[mythtv-users] Nvidia problem with atrpms kernel.

Cyber Source peter at cybersource.us
Tue Jun 1 10:58:38 EDT 2004


yes, the one is just a symbolic link to the other. Try "/sbin/modprobe 
nvidia-1.0-4363" without the qoutes.

Bryan Ware wrote:

>I installed this via Jarod's excellent guide. I would assume that atrpms
>would get all of the dependencies I would need. Is that not the case?
>
>Should I have two lib modules??
>/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
>/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-4363_drv.o
>
>Bryan
>
>On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 09:53, Cyber Source wrote:
>  
>
>>you may need more than that to modprobe with, like nvidia-something. 
>>here is a snippet from my lsmod
>>
>>video-buf              17860   0 (autoclean) [bttv]
>>v4l2-common             5056   0 (autoclean) [bttv]
>>videodev                8960   2 (autoclean) [bttv]
>>i2c-algo-bit            8712   0 (autoclean) [bttv]
>>i2c-core               20868   0 (autoclean) [tuner tvaudio bttv 
>>i2c-algo-bit]
>>soundcore               6500   6 (autoclean) [snd bttv]
>>btcx-risc               3604   0 (autoclean) [bttv]
>>nvidia-1.0-4363      1668296   4 (autoclean)
>>
>>
>>Bryan Ware wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I have the rivers and the kernel modules installed, it just won't load.
>>>
>>>Here is the error when I try to modprobe nvidia:
>>>
>>>[root at myth-be1 etc]# modprobe nvidia
>>>modprobe: Can't locate module nvidia
>>>
>>>Bryan
>>>
>>>On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 09:11, Cyber Source wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>If you redid your system, you would need to reinstall the nvidia driver 
>>>>so it gets loaded into the current kernel
>>>>
>>>>Bryan Ware wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Ok, I am sorry for the verbose message, but wanted to make sure that I
>>>>>got you all all the information. I had this working before I rebuilt my
>>>>>systems to do a clean install of .15. I now it is something stupid that
>>>>>I am missing so I thought that I would pose the question to the masses.
>>>>>Why am I getting this? 
>>>>>
>>>>>XFree86.log:
>>>>>
>>>>>(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
>>>>>(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
>>>>>(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
>>>>>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>>>>>(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
>>>>>      compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
>>>>>      ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
>>>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
>>>>>(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
>>>>>(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
>>>>>(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
>>>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NvAGP" "1"
>>>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
>>>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "1"
>>>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOverScan" "0.7"
>>>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling experimental RENDER acceleration
>>>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): Use of NVIDIA internal AGP requested
>>>>>(**) NVIDIA(0): TV Standard string: "NTSC-M"
>>>>>(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000
>>>>>(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xFD000000
>>>>>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
>>>>>(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
>>>>>(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
>>>>>(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
>>>>>(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>>>>>(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>>>>
>>>>>Fatal server error:
>>>>>no screens found
>>>>>
>>>>>If you encounter a server crash, please report the problem by filing a
>>>>>bug
>>>>>report in the XFree86.org bugzilla at http://bugs.xfree86.org and/or Red
>>>>>Hat
>>>>>bugzilla at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla.  When filing your
>>>>>report, it
>>>>>is very important that you explain your problem in as much detail as
>>>>>possible,
>>>>>and include a complete description on how to reproduce the problem. 
>>>>>After
>>>>>submitting the bug report, attach the following files as uncompressed
>>>>>individual file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment feature:
>>>>>      - X server log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log
>>>>>      - X server config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config
>>>>>      - Kernel log file: /var/log/messages
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>lspci -v output:
>>>>>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX
>>>>>440] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>>>>>      Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>>>>>      Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>>>>>      Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>>>>>      Memory at e4680000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
>>>>>      Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>>>>>      Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
>>>>>      Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
>>>>>
>>>>>rpm -qa \*nvidia\* output:
>>>>>
>>>>>nvidia-graphics4363-libs-1.0_4363-54.rhfc1.at
>>>>>kernel-module-nvidia-graphics4363-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl-1.0_4363-54.rhfc1.at
>>>>>nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.3-3.at
>>>>>nvidia-graphics4363-devel-1.0_4363-54.rhfc1.at
>>>>>nvidia-graphics4363-1.0_4363-54.rhfc1.at
>>>>>
>>>>>XF86Config File contents:
>>>>>
>>>>># XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "ServerLayout"
>>>>>      Identifier     "Default Layout"
>>>>>      Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>>>>>      InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>>>>>      InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>>>>      InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "Files"
>>>>>
>>>>># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name
>>>>>of the
>>>>># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
>>>>># no need to change the default.
>>>>># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
>>>>># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
>>>>># the X server to render fonts.
>>>>>      RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>>>>>      ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia"
>>>>>      ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions"
>>>>>      ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>>>>>      FontPath     "unix/:7100"
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "Module"
>>>>>      Load  "dbe"
>>>>>      Load  "extmod"
>>>>>      Load  "fbdevhw"
>>>>>      Load  "glx"
>>>>>      Load  "record"
>>>>>      Load  "freetype"
>>>>>      Load  "type1"
>>>>>      Load  "v4l
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "InputDevice"
>>>>>
>>>>># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
>>>>>#       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
>>>>># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
>>>>>#       Option  "XkbDisable"
>>>>># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
>>>>># lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
>>>>># keyboard, you will probably want to use:
>>>>>#       Option  "XkbModel"      "pc102"
>>>>># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
>>>>>#       Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
>>>>>#
>>>>># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
>>>>># For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
>>>>>#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
>>>>># or:
>>>>>#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
>>>>>#       Option  "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
>>>>>#
>>>>># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
>>>>># control keys, use:
>>>>>#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
>>>>># Or if you just want both to be control, use:
>>>>>#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
>>>>>#
>>>>>      Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>>>>>      Driver      "keyboard"
>>>>>      Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>>>>>      Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
>>>>>      Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "InputDevice"
>>>>>      Identifier  "Mouse0"
>>>>>      Driver      "mouse"
>>>>>      Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>>>>>      Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>>>>>      Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>>>>      Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "InputDevice"
>>>>>
>>>>># If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
>>>>># this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
>>>>># also use USB mice at the same time.
>>>>>      Identifier  "DevInputMice"
>>>>>      Driver      "mouse"
>>>>>      Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>>>>>      Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>>>>>      Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>>>>      Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "Monitor"
>>>>>      Identifier   "Monitor0"
>>>>>      VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>>>>>      ModelName    "27in Analog TV"
>>>>>      HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
>>>>>      VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
>>>>>      Option      "dpms"
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "Device"
>>>>>      Identifier  "Videocard0"
>>>>>      Driver      "nvidia"
>>>>>      BoardName   "nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440"
>>>>>      Option      "RenderAccel" "1"
>>>>>      Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
>>>>>      Option      "TVOverScan" "0.7"
>>>>>      Option      "NvAGP" "1"
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "Screen"
>>>>>      Identifier "Screen0"
>>>>>      Device     "Videocard0"
>>>>>      Monitor    "Monitor0"
>>>>>      DefaultDepth     24
>>>>>      SubSection "Display"
>>>>>              Depth     24
>>>>>              Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>>>>>      EndSubSection
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>Section "DRI"
>>>>>      Group        0
>>>>>      Mode         0666
>>>>>EndSection
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advanced for your info. I appreciate everyone that helps
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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