Unable to load NVIDIA module

gentoouser1234567 · n00b Joined: 09 Jun 2022 Posts: 2

I am having some issues using the proprietary NVIDIA driver(470,129.06). I have not downloaded the nouveau driver and I have disabled the option within my kernel, yet when I run lspci -k, I can clearly see that my NVIDIA graphics card is using the "Kernel modules: nouveau". Furthermore, when I try to activate the driver using "modprobe nvidia", the module could not be found and is not loaded. I do not know how my card is using nouveau and I would like to know both how to completely disable the open source driver as well as enable the proprietary one upon boot. I can provide any logs you need.

eccerr0r · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:42 pm Post subject:

What you need to do is to blacklist the nouveau kernel module, or simply delete the module from /lib/modules/(your kernel version).
This is provided you didn't build the module into the kernel - which should be evident if you lsmod.

More data about blacklisting kernel drivers here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel_Modules
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What am I supposed watching?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:52 pm Post subject:

gentoouser1234567,

Welcome to Gentoo.

It souds like you are building one kernel and running a different one.
Look at the time and date in

Ionen · Developer Joined: 06 Dec 2018 Posts: 2893

lspci -k's modules line doesn't show which modules are loaded, it just shows which modules are usable

Look at lsmod if you want to see loaded modules, and/or activation in dmesg's output

Note that nvidia-drivers already blacklist nouveau by default, so being built as a module (=m) is not harmful (in fact it helps ensuring all options are set properly in the kernel like DRM_KMS_HELPER, and gives you a fallback.. so I can even recommend it), only builtin can be a problem (=y).

That aside, do ensure you're using the right kernel as pointed above. Using wrong kernel may even imply you're using the wrong nvidia-drivers modules too which could be the real cause of issues.

saturnalia0 · Apprentice Joined: 13 Oct 2016 Posts: 163

I'm not sure if this is the case for you but when I faced a similar problem in the past when upgrading my kernel it was because I did not emerge @modules-rebuild or did it in the wrong order. If you're performing a kernel upgrade check this:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade#Reinstalling_external_kernel_modules