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mich04

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From: Illinois - United States

Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 390

Error: could not insert 'nvidia' :Exec format error [solved]

So I was installing the linux-ck kernel today. I have had success with installing it, so I decided to make a few changes.

I turned on BFS and make localmodconfig,

now there is the error of

Error: could not insert 'nvidia' :Exec format error

I had installed nvidia-ck before I restarted the computer and removed nvidia. I have tried different combinations of the drivers, including the open version. Here is some commands I ran

lshw -C display

  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: ION VGA
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: b1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f6000000-f7ffffff ioport:dc00(size=128) memory:fbee0000-fbefffff

here is where the error starts in Xorg.0.log

[   297.291] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[   297.291] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   297.293] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   297.293] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   297.293] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   297.566] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
[   297.566] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
[   297.566] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[   297.566] (II) Unloading nvidia
[   297.566] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
[   297.566] (EE) No drivers available.
[   297.566] 
Fatal server error:
[   297.567] no screens found
[   297.567] 

I than tried to revert back to the original untouched linux-ck kernel it is now producing the same error.  The only kernel that is working is the regular one that comes with Arch

Last edited by mich04 (2012-04-12 11:46:33)

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mich04

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From: Illinois - United States

Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 390

Re: Error: could not insert 'nvidia' :Exec format error [solved]

So I was just recompiling another kernel and I noticed this. It is still compiling I just thought that it might be related.

==> Running Steven Rostedt's make localmodconfig now
using config: '.config'
nvidia config not found!!
*
* Restart config...
*
*
* GPIO Support
*

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chaoticdefendant

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Registered: 2010-09-06

Posts: 6

Re: Error: could not insert 'nvidia' :Exec format error [solved]

OK, I had this problem as well earlier tonight as I was installing linux-ck,
What I did was booted into the -ck kernel (ignoring the errors) and made sure that linux-ck-headers were installed.
I then reinstalled nvidia-ck and modprobed it within the -ck kernel, which was successful. After rebooting it worked as well.

Does this work for you?

mich04

Member

From: Illinois - United States

Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 390

Re: Error: could not insert 'nvidia' :Exec format error [solved]

Yes it does thank you

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