nvidia driver problem

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maarb · #1 Post by **maarb** » 2006-03-30 10:36

Hello
I have problem with installation of the nvidia driver.
After installation the X server crasches, in log file a found this:

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(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD6000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xD4000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

lsmod say that nvidia module is loaded and i can do rmmode nvidia and modprobe nvidia.
I don't have any idea what is wrong :/

Kyo · #2 Post by **Kyo** » 2006-03-30 12:59

Have you tried to download the latest drivers from NVidia homepage?
You need to have kernel headers of your current kernel on your PC.

I did that and it works great!

maarb · #3 Post by **maarb** » 2006-03-30 13:11

I have RivaTNT2 so i have downloaded version 7174 of the drivers. I have kernel headers, during instalation everythink was alright, next i have changed /etc/xorg.conf file and aded nvidia to /etc/modules, then reboot and... trach... doesn't work

domecq · #4 Post by **domecq** » 2006-03-30 21:42

I have RivaTNT2 so i have downloaded version 7174 of the drivers.

Did you download from nvidia site or from Debian repositories? I am asking this because...

aded nvidia to /etc/modules, then reboot and... trach... doesn't work

If you downloaded the installer from nvidia and run it, there would be no need to add anything to /etc/modules, rather, only to edit your xorg.conf file accordingly to nvidia readme.

Maybe that's what you needed to do, even with the one from Debian repositories.

If you paste the contents of your xorg.conf here, then we could see if there's a need to edit it.

For the future, use the search button of this forum. I am suggesting this because there are many topics about this very same issue already posted and, besdides avoid repetitive topics, that could save you some time

maarb · #5 Post by **maarb** » 2006-03-31 10:34

I downloaded driver from nvidia site and I have edited the xorg.conf

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Section "Module"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"evdev"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection
.
.
.
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"NVIDIA Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
	Driver		"nvidia"
EndSection

And I searched the forum looking for nvidia topics, but usually if somebody had problem to load nvidia module, adding the nvidia to /etc/modules worked fine

anon · #6 Post by **anon** » 2006-04-01 10:03

As nvidias proprietary installer isn't known by apt, files tend to get overwritten when you're updating x, try uninstalling and then install again.

maarb · #7 Post by **maarb** » 2006-04-01 19:25

It doesn't work