Nvidia driver question. Results from cat .../agp/status

[Techno_Mage]

I'm wondering if I need to fix this. When I do a 'cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status' I get this...

[neurosis]

From /etc/modules.conf:

# To tweak the driver the following options can be used, note that
# you should be careful, as it could cause instability!!
#
# To enable Side Band Adressing: NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1
#
# To enable Fast Writes: NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1
#
# To enable both for instance, uncomment following line:
#
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1
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[Techno_Mage]

Thanks.. I did that and rebooted and the changes I made to the file were unchanged again... Tried again and the same thing... when I reboot and look at the file, it's back to the way it was before... What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
TechnoMage

[neurosis]

I think you need to run modules-update after you make the change. Or maybe its update-modules..

I loathe both of these commands because they don't support '--help' functionality, and actually perform their work anyway if you give them that argument. That kind of behaviour should be standardized.. anyway, this isn't the place for this rant.

Here's the full nvidia section of my modules.conf:

[rezza]

I change my modules.conf to enable fast writes and SBA, but no matter if i run modules-update or update-modules afterwards, it still changes back. Any ideas why?

Also, both modules-update and update-modules run and give absolutely zero feedback as to what they are doing. I have no idea what these commands do.
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[Hayl]

the file you should be changing is:

/etc/modules.d/nvidia

_not_ the modules.conf

[rezza]

D'oh yeah thanks I worked that out right after I posted, since all modules-update does is cat all the configs in /etc/modules.d/ into one file.

/me bangs head off desk
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