[mythtv-users] More nvidia probs...

[Trey Thompson]

On Dec 2, 2007 5:10 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 05:05:06PM -0600, Trey Thompson wrote:
> > On Dec 2, 2007 2:12 PM, Ralf Kleineisel <ralf at kleineisel.de> wrote:
> > > Trey Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > > > [root at mythfe1 ~]# yum list installed | grep nvidia
> > > > nvidia-graphics.i386                     2:100.14.19-22         installed
> > > > nvidia-graphics-devices.noarch           1.0-5.fc7              installed
> > > > nvidia-graphics-helpers.i386             0.0.22-23.fc7          installed
> > > > nvidia-graphics100.14.19.i386            1:100.14.19-92.fc7     installed
> > > > nvidia-graphics100.14.19-kmdl-2.6.23.1-2 1:100.14.19-92.fc7     installed
> > > > nvidia-graphics100.14.19-libs.i386       1:100.14.19-92.fc7     installed
> > >
> > > The arch is cut off in this output because the package name is so
> > > extremely long.
> > >
> > > Try:
> > >
> > > rpm -q --qf "%{NAME} %{ARCH}\n" kernel \
> > > nvidia-graphics100.14.19-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7
> > >
> > > This should give something like:
> > >
> > > kernel i686
> > > nvidia-graphics100.14.19-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 i686
> > >
> > > If the modules and the kernel don't have the same arch (i[34567]86) the
> > > module won't load.
> >
> > kernel i686
> > kernel i686
> > nvidia-graphics100.14.19-kmdl-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 i586
> >
> > So, I see the .i686 and the i586  ...  :(
>
> Our mails crossed, so you have the opposite case of what I described
> in the other mail - still some confusion in yum which you can help to
> dissolve: Remove the kmdl and then issue
>
> yum install nvidia-graphics100.14.19-kmdl-`uname -r`.i686
>
> so yum has no chance of picking something wrong. Still a bad choice
> for yum to choose i585 kmdl over i686. If you like file a bug against
> yum in bugzilla.redhat.com.
>

Well, all that succeeded.  This is what I get in Xorg.0.log:

(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.1
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(EE) No drivers available.

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