Jeffrey Stephens wrote: > I am using Redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14-5.0, KDE 1.1.2 desktop and > XFree86 4.1.0 which I installed > from binaries downloaded from ftp.xfree86.org. I am using glibc 2.1 and > gcc egcs-2.91.66. I have > a TNT2 M64 card w/32MB of RAM. > > I downloaded the latest NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.src.rpm from the nvidia > website and ran: > > # rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.src.rpm > > The build appeared to go fine and I end up with an i386.rpm file which I > then installed after killing > the X server and going to run level 1. To install I ran: > > # rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.i386.rpm > > Though I get a message at the end of the install that says that NVdriver > was successfully installed, I also > get an error message that says neither conf.modules or modules.conf can > be found. This is strange > because there is a "conf.modules" file residing in /etc directory. I > then looked at this file and it did > not contain any entry for NVdriver. So, I entered the following line in > this file; > > alias char-major-195 NVdriver > > I then looked to make sure that NVdriver exists and found it in > directory : > > /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/video > > I then ran /sbin/lsmod to see what it showed and got the following > output : > > Module Size Used by > ---------- ---- ------ -- > > NVdriver 983200 0 (unused) > > I then edited /etc/X11/XF86Config and changed the driver from "nv" to > "nvidia" > > Then, I rebooted and got the following error: > > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > . > . > . > (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" > (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" > (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) > . > . > (EE) No drivers available. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > So I went to /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/video and ran insmod manually as > follows: > > # insmod ./NVdriver > > and I get > > "insmod: a module named NVdriver already exists". > > I note here a possibly strange fact. The size of NVdriver listed in > this directory is > 1107137 which does not match that shown when running /sbin/lsmod. > > I tried the nvidia forum and found nothing of help. I do have the kernel > headers loaded for the kernel > version I am using. > > I have no idea what is going on here. Can anyone help? > > Thanks. > > Jeff Stephens
