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a1ex

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-02-16

Posts: 86

nvidia module fails to load after last update

The end of a failing Xorg.0.log looks like this:

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(==) 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): 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 load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

In terminal it further gave me the hint to look at dmesg which gives me the following:

nvidia: Unknown parameter `NVreg_EnableBrightnessControl'

I'm using a 6800GT and tried starting with xorg.conf generated by X -configure (which uses nv instead of nvidia and thus doesnt load the driver) and nvidia-xconfig (which gives the above error) as well as with my old conf, which gives similar results.

tami

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From: Norway, Oslo

Registered: 2007-11-10

Posts: 58

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Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

hmm... Have you:

depmod -a

(updated kernel module dependencies) after installing nvidia driver and nvidia-xconfig?

(Info from Wiki's Beginners Guide - http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide)

Another useful link - http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA

Hope it helps.

tami

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a1ex

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-02-16

Posts: 86

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

No change.

btw here the error message when modprobing nvidia

FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

a1ex

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-02-16

Posts: 86

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

I tried the 96xx driver, it works.
But since it is a Gefore 6 (NV40) it should be supported by the recent driver shouldnt it?

saneone

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From: Warsaw, PL/Bridgeport, CT

Registered: 2007-06-05

Posts: 70

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

I've got the same problem...

BTW. Refering to the nvidia website the new driver supports Geforce 6 series...

did anyone find a working solution? plz, help

Last edited by saneone (2008-02-18 17:40:13)

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brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,066

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

Use the Search button on "Unknown symbol in module".

Kernel modules (such as /lib/modules/blahblah/nvidia.ko) need to be *compiled* for the specific kernel that they are running with.

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Tido

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Registered: 2007-06-21

Posts: 65

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

Same problem here. Anyone have any luck?

And something weird about mine:

pacman -S nvidia installs fine, but

ERROR: Module nvidia does not exist in /proc/modules
In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.
$ modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Module nvidia not found.

Last edited by Tido (2008-03-01 01:20:05)

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,066

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

find /lib/modules/ -name nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24.3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko

uname -r
2.6.24.3

Spot the similarity in the kernel version

See kernel & module recompilation.

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Tido

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Registered: 2007-06-21

Posts: 65

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

$ find /lib/modules/ -name nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
$ uname -r
2.6.24-ARCH

Thanks for the link, I'll try it out. More info that repeats what you said:

nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [APC3] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  169.12  Thu Feb 14 17:51:09 PST 2008
NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 100.14.19, but
NVRM: this kernel module has the version 169.12.  Please
NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
NVRM: components have the same version.

Last edited by Tido (2008-03-01 02:19:03)

Tido

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Registered: 2007-06-21

Posts: 65

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

I figured out my problem. The GATech repo is out of date and pacman used a more current repo for core and GATech for extra.

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,066

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 100.14.19, but
NVRM: this kernel module has the version 169.12

The Arch packages "nvidia" and "nvidia-utils" must both be at the *same* version.

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bionnaki

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Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 289

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

so, whats the solution? just wait until the repo is updated?
thanks

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: nvidia module fails to load after last update

you should use the same mirror for core and extra because  the mirrors are not updated at the same frequency.

Gatech have not been updated since 8 Feb. I would suggest to switch to another mirror.