Hi<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 November 2010 07:17, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div>modprobe loads a kernel module and all dependent modules. modprobe -r<br></div>
removes it.<br>
<br>
The previous poster was suggesting that you try loading the nvidia<br>
module to see if it loaded ok. If it did, the modprobe command should<br>
complete without adverse comment. If it didn't you should get an error<br>
message.<br>
<br>
modprobe always requires root privileges.<br>
<div><div></div><br></div></blockquote><div><br>I just built 260.19.21 nvidia packages for ubuntu, using ubuntu 10.10 drivers as a basis.<br><br>I experienced the same issue as the original poster at first.<br><br>I found that as the kernel module has been renamed to nvidia-current.ko from the original nvidia.ko ; the way the original package created the modalias so you could use modprobe nvidia would only work at boot time not after.<br>
<br>You need to do sudo modprobe nvidia-current to load the nvidia kernel ; it won't load automatically after a boot.<br><br>I have fixed this, in the nvidia packages in my repo (and named the package nvidia-glx-260 as I much prefer this to nvidia-current)<br>
<br>JY<br></div></div>