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#1 2009-05-05 23:46:18

keevie
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Registered: 2008-09-09
Posts: 7

nvidia-xconfig not doing what it ought to...

i ran nvidia-xconfig to generate an xorg.conf, and that seemed to work excellently. However, when i run startx, I first of all get couldn't load /lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/modules.dep.
so i look in that directory, and find that the folder is called 2.6.29-ARCH.
I soft link 2.6.29-ARCH to 2.6.28-ARCH, and now when i run startx i get
Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.29-ARCH/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko) Invalid module format
sorry for lack of copy paste, but its a bit hard to post on a forum without an x server.
Running just installed arch x86_64

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#2 2009-05-06 08:04:08

deej
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Registered: 2008-02-08
Posts: 395

Re: nvidia-xconfig not doing what it ought to...

I take it that you don't want to boot straight into the GUI ?
Which desktop do you wish to start ? For KDE, try
'startkde' instead of 'startx'.

Deej

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#3 2009-05-06 09:55:51

hbekel
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Registered: 2008-10-04
Posts: 311

Re: nvidia-xconfig not doing what it ought to...

This problem occurs because you probably haven't rebooted after upgrading from kernel 2.6.28 to 2.6.29 during your first sysupgrade. So you're still running 2.6.28, and modprobe will look for the nonexistent /lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/. Simply symlinking results in trying to insmod a 2.6.29 module into a 2.6.28 kernel, which is bound to fail. Remove the symlink you created (bad idea in general) and boot your new kernel first.

To start kde via startx, add 'exec startkde' at the end of your ~/.xinitrc.

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#4 2009-05-06 19:36:13

keevie
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Registered: 2008-09-09
Posts: 7

Re: nvidia-xconfig not doing what it ought to...

huh, thanks.
trying that.

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