Re: 2.6.11 upgradde #1: nvidia drivers don't work?
From: Ms Linuz (deb_milist_at_yahoo.com.sg)
Date: 09/10/05
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Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:52:52 +0700 To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
matt.price@utoronto.ca wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>am finally upgrading my system from a 2.4.25 kernel to 2.6.11-1-k7. The
>trnasition is going ok so far, except for a few problems (see my next message or
>two) of which the first concerns the nvidia closed-source drivers.
>
>I have downloaded the nvidia-kernel-source modules (1.0.7174-4) from sid, and
>they compile and install just fine. nvidia-kernel-common and nvidia-glx are
>also installed. I can loadthe nvidia module manually using modconf, and no
>error messages are reported; but when I try to start X I get the old wretched
>error messages I remember from long ago:
>
>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
>(EE) NVIDIA(0) *** Aborting ***
>
>I have the nv module in place now instead, and it works fine as long as I'm not
>datching video or any such thing, so it's not a crisis, but I wondered whether
>other peopleh ave the same experience, or if you can recommend a procedure for
>figuring out what the problem is.
>
>So, as usual, thanks in advance,
>
>Matt
>
>
>
Look at your /etc/modules and make sure there is 'nvidia' ( without
quote ) line exists.
If not, add nvidia in your /etc/modules
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