Re: nvidia module load problems

[Alan Thompson <alan@mwahahahaha.com>]

On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:26:29AM +0000, Nic Strong wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Ever since compiling 2.4.20 kernel and the nvidia module/glx (4191)
> whenever I start x the nvidia module does not auto load i have to do an
> explicit 'insmod nvidia' (i never had to do this in the past).
> 
> /etc/modules has the following lines:
> 
> ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-2.4.20
> alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia
> alias char-major-195 nvidia
> ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-2.4.20

Make sure you don't also have any stray lines refering to the old
NVdriver module.  I had this a couple of days ago; I tend to keep a
lot of old kernels around, so I also had the nvidia module package for
each kernel installed.  So, while I had the correct line, I also had
several lines like:

### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-2.4.4
alias char-major-195 NVdriver
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-2.4.4

which confused things.  Getting rid of the wrong ones got it working
right.  I should probably tidy up in general, I doubt I'll ever need
to boot 2.4.4. again!

Cheers, 

A.

-- 
Alan Thompson