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netes

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From: Poland

Registered: 2007-02-01

Posts: 10

Problems with own kernel and nvidia

Hi.
I've got a little problem with nvidia driver. I removed stock kernel and compiled my own. Then I installed nvidia drivers (from nvidia.com) and everythings gone fine. But after reboot Xserver doesn't seem to start. The only way to run X is to reinstall nvidia drivers (after every reboot)... anyone knows any solution for that?

netes

Member

From: Poland

Registered: 2007-02-01

Posts: 10

Re: Problems with own kernel and nvidia

Log:

(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "on"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TripleBuffer" "on"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Sigi

Member

From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: Problems with own kernel and nvidia

put nvidia into the modules array of /etc/rc.conf.
(I don't know if its really called nvidia - Ati user here )

edit: To play around your can load modules with modprobe $modulesname, remove modules with rmmod $modulesname and list modules with lsmod.

Last edited by Sigi (2007-06-01 10:54:08)

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