[mythtv-users] nvidia module won't load

Richard Shaw hobbes1069 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 26 13:20:41 UTC 2007


nowhere at cox.net wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Stupid me. Made the mistake of yum update again. Never works without breaking. Anyway, same ole problem. nvidia module won't load. I did the usual below and then I tried to yum remove and yum install the nvidia drivers but they don't exist. I think I still need the 9631 drivers since my card is integrated on the mobo. Here is a ton of info. Last time I fixed this by creating a symlink to the driver using a different extension but that didn't work this time...
>
> Please help!
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> Error:
> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
>
> I fixed this the last time by making a link with a .so extension pointing to the .o extension. Not working anymore.
>
> Here are the module folders
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2007-11-25 20:16 drivers
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   4096 2007-11-25 20:22 extensions
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2007-09-16 00:25 fonts
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2007-11-25 18:37 input
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 145872 2007-06-11 14:41 libafb.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 109428 2007-06-11 14:41 libcfb32.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 290876 2007-06-11 14:41 libcfb.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  53276 2007-06-11 14:41 libexa.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 249456 2007-06-11 14:41 libfb.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 148408 2007-06-11 14:41 libint10.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 127552 2007-06-11 14:41 libmfb.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 377516 2007-06-11 14:41 libpcidata.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  25720 2007-06-11 14:41 libshadowfb.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  19636 2007-06-11 14:41 libshadow.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  19632 2007-06-11 14:41 libvbe.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  24916 2007-06-11 14:41 libvgahw.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 338940 2007-06-11 14:41 libxaa.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156276 2007-06-11 14:41 libxf1bpp.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  86420 2007-06-11 14:41 libxf4bpp.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   3544 2007-06-11 14:41 libxf8_16bpp.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 152248 2007-06-11 14:41 libxf8_32bpp.so
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2007-09-16 00:25 linux
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2007-09-16 00:37 multimedia
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  26253 2007-05-08 12:12 v10002d.uc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  35007 2007-05-08 12:12 v20002d.uc
>
> in drivers:
> ...
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1279280 2007-06-01 09:19 nvidia-1.0-9631_drv.o
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      21 2007-11-25 20:02 nvidia-1.0-9631_drv.so -> nvidia-1.0-9631_drv.o
>
> in extensions:
> ...
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      24 2007-11-25 20:22 nvidia -> nvidia-graphics-1.0-9631
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2007-09-16 17:33 nvidia-graphics-1.0-9631
>
> in nvidia-graphics-1.0-9631:
> ...
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 2007-09-16 17:33 libglx.so -> libglx.so.1.0.9631
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 671548 2007-06-01 09:19 libglx.so.1.0.9631
>
>
> xorg.conf
>
> # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "single head configuration"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> 	Option	    "blank time" "0"
> 	Option	    "standby time" "0"
> 	Option	    "suspend time" "0"
> 	Option	    "off time" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "kbd"
> 	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
> 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	ModelName    "ViewSonic A90"
> 	HorizSync    30.0 - 86.0
> 	VertRefresh  50.0 - 180.0
> 	Option	    "dpms" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>
> # TV Out Setup
> 	Identifier  "Videocard0"
> 	Driver      "nvidia"
> 	Option	    "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
> 	Option	    "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> 	Option	    "UseEvents" "True"
> 	Option	    "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Videocard0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
>
> #		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 		Viewport   0 0
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
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>   
I'm assuming the "yum update" installed a new kernel? I use the nvidia 
drivers from freshrpms which includes dkms so every time the kernel gets 
updated it rebuilds the module automatically during boot-up. I believe 
livna also has a similar package available. If you need older drivers 
freshrpms also has a 96xx and 97xx packages as well.

Thanks,
Richard


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