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Don-DiZzLe

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-03-31

Posts: 233

[SOLVED]Trouble with latest kernel and nvidia drivers

Hello,

Ever since the latest kernel update (kernel26 2.6.25.10-1), the latest nvidia/nvidia-utils wont install.

When I try to start X:

xauth:  creating new authority file /home/tjuh/.serverauth.16937

X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.25-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux Tjuh 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jul 3 20:29:23 CEST 2008 i686
Build Date: 21 June 2008  05:47:59PM

        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jul 12 17:28:15 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version 173.14.05,
but this NVIDIA driver component has version 173.14.09.  Please make
sure that the kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components
have the same version.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly.
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
giving up.
xinit:  Connection reset by peer (errno 104):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.

I also tried compiling the nvidia and nvidia-utils pkgs with the latest kernel but same problem as above.

Last edited by Don-DiZzLe (2008-07-12 13:36:21)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: [SOLVED]Trouble with latest kernel and nvidia drivers

unload nvidia module and then load did.

rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia

Next time pay attention of pacman message:
In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.

Last edited by wonder (2008-07-12 13:35:14)

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Don-DiZzLe

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-03-31

Posts: 233

Re: [SOLVED]Trouble with latest kernel and nvidia drivers

But I never had this problem before with other nvidia updates, I just restarted X or even rebooted and X would start fine so...