Re: nvidia module load problems

[Nic Strong <nic_s@ihug.co.nz>]

On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 16:54, Alan Thompson wrote:
> 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

Thanks for all the help every one. It turned out it was the reference to
the old module name in /etc/modules that was causing the problem.

Cheers,
-- 
Nic Strong <nic_s@ihug.co.nz>