nvidia driver does not load via modprobe.conf

[Ernest L. Williams Jr.]

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 18:44 -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
> >
> >  
> >
> Sorry, that was a rushed reply:
> 
> more detail:
> 
> In the rc.sysinit file look for the section marked like this:
> 
> echo -n $"Initializing hardware... "
> 
> ide=""
> scsi=""
> network=""
> audio=""
> other=""
> 
> Replace other="" with other="nvidia"
> and save it.
> 
> if the fedora core graphic boot is important to you, then you need to 
> make a copy of your xorg.conf and copy it to your /etc/rhgb/xorg.conf 
> and under the section for your video card, change it back to nv
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nv"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
> EndSection
> 
> this will allow rhgb to use the nv driver, and your gdm and xwindows 
> will use the nvidia module so that you have enhanced graphics.
> 
> if graphical boot is not important to you, then you need to edit the 
> kernel line in /boot/grub/grub.conf and remove the rhgb otherwise it may 
> ( and most likely will) lock up when booting.
> 
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00  quiet
> 
> Hope this was a little clearer.
Your first reply was excellent.  However, more details is always good as
well.


Thanks,
Ernesto




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