nvidia module won't load (SOLVED)

doubleagent · Guru Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 444 Location: 127.0.0.1

I'm following the Gentoo Linux nVidia guide.

I'm getting this error:

tukachinchila · Apprentice Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 274 Location: Oregon

Are you sure you emerged nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx after you installed your kernel? If so, you might want to try the unstable nvidia. I'm using nvidia-kernel-1.0.8178-r3 on amd64, and it works well for me. To try out the unstable versions, do this:

doubleagent · Guru Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 444 Location: 127.0.0.1

Right. I had read that the masked version had solved this problem for others, but I'd personally like to stick with the stable branch.

:shrug:

On second thought, where's the fun in that....
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tukachinchila · Apprentice Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 274 Location: Oregon

Well, you're right that you shouldn't have to used the masked version. The stable version should work, but I don't really know why it's not for you. Are you sure that /usr/src/linux points to your current kernel sources?

doubleagent · Guru Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 444 Location: 127.0.0.1

yup.
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loftwyr · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:13 am Post subject:

You may want to stick with the stable but they're getting farther and farther behind, especially in hardware support.

What you may want to do is go to the nvidia site and check which version they added support for that hardware. If it's supposed to be there in 6629, then it's a bug and you'll have to upgrade no matter what.
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Frug · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:04 am Post subject:

Make sure nvidia framebuffer support isn't compiled into your kernel. There's a conflict between that and the nvidia-kernel/glx, I believe.
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Muso · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:29 am Post subject:

doubleagent · Guru Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 444 Location: 127.0.0.1

gerard27 · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject:

What is the output of

Deathwing00 · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject:

Moved from Desktop Environments to Kernel & Hardware.

Muso · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:17 am Post subject:

doubleagent · Guru Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 444 Location: 127.0.0.1

I've removed nvidia framebuffer support from my kernel, recompiled it, added support for vesafb-tng, and have edited grub.conf to kick start it (video=vesafb:mtrr,1280x1024-32@85).

The init script is very clear that it's still using nvidiafb. wtf!?
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doubleagent · Guru Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 444 Location: 127.0.0.1

bump (read above question)
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doubleagent · Guru Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 444 Location: 127.0.0.1

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atdsm · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject:

init script? As in, it appears in dmesg or something? Dumb question, but did you remember to install the new kernel to /boot after recompiling it?
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doubleagent · Guru Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 444 Location: 127.0.0.1

No, mr. atdsm! There are no dumb questions: in fact, that was just the sanity check that I needed! Thank you for pointing that out - it works now.

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atdsm · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:02 am Post subject:

NP... I made a bunch of similarly mindless mistakes when I was last working with a kernel.

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