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rezad

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Registered: 2014-09-17

Posts: 177

[SOLVED] can't insmod nvidia kernel module

I have an optimus laptop that has a discrete graphic card from nvidia.
I recently reinstalled archlinux but now I cant get optrirun or primusrun ro work.
after check I saw this error

sudo insmod /lib/modules/4.16.8-1-ARCH/extramodules/nvidia.ko.gz
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /lib/modules/4.16.8-1-ARCH/extramodules/nvidia.ko.gz: No such device

but the file exists.
I have restarted the laptop but still it wont work.
any idea hwo to fix this?

Last edited by rezad (2018-05-12 17:19:30)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,319

Re: [SOLVED] can't insmod nvidia kernel module

"No such *device*"

pacman -Qs nvidia
lspci | grep -i nvidia

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rezad

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Registered: 2014-09-17

Posts: 177

Re: [SOLVED] can't insmod nvidia kernel module

> pacman -Qs nvidia
local/bumblebee 3.2.1-17
    NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux through VirtualGL
local/libvdpau 1.1.1+3+ga21bf7a-1
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/nvidia 396.24-2
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-utils 396.24-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities

~> lspci | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 550M] (rev ff)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,565

Re: [SOLVED] can't insmod nvidia kernel module

Do the 396 drivers support your card?

rezad

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Registered: 2014-09-17

Posts: 177

Re: [SOLVED] can't insmod nvidia kernel module

I am not sure.
so if it just got unsupported by it then it gives that error?
ok i will try the previous nvidia version.

Last edited by rezad (2018-05-12 16:03:37)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,378

Re: [SOLVED] can't insmod nvidia kernel module

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverRe … 3859/en-us does not list 550M as supoorted try the nvidia-390xx packages.

rezad

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Registered: 2014-09-17

Posts: 177

Re: [SOLVED] can't insmod nvidia kernel module

thanks
tried it and it worked.
guess my laptop is now officially ancient.

p.s. how do I mark this as solved?

Last edited by rezad (2018-05-16 20:09:46)

Slithery

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Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] can't insmod nvidia kernel module

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