crock Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 When I try to run a "startx" from the command line, it tries to initialize X but gives me an error stating that: NVIDIA MODULE COULD NOT BE LOADED Screens found, but none with usable configuration. Everything seemed to have worked fine before I rebooted... Whats the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 as root do; modprobe nvidia was it already loaded? If not, now try; startx If that fixes it, put nvidia in /etc/modprobe.preload and it shouldn't happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crock Posted May 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 The modprobe nvidia worked just fine. Thanks a million. One more question though. How exactly do I add that to the modprobe.preload? It says comments are added with a "#" but aren't those ignored? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 (edited) just use any text editor>add nvidia>and save the file. Mine doesn't have nvidia, but if it did it would look like this [root@localhost root]# cat /etc/modprobe.preload# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with # a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored. # this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY # for old kernel use /etc/modules scsi_hostadapter via-agp nvidia [root@localhost root]# Edited May 9, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crock Posted May 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crock Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Seems like ever since I did the modprobe.preload thing, every time Mandrake starts up, it freezes when it begins to load X. Another restart, and everything works fine. Weird huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 you could try uninstalling nvidia>reinstalling nvidia>and taking nvidia out of modprobe.preload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockybalboa Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Hello, I wanted to chime in on this one. I had the same problem last night after installing the 5336 drivers. I hadn't found an answer yet, until I saw this. However, during my "troubleshooting" I also found the XFree86-Config-4 file had been rewritten. So I changed it back per the driver installation instructions. Rebooted, had same problem as before, including change of Config file. I swear I saved the changes. So I ran DrakX. This is the one thing I liked in 9.2 more than 10. Anyway, I change Config again, rebooted. Had same results as above. At 1:30 AM I gave up for the night. Any idea how the Config file could get rewritten? Crock, are these drivers good? My WinBlows experience is that NVIDIA releases alot of drivers and it's hit and miss until you get the one that works for the individual system best. Thanks, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 you should not need to preload the nvidia module just edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to load nvidia instead of nv and also make sure you have the load glx per the instructions (you may need to reboot, however). anothing thing to look into is the NvAGP option if you have troubles with lockups once you get it loaded. look at Appendix F in the readme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 well it's been a random thing since ML-10-beta/kernel-2.6 that some people need to preload the driver. That is why I suggested it. See other threads. No, you 'shouldn't' have to.....but you also 'shouldn't' have to edit XF86Config-4 and change nv to nvidia either. If you didn't want the change you wouldn't be instaling the sucker, would ya? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 well it's been a random thing since ML-10-beta/kernel-2.6 that some people need to preload the driver. really? bah...that's just stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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