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Old 09-11-2004, 07:25 AM   #1
tenchi
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Missing Nvidia module? It WAS there!


Hi!

Installed Slackware 10.0 with the nvidia 61.11 drivers. Upon restart, logging in as root and lsmod shows that the nvidia module is loades. However, logging in as a user and starting x shows the error 'missing screen'... Modprobe nvidia solves it, but lsmod showes the same thing as before. How come X loses the nvidia module?

Am I clear?

Anyway, help would be mutch appriciated...
 
Old 09-11-2004, 07:59 AM   #2
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Could you post your output for :
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep -i driver

Also what is your kernel version ?
 
Old 09-11-2004, 09:50 AM   #3
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I know that with my fglrx module on my laptop (which does not work that much better than the radeon driver) does not load until I actually startx.

-tank
 
Old 09-11-2004, 03:36 PM   #4
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in the xorg.conf, the driver is nvidia of course :-)

kernel is the default that came with slack 10.0
 
Old 09-11-2004, 03:53 PM   #5
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Have you the proper config in /etc/modules.conf and the nvidia devices files in /dev ?
Have you 'modporbe nvidia' at bottom of your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file ?
During nvidia driver install, all went well ?
 
Old 09-11-2004, 04:33 PM   #6
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i have got one little problem. When i am using "old" kernel (2.4.6), my nvidia driver works well. But on my 2.6.8.1 kernel, the nvidia kernel module missing. When i run setup, the module is going to install, but there is some error. On my old kernels all works and install well. The problem is only in 2.6.8.1. It`s possible that this dirver don`t support new kernel?
 
Old 09-11-2004, 05:23 PM   #7
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try ./NVIDIA_INSTALLERxxxx.sh -k 2.6.8.1 to see if it works.. For my part I stay with 2.6.7 for CDs burning reason.
 
Old 09-11-2004, 05:36 PM   #8
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what is the output of
`dmesg | grep NVRM`
?
it might be a rivafb problem. seems that it's builtin to the kernel and was causing a lot of conflicts, ultimately preventing nvidia.o from being loaded. But it doesn't seem to affect everyone, maybe it depends on the actual manufacturer of the card? dunno...

I had somethign similar, read about it
here.
I think I got the problem you're having, maybe on the second page somewhere.
 
Old 09-11-2004, 05:41 PM   #9
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By the way tenchi, when you compile kernel you have to reinstall the nvidia drivers since each kernel you have have its own modules, so after a compile nvidia will be missing until you install it for that kernel.
 
  


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