Bug#289749: xfree86-common: Problems loading modules

[browaeys.alban@wanadoo.fr]

To the maitainer : could this bug (which was about radeon and was
in fact a non problem be closed or someone giving me permission
to close it ?)

hi

this bug should have been reported about nvidia packages ...

anyway you mix "X failed to initialized nvidia kernel module" (X needs the kernel module to be loaded and it is not) and 'cannot find the module' from insmod (insmod require the full path to the module , you cannot "insmod nvidia" , this is what modprobe is for . And you just told it worked with modprobe).

PS/ you should not need insmod, it not only need the full path to
the module but also is unable to manage dependencies in case the
module you want to load need another one. This is an advanced
tool when modprobe is for common use.

I just did not understood if you had the error in X (cannot
initialise nvidia kernel module ) even when loading "nvidia" with
modprobe before starting X.


If you look in nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx bugs you ll
find that the nvidia module not being loaded automatigically is a
known issue. The common fix is to add it to /etc/modules (or
load it with modconf which will add it in /etc/modules)

Cheers
Alban

PS: this issue have nothing to do with the submitter bug report
which was about a ati card driver using the free dri 3d driver.