[mythtv-users] OT nvidia driver mess please help
Ian Forde
ian at duckland.org
Thu Dec 28 20:19:05 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 03:04 -0800, Jon Bishop wrote:
> On Dec 27, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Gregg wrote:
>
> > i am trying to upgrade to nvidia 9746. I get the rpms via yum and run
> > nvidia-graphics-switch 9746 it works when I startx from command line,
> > but if I reboot I get. I am running fc5.2239
> > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
> > Please ensure
> > (EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this
> > system, and
> > (EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created
> > properly.
> > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
> > (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
> > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
> > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why it does not save the nvidia-graphics-switch
> > settings?????
> >
>
> When you install the new graphics drivers, you need to update the
> nvidia kernel modules too. That's probably the problem.
I just read the readme... for the 97xx series of drivers, they pulled a
LOT of cards out of the "supported" list... depending on the card, one
might need to stick with the 96xx series of drivers. Current one is
9631.
-Ian
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