Re: upgrade to 2.6.5 problem
On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 14:38 -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 03:19:32PM +0100, Keir Lawson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 16:03 -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 09:17:54AM +0100, Keir Lawson wrote:
> > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel
> > > alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia
> > > alias char-major-195 nvidia
> > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel
> > >
> > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-2.4.20.basil
> > > alias /dev/nvidia* NVdriver
> > > alias char-major-195 NVdriver
> > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-2.4.20.basil
> > >
> > > ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-nkc
> > > alias char-major-195 nvidia
> > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-nkc
> > >
> > > There's only the one line that's different:
> > > alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia
> > > (the NVdriver is the old name that doesn't get used anymore.) But I've
> > > *never* had to edit this file by hand for Nvidia (yes for sound though).
> > > You can just edit it by hand...I had to for sound...and the world didn't
> > > collapse. :)
> > well i i dont seem to have a /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-2.4.20.basil or
> > equivalent file... perhaps this is the problem?
>
> It's only a problem if you named your kernel version "basil." You should
> have the parts that are *in between* the ### commented out lines.
>
> emma
i think my modules.conf is configured OK, perhaps the module isnt in the
search path.... where do i look to find the nvidia module explicitly
pointing to the nvidio,ko file?
Keir
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