scoopy Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 I have run out of tricks up my sleeve getting NVIDIA working here. I have installed these drivers hundreds of times... but this time... the driver dissappears upon reboot. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! I do all the usual stuff... log out of kde, install, load "glx", nv to nvidia, startx. Everything is fine until I reboot. I have even tried adding "nvidia" to modprobe.preload and also tried the multimedia kernel with its matching source (of course) We are running xorg-x11-6.7.0-4.2.101mdk and Official 10.1 (updated) and have a GeForce4 thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 What do you get when you do: modprobe nvidia? How (syntax) did you add the nvidia line in modprobe.preload? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 What do you get when you do: modprobe nvidia? It just goes back to # How (syntax) did you add the nvidia line in modprobe.preload? edited both with su kate and also vi (insert) # /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 nvidia mousedev psmouse pcspkr capability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 That should mean it loaded correctly. Does it show in lsmod? If it does check xorg.conf again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Right now lsmod shows the nvidia module loaded... but when I reboot... it will be gone.. Let me show you my xorg.conf --- before and after (maybe it will give us a clue): Now... after a fresh NVIDIA install and while its working: # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "en_US" Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Packard Bell" ModelName "Packard Bell 1511SL" HorizSync 30-62 VertRefresh 50-120 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800 ModeLine "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1680x1050 ModeLine "1680x1050" 214.51 1680 1800 1984 2288 1050 1051 1054 1103 # Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1920x1200 ModeLine "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "NVIDIA Corp." BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" Option "IgnoreEDID" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 After a fresh reboot... startx fails... the xorg.conf file is the same. I am seeing "nvidia" show up with lsmod now... maybe something to do with glx as I see the following now in the log file ??? (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA XFree86 driver not found) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Don't reboot :). Just restart X (ctrl - alt - backspace, or open a console, log in as root and type: init 3, or type: killall X). Make sure the module is loaded and restart X, with the correct xorg.conf and change this: Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so" to Load "glx" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Afraid I have to reboot and according to lsmod... the module is loaded... but X still fails. Here's the last fiew lines of the log when it fails: (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. the error as it appears on console after typing "startx" Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! *** Aborting *** Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. no screens found fatal server error What I do at this point is change "nvidia" back to "nv" which gets me running GUI again. I gotta be using the right settings... cause it works everytime I install it... but upon reboot something is failing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLA21 Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I got the same issue on LE2005 (clean install), any ideas to resolved it? scoopy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aomighty Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Dunno whether it would affect it, but make sure you have the correct kernel-source, cuz if you "urpmi kernel-source," I think Mandriva will install 2.6.11-12mdk rather than 2.6.11-6mdk. Also try a build just in case. Again, I'm relatively new, but just in case it might do something :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 (edited) Newest nvidia driver will not work properly with older cards. On ArchLinux that I'm using the devs have issued an alternative (and UNOFFICIAL!) legacy nvidia driver, which seems working decently with old nvidia cards. Old cards not supported anymore by the nvidia driver are RIVA TNT RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro RIVA TNT2 Ultra Vanta/Vanta LT RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro Aladdin TNT2 GeForce 256 GeForce DDR Quadro GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro GeForce2 Ti GeForce2 Ultra Quadro2 Pro Of course this shouldn't be scoopy's case (he has a Geforce4), so I guess that something is wrong in the kernel sources. The one and only time I have had such a problem in the past I had to change one kernel resource a little bit (as they pointed me at the nvidia support forums) and after that the modules built properly. Edited July 24, 2005 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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