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NVIDIA Linux Driver Install on Mandrake 9.1
Steve Mowbray wrote:
On reboot - X fails to start - nvidia module is not loaded and the /dev/nvidia* device files are missing. Check to see if the line "alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia" is in your /etc/modules.conf hth -- sid RLU 300284 Mdk 9.2 2.4.22-21mm.1mdkcustom My barber's getting very hard of hearing, I asked him to make me look like a *count*..... |
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sid wrote:
Steve Mowbray wrote: On reboot - X fails to start - nvidia module is not loaded and the /dev/nvidia* device files are missing. Check to see if the line "alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia" is in your /etc/modules.conf hth If you have probs with it not starting try changing the Option "NvAGP" "?" to Option "NvAGP" "1" in the XF86Config ( not sure on mandrake might be XF86Config-4 ) file in /etv/X11/ this will use the Nvidia gart built into the modules instead of the kernel one. -- Mark Twixt hill and high water. N.Wales, UK. Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk |
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"sid" wrote in message ... Steve Mowbray wrote: On reboot - X fails to start - nvidia module is not loaded and the /dev/nvidia* device files are missing. Check to see if the line "alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia" is in your /etc/modules.conf Now I am confused - this alias is not listed in the NVidia instructions and in any case during install '/dev/nvidia0' and '/dev/nvidiactl' are created okay - they disappear on reboot. Can you explain what the effect of this alias is or why it is recommended - thanks. hth -- sid RLU 300284 Mdk 9.2 2.4.22-21mm.1mdkcustom My barber's getting very hard of hearing, I asked him to make me look like a *count*..... |
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"baskitcaise" wrote in message ... sid wrote: Steve Mowbray wrote: On reboot - X fails to start - nvidia module is not loaded and the /dev/nvidia* device files are missing. Check to see if the line "alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia" is in your /etc/modules.conf hth If you have probs with it not starting try changing the Option "NvAGP" "?" to Option "NvAGP" "1" in the XF86Config ( not sure on mandrake might be XF86Config-4 ) file in /etv/X11/ this will use the Nvidia gart built into the modules instead of the kernel one. Thanks for that tip - it has fixed the minor problem (error msg localhost kernel : 0 : NVRM : AGPGART : unable to retrieve symbol table) however the main problem of failing on reboot remains. I read through this driver config option and assumed that the default value of 3 (try AGPGART then NVIDIA-AGP) would have been sufficient - could be that it is and the message was reporting the AGPGART try failure but then getting the NVidia internal support okay. -- Mark Twixt hill and high water. N.Wales, UK. Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk |
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Steve Mowbray wrote:
"sid" wrote in message ... Steve Mowbray wrote: On reboot - X fails to start - nvidia module is not loaded and the /dev/nvidia* device files are missing. Check to see if the line "alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia" is in your /etc/modules.conf Now I am confused - this alias is not listed in the NVidia instructions and in any case during install '/dev/nvidia0' and '/dev/nvidiactl' are created okay - they disappear on reboot. Can you explain what the effect of this alias is or why it is recommended - thanks. There should be an entry near the bottom of the /etc/modules.conf:- alias char-major-195 nvidia This is on a Suse 9.0 box so it might be slightly different on mandrake, the modules.conf file is parsed on boot and all modules that are in there and uncommented are prepared so that they can be used on demand ( not exactly how it works but good enough explanation at the mo ). If there is no entry in the modules.conf or it is commented out then the system does not know about it and so can`t set it up and use it. I would also suggest that you have a look on the nvidia forums ( from the nvidia website ) there are a lot of very knowledgeable people there that may have seen your problem before, it might be specific to mandrake or something, suse was slightly different with the nvidia stuff. HTH -- Mark Twixt hill and high water. N.Wales, UK. Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk |
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"baskitcaise" wrote in message ... Steve Mowbray wrote: "sid" wrote in message ... Steve Mowbray wrote: On reboot - X fails to start - nvidia module is not loaded and the /dev/nvidia* device files are missing. Check to see if the line "alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia" is in your /etc/modules.conf Now I am confused - this alias is not listed in the NVidia instructions and in any case during install '/dev/nvidia0' and '/dev/nvidiactl' are created okay - they disappear on reboot. Can you explain what the effect of this alias is or why it is recommended - thanks. There should be an entry near the bottom of the /etc/modules.conf:- alias char-major-195 nvidia Got that. This is on a Suse 9.0 box so it might be slightly different on mandrake, the modules.conf file is parsed on boot and all modules that are in there and uncommented are prepared so that they can be used on demand ( not exactly how it works but good enough explanation at the mo ). If there is no entry in the modules.conf or it is commented out then the system does not know about it and so can`t set it up and use it. I would also suggest that you have a look on the nvidia forums ( from the nvidia website ) there are a lot of very knowledgeable people there that may have seen your problem before, it might be specific to mandrake or something, suse was slightly different with the nvidia stuff. Will do - many thanks for your help. HTH -- Mark Twixt hill and high water. N.Wales, UK. Email is spam trap try baskitcaise at gmx dot co dot uk |
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