nvidia driver works w/ new kernel and inittab 3, but not 5

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 09:17:04AM -0400, Clint Harshaw wrote:
> Clint Harshaw wrote:
> 
> However, I have new information to report. I am able to get the driver 
> to work immediately after compiling it with the 2179 kernel by startx in 
> run level 3. But when I reboot -- whether I am in run level 3 or 5 -- 
> the error message below appears:
> 
> nvidia.o module for 2.4.22-1.2179.nptl not found
> Disabling nvidia driver
> 
The above message ususally results from having the kernel sources
that are not of the same version as the kernel binary running.


> I now look back at my original post, and believe that my description of 
> the symptoms was not complete. I was starting X immediately after the 
> compiling of the driver, and the nvidia driver worked. While I was in X, 
> I changed the run level to 5 and would reboot, only to see the nvidia 
> driver not work. In other words, I do not believe I ever tested a 
> *reboot* in run level 3!! I believe my current situation is a more 
> accurate and complete description of the symptoms:
> 
> - nvidia driver works in 2179 when starting X immediately after 
> compiling the driver following artoo's instructions exactly.
> - nvidia.o module for the 2179 kernel isn't available when I'm booting, 
> thus the driver isn't starting when X starts, no matter whether I am in 
> run level 3 or 5.
> 
> and
> 
> - nvidia driver and module work fine when booting into 2174.
> 
> While I'd like to get this thing going for the 2179 kernel, I wonder -- 
> since this is a personal home desktop with only one user, me -- if the 
> security features described for the 2179 kernel, might not be of a major 
> benefit to me. I've read the description of the potential vulnerability 
> at this site (I got the name of the potential vulnerability from 
> fedoranews.org):
> 
> http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0109
> 
> Thus, if I can't get the nvidia.o module to load for the 2179 kernel, I 
> wonder if I will be okay to use the 2174 kernel and its associated 
> nvidia.o module until FC2 comes out.
> 
> (I'm thinking out loud here, wondering if I ought to go back to having 
> exclude=kernel* in my yum.conf in order to force myself to really 
> seriously consider *if* I need a kernel upgrade rather than simply 
> driving on full-steam-ahead and updating everything that comes along.)
> 
> Clint
> -- 
> Clint Harshaw  <clint at penguinsolutions.org>
> 
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