Nvidia drivers & kernel version

JMO · 2009-09-13 16:16:17

Recently I installed the Nvidia beta drivers from archstuff repositories.
The problem I have is that each time I boot Arch, I have to re-install Nvidia drivers, because there is a mismatch between kernel module (2.6.30) and it.

Can I avoid doing this in any way? It happened too with the drivers from extra.

skottish · 2009-09-13 16:55:45

There's no conflict between the drivers in extra and the kernel in extra. Nor is there any conflict with the kernel in testing and the drivers in testing. Are you running a custom kernel of some kind?

JMO · 2009-09-13 17:07:45

Kernel version is 2.6.30-ARCH and 190.25-1 is the version of the beta driver in archstuff. With the 185.18.36-1 happens too, but with 185.18.31-1 it doesn't. I never used testing respositories.

wonder · 2009-09-13 17:13:01

jmo do pacman -Qs nvidia and paste the output

JMO · 2009-09-14 13:51:37

dantedario ~ $ sudo pacman -Qs nvidia
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 185.18.36-1 (lib32)
NVIDIA drivers utilities and libraries.
local/nvidia-beta 190.25-1
NVIDIA beta drivers for kernel26.
local/nvidia-utils-beta 190.25-2
NVIDIA beta drivers utilities and libraries.

wonder · 2009-09-14 14:44:47

here is the problem: local/lib32-nvidia-utils 185.18.36-1 (lib32)
update that to 190.25-1

JMO · 2009-09-14 19:27:42

dantedario ~  $  sudo pacman -Qs nvidia
local/lib32-nvidia-utils-beta 190.25-1 (lib32)
    NVIDIA drivers utilities and libraries.
local/nvidia-beta 190.25-1
    NVIDIA beta drivers for kernel26.
local/nvidia-utils-beta 190.25-2
    NVIDIA beta drivers utilities and libraries.

Now Xorg says this (even when I didn't touched xorg.conf):

(**) 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 "Coolbits" "1"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
(**) Sep 14 16:24:17 NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) Sep 14 16:24:17 NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) Sep 14 16:24:17 NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(EE) Sep 14 16:24:17 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
(EE) Sep 14 16:24:17 NVIDIA(0):     system's kernel log for additional error messages and
(EE) Sep 14 16:24:17 NVIDIA(0):     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

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

xorg.conf

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder62)  Wed May 27 01:58:49 PDT 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "es"
    Option  "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" 
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load "dbe"
  Load "extmod"
  Load "type1"
  Load "freetype"
  Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
    Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
    Option         "Coolbits" "1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
  Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Last edited by JMO (2009-09-14 19:31:14)

JMO · 2009-09-15 14:41:40

I installed kernel 2.6.31 from testing and the 185.18.36 Nvidia drivers. Now everything runs smoothly.
Thanks for your help

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#1 2009-09-13 16:16:17

Nvidia drivers & kernel version

#2 2009-09-13 16:55:45

Re: Nvidia drivers & kernel version

#3 2009-09-13 17:07:45

Re: Nvidia drivers & kernel version

#4 2009-09-13 17:13:01

Re: Nvidia drivers & kernel version

#5 2009-09-14 13:51:37

Re: Nvidia drivers & kernel version

#6 2009-09-14 14:44:47

Re: Nvidia drivers & kernel version

#7 2009-09-14 19:27:42

Re: Nvidia drivers & kernel version

#8 2009-09-15 14:41:40

Re: Nvidia drivers & kernel version

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