Re: nvidie module not found but is present

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

michael wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 14:30 -0500, 
>
> > >  Re: nvidie module not found but is p  [ Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.lei ]
>
>
> > > michael wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi - trying to follow instructions for nvidia drivers and thought I'd
> > > > made it but i get the following which makes no sense to me... all ptrs
> > > > welcome
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > michael@ratty:/etc/X11$ sudo modprobe nvidia
> > > > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
> > > > (/lib/modules/2.6.8-3-686-smp/nvidia/nvidia.ko): No such device
> > > > michael@ratty:/etc/X11$
> > > > file /lib/modules/2.6.8-3-686-smp/nvidia/nvidia.ko
> > > > /lib/modules/2.6.8-3-686-smp/nvidia/nvidia.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB
> > > > relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
> > > > michael@ratty:/etc/X11$
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ie the file is there!
> > >
> > > I think the nvidia.ko file is OK, but when you modprobe it it cannot
> > > find the device which it wants to open. I have /dev/nvidia0 and
> > > /dev/nvidiactl, are those device nodes present on your system? Maybe the
> > > problem is due to a missing alias definition in modules.alias. Here is
> > > what I have:
> > >
> > > $ grep nvidia /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias
> > > alias char-major-195-* nvidia
> > > alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia
> > > alias pci:v000010DEd000001E0sv*sd*bc06sc00i00* nvidia_agp
> > > alias pci:v000010DEd000001A4sv*sd*bc06sc00i00* nvidia_agp
> > >
> > > I hope this helps; I have never had this "No such device" error myself,
> > > therefore I can only make some wild guesses.
>
>
> I have said /dev files and the same instances of 'nvidia' in
> modules.alias

Maybe you have the same problem that is currently being addressed in
this thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/04/msg00346.html

I did not think of this before I saw Vegard L. Rekaa's reaction to my
suggestion, but a mismatch in the driver version (newest driver for
older cards) can cause a "no such device" error when modprobing the
nvidia module. You can check if you find the same warning message in
your xorg/xfree log. If you are still stuck nevertheless, post the
relevant output of lspci so that we know which graphics card you have,
and tell us the exact version of the nvidia driver you are trying to
use. "modprobe -v nvidia" might also help to get more information about
where things go wrong.

Regards,
           Florian