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brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: Nvidia driver works, but crashes after a reboot.

_kernver should be set to whatever this is, to use the current kernel:

uname -r

But you have not got the nvidia package installed, otherwise you would have an nvidia.ko module (named exactly that).

$ find /lib/modules/ -name nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.25/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko

Last edited by brebs (2008-04-24 20:50:20)

axion419

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Registered: 2007-04-12

Posts: 185

Re: Nvidia driver works, but crashes after a reboot.

in the pkgbuild the variable _kernver='2.6.25-ARCH' is set to my correct kernel, but im hard coding it in now.

it says this,

loading package data...
checking dependencies...
(1/1) upgrading nvidia-beta                         [#####################] 100%
ERROR: Module nvidia does not exist in /proc/modules
In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.

Last edited by axion419 (2008-04-25 02:48:59)

axion419

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Registered: 2007-04-12

Posts: 185

Re: Nvidia driver works, but crashes after a reboot.

Heh, Still not working, maybe ill just have to wait till that is the stable driver, i guess its a 'beta' for a reason, would have been nice to figure out the issue, since it obviously works for most people.

ProgDan

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From: Prague, Czech Republic

Registered: 2007-10-04

Posts: 441

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Re: Nvidia driver works, but crashes after a reboot.

in the pkgbuild the variable _kernver='2.6.25-ARCH' is set to my correct kernel, but im hard coding it in now.

it says this,

loading package data...
checking dependencies...
(1/1) upgrading nvidia-beta                         [#####################] 100%
ERROR: Module nvidia does not exist in /proc/modules
In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.

You just need to shutdown X server and type

modprobe -r nvidia
modprobe nvidia

which unloads the previous nvidia module and loads the new one. While installing graphic drivers you must not be using it, that means you have to do it from terminal withou X running.

axion419

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Registered: 2007-04-12

Posts: 185

Re: Nvidia driver works, but crashes after a reboot.

I will try those 2 commands together, but, Ive been installing the driver, and then generating the xorg, before I startx.

edit: also, the 'unload' the previous nvidia module, I never loaded one, Ive only been using vesa on the past few installs, since I knew the old driver would crash I didnt bother installing it. Then I would try and download the nvidia-driver and install it.

Last edited by axion419 (2008-04-27 15:33:07)

axion419

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Registered: 2007-04-12

Posts: 185

Re: Nvidia driver works, but crashes after a reboot.

just wanted to post that its now working.  Looks like I didnt have all the base-devels installed, adding that package fixed the issue, sorry to waste everyones time.