Error loading nvidia modules [solved]

gnat79 · Last edited by gnat79 on Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:25 am; edited 1 time in total

I just upgraded to nvidia-drivers

[ebuild R ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8774

but now I can't start X as a regular user. I can do it as root. I always get this message:

FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/video/nvidia.ko): Invalid module format

I'm not sure what the problem is. Do I have to upgrade my kernel to get the latest to work? I thought that the nvidia drivers were totally separate from the kernel.

Thanks in advance.
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Big Jim Slade · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject:

Have you updated gcc recently? I believe (although it's been a while) that you'll see this error if you compile your kernel with one major version of gcc and modules with another (like kernel with gcc 3.4 and nvidia with 4.1).

If you're not sure, try rebuilding the kernel and see if that helps. It may require you to re-emerge any other modules though, such as alsa if you're not using the built-in module.

sonicbhoc · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject:

here's what you should do:

emerge module-rebuild
cd /usr/src/linux
make && make modules_install install && module-rebuild rebuild
reboot

See if that works.

gnat79 · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject:

Ahh.. yeah when I rebuilt the kernel last it was with gcc 3.3.4 and then I updated to gcc-4.1.1

I'll rebuild and upgrade the kernel and see what happens then.

Thanks!
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gnat79 · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject:

I did that

gnat79 · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:25 am Post subject:

Ok, my kernel was compiling funny because the old one was compiled with gcc3.3.4 and the new one was using 4.1.1. So, updating to a newer kernel solved that without me having to clean the old stuff out. I also got nvidia drivers working on the second try (forgot that you don't want nvidia frambuffer support in the kernel). So, now it's working nicely.

Thanks to all of you for your help!
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