modules not loading?

[Jipp]

Hi I am new to Linux so I am sorry if this is a stupid post

I am having trouble with the nvidia module not loading at startup it is in my modules.conf file is this file not being processed by my system?

### This file is automatically generated by modules-update
#
# Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add
# anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modules.d and read
# the manpage for modules-update.
#
### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/aliases
# Aliases to tell insmod/modprobe which modules to use

# Uncomment the network protocols you don't want loaded:
# alias net-pf-1 off # Unix
# alias net-pf-2 off # IPv4
# alias net-pf-3 off # Amateur Radio AX.25
# alias net-pf-4 off # IPX
# alias net-pf-5 off # DDP / appletalk
# alias net-pf-6 off # Amateur Radio NET/ROM
# alias net-pf-9 off # X.25
# alias net-pf-10 off # IPv6
# alias net-pf-11 off # ROSE / Amateur Radio X.25 PLP
# alias net-pf-19 off # Acorn Econet

alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
alias char-major-10-200 tun
alias char-major-81 bttv
alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate

# Crypto modules (see http://www.kerneli.org/)
alias loop-xfer-gen-0 loop_gen
alias loop-xfer-3 loop_fish2
alias loop-xfer-gen-10 loop_gen
alias cipher-2 des
alias cipher-3 fish2
alias cipher-4 blowfish
alias cipher-6 idea
alias cipher-7 serp6f
alias cipher-8 mars6
alias cipher-11 rc62
alias cipher-15 dfc2
alias cipher-16 rijndael
alias cipher-17 rc5

# Support for i2c and lm_sensors
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev

### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/aliases

### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/alsa
# Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file.
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsa-modules.conf-rc,v 1.4 2004/11/16 01:31:22 eradicator Exp $


## ALSA portion
## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave
## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371
## OSS/Free portion
## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
##

# OSS/Free portion - card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
## OSS/Free portion - card #2
## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss

alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss

# Set this to the correct number of cards.
options snd cards_limit=1

### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/alsa

### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/i386
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias char-major-10-144 nvram
alias binfmt-0064 binfmt_aout
alias char-major-10-135 rtc

### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/i386

### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/nvidia
# Nvidia drivers support
alias char-major-195 nvidia
alias /dev/nvidiactl char-major-195

# To tweak the driver the following options can be used, note that
# you should be careful, as it could cause instability!! For more
# option see /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4/README.gz
#
# 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


### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/nvidia

and is listed when i enter modprobe -l

Monk etc # modprobe -l
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/video/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_NOTRACK.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/lib/libcrc32c.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/usb/input/touchkitusb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sis.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/scsi/ipr.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/net/s2io.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/net/dummy.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/char/agp/intel-mch-agp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r11/kernel/drivers/acpi/ibm_acpi.ko

however no modules are present according to lsmod

Monk etc # lsmod
Module Size Used by
Monk etc #

but i can load the module without error manualy

Monk etc # modprobe nvidia
Monk etc # lsmod
Module Size Used by
nvidia 3464604 0 [permanent]
Monk etc #

and everything works ok

running modules-update does not fix my problem

can any one help thanks

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[Jipp]

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