Re: [gentoo-user] Strange Xorg behaviour, not (always) loading nvidia module

[Pupino]

2008/1/31, Daniel Iliev <daniel.iliev@×××××.com>:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:18:40 +0100
> Pupino <pupinux@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> > 2008/1/31, Daniel Iliev <daniel.iliev@×××××.com>:
> > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:56:30 +0100
> > > Pupino <pupinux@×××××.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > All you have to do in order to get the proprietery nvidia drv
> > > > > working is:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) make sure the open src nvidia drv is not built in-kernel or
> > > > > as kernel module:
> > > > >
> > > > > ========
> > > > >    Location:
> > > > >      -> Device Drivers
> > > > >        -> Graphics support
> > > > >          -> Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=n])
> > > > >              -> nVidia Framebuffer Support = [N]
> > > > > ========
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) emerge nvidia-drivers
> > > > > 3) make sure /etc/X11/xorg.conf has >Driver "nvidia"<, not "nv"
> > > > > in section "Device"
> > > > > 4) eselect opengl set nvidia
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the help Daniel, but what you say hasn't fixed my
> > > > problem... I had framebuffer support in the kernel config, but not
> > > > the nvidia fb support, I've tried to remove it at all, but still
> > > > doesn't work... the other steps you have listed have already been
> > > > done. In fact if I type /etc/init.d/xdm restart after boot the
> > > > driver is loaded correctly and all works...
> > > >
> > > > Davide
> > >
> > >
> > > No, AFAIK, only the open source "nv" frame buffer (FB) driver can't
> > > work together with the driver from Nvidia. You can have another
> > > (e.g. VESA) FB support along with the proprietary driver.
> > >
> > > Have you re-emerged "nvidia-drivers" after you recompiled the
> > > kernel? If you use binary storage for the compiled packages, remove
> > > the nvidia-drivers from there before emerging. I had such a problem:
> > > portage extracts the backup package without really rebuilding the
> > > driver (perhaps because it sees the same versions and USE flags).
> > >
> > > So, you could try:
> > >
> > > rm $PORTDIR/packages/All/nvidia*
> > > emerge nvidia-drivers
> > > eselect opengl nvidia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > > Daniel
> > > --
> > > gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Yes, i've got the vesa fb driver and not the nv one...
> > fot the binary storage, I don't use that and however I've tried to
> > recompile both xorg-server and nvidia-drivers... but without result...
> > Thanks the same however!
> >
> > Davide
>
>
>
> The init sequence here is saying something like:
>
> "udev is loading module nvidia...[OK]".
>
> It is in the very beginning and if remove xdm from the init the
> nvidia module is still loaded although unused. So, you could try to
> remove xdm from your init, reboot and check if nvidia is loaded. If it
> is absent from the output of "lsmod" you could try to make it load
> autamatically by:
>
> "echo nvidia >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6"
>
> ...or even better - check if there isn't something wrong with udev.
>
> Other than this, I'm running out of ideas.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Daniel
> --
> gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list
>
>

udev loads correctly the nvidia module with and without xdm in the
default runlevel
I don't know what to think about this...
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