2014-10-23 21:03 GMT+02:00 Doug Newgard <scimmia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:30:55 +0200 > Csányi Pál <csanyipal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to replace nouveau driver with nvidia-304xx-lts for my >> NVIDIA Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GT] videocard. >> >> I'm following advices at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nvidia. >> >> I have installed the linux kernel: core/linux-lts 3.14.21-1. >> >> I modified the script for switching from nouveau to nvidia, like: >> [code] >> #!/bin/bash >> # nouveau -> nvidia >> # run as root >> >> set -e >> >> # check if root >> if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then >> echo "You must be root to run this script. Aborting..."; >> exit 1; >> fi >> >> if [ -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-nouveau.conf ] >> then rm -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-nouveau.conf >> fi >> >> cp /Adatok/ArchLinuxBeallitasok/30-nvidia.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ >> >> sed -i 's/MODULES="nouveau"/#MODULES="nouveau"/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf >> >> pacman -Rdds --noconfirm xf86-video-nouveau mesa-libgl lib32-mesa-dri >> lib32-mesa-libgl >> pacman -S --noconfirm nvidia-304xx-lts lib32-nvidia-304xx-libgl >> >> mkinitcpio -p linux >> >> reboot >> [/code] >> >> The 30-nvidia.conf is: >> [code] >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Nvidia Card" >> Driver "nvidia" >> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" >> Option "NoLogo" "true" >> EndSection >> [/code] >> >> When I run after reboot and bash login: >> $ startx >> >> I get not the X Window system, but error messages. >> The /var/log/Xorg.0.log file is: >> [log] >> [ 229.009] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" >> [ 229.009] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so >> [ 229.010] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" >> [ 229.010] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 >> [ 229.010] Module class: X.Org Video Driver >> [ 229.012] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. >> Please check your >> [ 229.012] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional >> error messages. [ 229.012] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" >> [ 229.012] (II) Unloading nvidia >> [ 229.013] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific >> error, 0) [ 229.013] (EE) No drivers available. >> [/log] >> >> What am I missing here? How can I solve this problem? >> > > It tells you the kernel module is not loaded, so start there. modprobe > it and see what happens. BTW, the sed line in that script is pretty bad. I did: modprobe nvidia and I get not any message, but the nvidia modell can't be loaded into kernel. -- Regards from Pal
