nvidia driver does not load via modprobe.conf

Mon Nov 8 02:24:52 UTC 2004

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 21:20 -0500, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 02:09 +0100, Lars wrote:
> > W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 18:35 -0500, Jim Martin wrote:
> > >> Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> >Hi,
> > >> >
> > >> >I installed "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run" today.
> > >> >
> > >> >The driver does not load upon reboot which leads to X failing.
> > >> >
> > >> >I noticed the following line in my modprobe.conf file:
> > >> >
> > >> >================ modprobe.conf snippet =========================
> > >> >alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
> > >> >alias char-major-195* nvidia
> > >> >================================================================
> > >> >
> > >> >After running "modprobe nvidia" manually everything works.  However,
> > >> >next time I boot up it is gone again.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >Does anyone know the magic trick here?
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >Thanks,
> > >> >Ernesto
> > >> >
> > >> >  
> > >> >
> > >> What I do is edit /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
> > >> where it says other="" I put other="nvidia" works for me,
> > >> 
> > >> also, if you are going to do that, you will need to either remove the
> > >> rhgb from the grub menu, or make a copy of your xorg.conf and copy it to
> > >> /etc/rhgb/xorg.conf and replace the area where it says nvidia with nv ,
> > >> this will allow for fedora graphics on boot, and will still use the
> > >> nvidia module for gdm and x.
> > >> 
> > >> Jim
> > >> 
> > > 
> > > or add '/sbin/modprobe nvidia' in /etc/rc.local (no quotes of course)
> > > 
> > 
> > if you're running udev, maybe the nvidia section of
> > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev helps too.
> Yes, I tried that just now.   Works like a charm!!
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ernesto
> 
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good to hear!

at least I helped someone today, my story is different! lol.

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