-24-2006, 05:48 AM   #3
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"debian way" worked, but only after upgrading to unstable, thanks
 
Old 05-24-2006, 09:56 AM   #4
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Strange I am using stable, worked fine.

Do you have packages from the unstable versions?
 
  


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