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Finally went out and bought an nvidia geforce 6600Gt video card.
But guess what now I can't install the dam thing.
I followed the arch wiki but all I get is
Installation starts now ...
FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
If you need more information about setting up nvidia drivers have a look at:
"http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/How to install NVIDIA Driver"
modprobe nvida gives the same results. I thoght pacman -S nvida is supposed to install the kernel modules so how com e it can't find them ?
I even created a /usr/src/linux symlink to the current kernel - still not working. So what's going on I thought nvidia drivers were supposed to be really easy to install ????
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did you try it inside X?
nvidia will not install if X is running... it should give a message to the effect
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I did initially and it did run without complaining that X was running.
I then downloaded the driver direct from nvidia that did complain about X running, but even with X shutdown it failed to install.
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the one downloaded from nvidia failed to install?
do you have a custom kernel? do you have the kernel source installed in the proper place?
you may need to look through the nvidia install documentation - because something's missing and I'm not sure what....
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they can only install correctley without x running.....
edit /etc/inittab too runlevel 3
pacman -R nvidia
pacman -S nvidia
startx .......
try it
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sickboy
nvidia installed ok for me. in fact, easier in Arch than in Fedora 3 which couldnt handle it at all.
Could you say what the error msg was when you say "failed to install" ?
if i recall, briefly, my nvidia Arch setup was via root terminal, no X window running, and running pacman -Sy nvidia.
then it was modifying xorg.conf and adding nvidia to the modules section in /etc/rc.conf
careful how you spell nvidia.
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The error message when I run pacman -S nvidia is shown in my first post.
I do not have a custom kernel I have pacman -S kernel26 (kernel-2.6.11.3-ARCH)
Do I need to install kernel full kernel sources with ABS for nvidia to work ?
I did try this but he kernel failed to build (can't remember why now)
Here's the last part of nvidia-installer.log incase that helps
usb-storage: device scan complete
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c05d68a0(lo)
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
nvidia: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
nvidia: version magic '2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt K7 gcc-3.4' should be
'2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt 686 gcc-3.4'
nvidia: version magic '2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt K7 gcc-3.4' should be
'2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt 686 gcc-3.4'
nvidia: version magic '2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt K7 gcc-3.4' should be
'2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt 686 gcc-3.4'
nvidia: version magic '2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt K7 gcc-3.4' should be
'2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt 686 gcc-3.4'
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
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hmmm... check the nvidia forums... this looks like a rather serious error...
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nvidia: version magic '2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt K7 gcc-3.4' should be
'2.6.11.3-ARCH SMP preempt 686 gcc-3.4'
Isn't it about k7 vs 686? Flags? Different drivers? I don't know.
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my arch install was from just a stock 2.6 kernel base +ftp install, no kernel tinkerings until after when i ran a full system update.
Installation starts now ...
FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
sorry i misread this bit, thought you were trying to run the thing there, and the system couldnt find the module, not the installer.
my system uname -a for what its worth :
Linux localhost 2.6.11.3-ARCH #1 SMP Mon Mar 14 17:01:28 PST 2005 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Could the pacman repository download have been corrupt ?
Try uninstalling / ripping the whole Nvidia directories out and re-installing via the .run package direct from Nvidia site ?
Sounds like witchcraft to me. good luck sorting it.
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Check to see if there are /dev/nvidia* entries. If not, then run NVmakedevices.sh
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Ummmm has anyone solved this problem?
I've just started to get the same thing with the 711* drivers.
Any ideas?
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