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Rr2516
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 Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:28 am Post subject: [SOLVED]nVidia Geforce GTX 260 : no such device error |
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As the title suggests I have a gtx 260 installed. I have emerged xorg-server and nvidia-drivers.
When I run:
I get the error:
| Code: | | FATAL: Error: inserting nvidia (path to module): No such device |
running Xorg -configure generates the same error and informs me:
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X.Org X Server 1.9.4
Release Date: 2011-02-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 x86_64 Gentoo
Current Operating System: Linux ray-gentoo 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 #4 SMP Sun Feb 20 20:05:16 EST 2011 x86_64
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sdc2
Build Date: 20 February 2011 06:52:05PM
Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Feb 20 20:27:37 2011
List of video drivers:
nv
nvidia
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/video/nvidia.ko): No such device
(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
(EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) NV: The PCI device 0x10de05e2 (GeForce GTX 260) at 02@00:00:0 has a kernel module claiming it.
(EE) NV: This driver cannot operate until it has been unloaded.
Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
Configuration failed.
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if there are is any other output I should post here please let me know and thank you for any help in advance,
Rr
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Rr2516
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:44 am Post subject: |
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nvidia-xconfig generated xorg.conf
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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 260.19.29 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-04.nvidia.com) Wed Dec 8 12:27:39 PST 2010
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| I found another post with similar issues so I went back and wrote the output of emerge nvidia-drivers to a file and searched for any warnings. unfortunately there was nothing there (that I saw). I can post the output here (or somewhere else) if needed. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:03 am Post subject: |
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possible to dump your kernel .config up on pastebin?
I ask because you should have:
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hplaptop ~ # zgrep -i nvidia /proc/config.gz
# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA is not set
# CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_MBP_NVIDIA is not set
hplaptop ~ # zgrep -i riva /proc/config.gz
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
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If FB_RIVA or FB_NVIDIA are selected, you will have precisely this issue with the nvidia driver. Both of these should NOT be selected.
This would be the first thing I'd check to be honest.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:14 am Post subject: |
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I'd be happy to do this...but I'm rather new so if you could point me in the direction of the config file I'd appreciate it
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:25 am Post subject: |
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no worries
the config file you used to build your kernel should be in /usr/src/linux/.config
if you configure the kernel to do so, it will also keep a gzipped copy of the .config within /proc/config.gz, so this is also a spot you can find it
you should be able to upload this to pastebin.com, or, if you just post the output of:
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egrep -i '(riva|nvidia)' /usr/src/linux/.config
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It should show something like:
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# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_MBP_NVIDIA is not set
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I guess it would also be useful to know if you used genkernel to get a kernel, or if you built a kernel by hand.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: |
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here are the specific nvidia settings
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# CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_MBP_NVIDIA is not set
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I built the kernel by hand. I thought it would be a good thing to learn. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:46 am Post subject: |
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hrmm...what about grep -i nouveau /usr/src/linux/.config ?
the message from trying to load nvidia.ko is that there's no such device
the message from nv is that the device is there, but it's already occupied
so it seems like there's a device that nv knows about, that nvidia doesn't know about, however nvidia didnt create it so it cant be what locked nv out, and nv didnt create a device nvidia knows about
if that makes sense
so that makes me guess nouveau may be fouling things up.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:48 am Post subject: |
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posted before i could reply 
and indeed, lookie what i see:
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CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y
CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_BACKLIGHT=y
CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_DEBUG=y
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So let's try taking these out, rebuild the kernel, move it over to /boot as you did before (and make sure to update grub.conf), and reboot
I would also check and see if you have a /proc/config.gz at all, because having this present makes it much easier to be 100% sure what config your currently-running kernel is using
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:49 am Post subject: |
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# grep -i nouveau /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y
CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_BACKLIGHT=y
CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_DEBUG=y
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This seems like a reasonable answer to me. I'll recompile the kernel without nouveau and see what happens |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:03 am Post subject: |
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rebuilt kernel without nouveau
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# grep -i nouveau /usr/src/linux/.config
# CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU is not set
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still getting an identical output from modprobe nvidia and Xorg -configure |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:36 am Post subject: |
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just poking around /sys a bit to see if it shows us what driver is hooked up to a particular device
possible to post your lspci -k ?
Assuming there's a driver that has the shit locked/occupied/whatever, if the driver is built as a module, I *think* we should be able to see it by doing:
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ls /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:02.0/driver/module/drivers/
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I will admit I'm unfamiliar with the "02@00:00:0" nomenclature that log uses - it's probably something common that everyone but me knows, but hey, I don't know it
But as I poke around /sys I can see some interesting things, for example:
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hplaptop drivers # ls /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:02.0/driver/module/drivers/
pci:i915
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# ls /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:02\:00.0/driver/module/drivers/
pci:iwlagn
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Just so you can see how my brain is working here. I wouldn't be taking this track, except that NV seems to know what device it should be looking at, it just can't "attach" (I don't know the right word?) because something else has already done it.
Looking at your config, the only thing I can gather is maybe one of the framebuffer drivers is fouling things up (e.g. uvesafb) - i guess we could try deselecting these. I do remember the nvidia driver doesn't need much at all configured in the kernel in order to work, but that there's loads of stuff that can prevent it from working.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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here is the output of lspci -k: http://pastebin.com/NKebZa8H
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# ls /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:02.0/driver/module/drivers/
ls: cannot access /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:02.0/driver/module/drivers/: No such file or directory
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Thanks for all your help, I really appreciate, sorry for the delayed response but I unexpectedly became unconscious for about 8 hours...
Edit:
I went through the directories and got into drivers so I'm here:
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# pwd
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/driver/module/drivers
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and inside:
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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some additional output:
| Code: | # less /proc/modules
sil164 3764 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0ae3000
ch7006 15821 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0ad9000
gspca_main 20355 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0012000
xt_mark 1125 0 - Live 0xffffffffa000c000
scsi_wait_scan 711 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0006000
test_nx 1595 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0000000
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So even though I have nvidia listed here:
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# less /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
# /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6: kernel modules to load when system boots.
#
# Note that this file is for 2.6 kernels.
#
# Add the names of modules that you'd like to load when the system
# starts into this file, one per line. Comments begin with # and
# are ignored. Read man modules.autoload for additional details.
# For example:
# aic7xxx
test_nx
scsi_wait_scan
display
xt_mark
gspca_main
g_webcam
nvidia
ch7006
sil164
nvidia
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it's not appearing in my listed modules and nouveau seems to be claiming the pci card but running rmmod nv or rmmod nouveau fails because it's not listed as a module and yet I just rebuilt my kernel and removed support for it so there seems to be somewhere else that this thing is coming from.
So to sum everything up: What the? |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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So I was able to solve this. though I wasn't being careful so I'm not sure which change fixed it so I will list them all:
I recompiled the kernel again but changed from uvesa to vesa and I modified the settings for the drivers in device drivers video settings.
on reboot I got the big text again, indicating nouveau was gone.
running
worked and I updated the modules.
Thank you for your help cach0rr0. I really appreciate it, woul have been lost without your guidance.
-Rr |
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