nvidia driver does not load via modprobe.conf

[W. Guy Thomas]

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 18:35 -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
> >
> >  
> >
> What I do is edit /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
> where it says other="" I put other="nvidia" works for me,
> 
> also, if you are going to do that, you will need to either remove the 
> rhgb from the grub menu, or make a copy of your xorg.conf and copy it to 
> /etc/rhgb/xorg.conf and replace the area where it says nvidia with nv , 
> this will allow for fedora graphics on boot, and will still use the 
> nvidia module for gdm and x.
> 
> Jim
> 

or add '/sbin/modprobe nvidia' in /etc/rc.local (no quotes of course)

-- 
=Guy
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