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dwilson
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 Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:21 pm Post subject: nvidia drivers don't load |
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| I am using nvidia drivers 4191. The problem is every time I reboot I must rebuild the drivers for x to start. Otherwise I get an nvidia module not loaded error. What I need to know is how to make the module load automatically on reboot? Even when I try and do modprobe or insmod after rebooting that doesn't work. I must actually recompile the drivers to get it going. |
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aja
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have 'nvidia' in your modules.autoload?
(The name of the driver has changed in the new version) |
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dwilson
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| How do I check? I am really new to all of this editing config files by hand. |
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aja
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| dwilson wrote: | | How do I check? I am really new to all of this editing config files by hand. |
From a console window (or the console, if you're not in X):
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cat /etc/modules.autoload
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That should print the current contents of your autoload file (which are the kernel modules to automatically load on startup). If you are running the masked version of the nvidia drivers (as your post indicates), then
should appear on a line by itself. If it does not, add it to the end of the /etc/modules.autoload file on a line by itself. Make sure there is a blank line at the end. You can do this using any editor - you probably used nano when you first installed the system, and can use the same process. Make sure you are root when attempting to edit that file.
If the line
(or something like that - my memory fails me) is present, it is the driver name for the old nvidia drivers and should be removed or edited to match the above. |
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dwilson
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok, that worked! Thanks for the help aja. |
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