nvidia driver breaks with pretty much every F8 update

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:48 PM, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:

> Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:18 PM, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net
> > <mailto:david at thekramers.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I simply don't understand why this is the case, but every time I
> upgrade
> >     the .  After some updates, the symlinks point to the wrong version,
> etc.
> >      But I will only address my current situation.  This is on a Dell
> D820.
> >
> >     Currently running the newly-installed 2.6.24.3-34 kernel.
> >
> >     This is the stdout/stderr when I startx:
> >     ---------------------------------------------------------
> >     X Window System Version 1.3.0
> >     Release Date: 19 April 2007
> >     X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
> >     Build Operating System: Fedora 8 Red Hat, Inc.
> >     Current Operating System: Linux lexa.thekramers.net
> >     <http://lexa.thekramers.net> 2.6.24.3-34.fc8 #1
> >     SMP Wed Mar 12 18:17:20 EDT 2008 i686
> >     Build Date: 14 March 2008
> >     Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.3.0.0-44.fc8
> >            Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
> >            to make sure that you have the latest version.
> >     Module Loader present
> >     Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> >            (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> >            (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> >     (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar 24 20:00:40 2008
> >     (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> >     (II) Module already built-in
> >     FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_169_12
> >     (/lib/modules/2.6.24.3-34.fc8
> /updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-169_12.ko):
> >     Invalid module format
> >
> >
> >
> > It seems to me that you have the wrong module.
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> > rpm -q --qf "%{name}-%{version} : %{arch}\n" kernel
>
> kernel-2.6.24.3 : i686
> kernel-2.6.24.3 : i686
>
> > rpm -q --qf "%{name}-%{version} : %{arch}\n"
> > nvidia-graphics169.12-kmdl-2.6.24.3-34.fc8
>
> nvidia-graphics169.12-kmdl-2.6.24.3-34.fc8-169.12 : i586
>
> Looks good to me.
>
>
No it is not. You are using an i586 nvidia module for an i686 kernel.

This is why the module is not loading. The architectures do not  match.

You have to uninstall the  i586 nvidia module and install its appropriate
i686 version.


-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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