nvidia fails, nvidia.ko not in right place?

[Marc Schwartz]

B Wooster wrote:
> I upgraded to 2.6.11-1.14_FC3
> 
> Then pulled over the latest nvidia driver: 
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run
> 
> It installed correctly, no error messages. But on restart, it failed to find 
> the nvidia.ko file
> so did not install the driver:
> /var/log/messages: Checking for nvidia kernel module failed
> 
> This was working just fine with my previous FC3 kernel, so I looked in the 
> modules folder:
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.770_FC3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.ko
> 
> Noticed that nvidia.ko was in the video/nvidia/ directory - it was not in 
> the video/ directory itself, which is where the file ended up after running 
> the NVIDIA driver install.
> /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.14_FC3/kernel/drivers/video/nvideo.ko
> 
> I created a folder video/nvidia, and copied the above file over, rebooted, 
> and all is fine.
> 
> Is this a bug in the NVIDIA driver install, or in the 2.6.11-1.14_FC3install?
> Not sure if I should report this, but sending this email in case anyone has 
> suggestions for a better fix.

You might want to review this thread:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-April/msg02416.html

and my post here:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-April/msg03130.html

as this was just reported this past week.

This combination is working fine on my system,  but if you have any
desire to report a bug, report it to nVidia, not to FC.

For me the module is in:

/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.14_FC3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko

HTH,

Marc Schwartz