Nvidia woes after upgrading to kernel 2.6.8-24.5
_________Has anyone else had trouble after upgrading to the latest kernel update from Suse? After a reboot X didn't come up. I'm getting a message saying 'failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel driver'. I can insmod it, but the message is still there. I did use YOU to reinstall the driver. Any help *much* appreciated. Stephen If your desktop gets out of control easily, you probably have too much stuff on it that doesn't need to be there. Donna Smallin, "Unclutter Your Home"
On Tuesday 30 November 2004 11:31 pm, Stephen Boulet wrote:
_________Has anyone else had trouble after upgrading to the latest kernel update from Suse? After a reboot X didn't come up. I'm getting a message saying 'failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel driver'. I can insmod it, but the message is still there. I did use YOU to reinstall the driver. Any help *much* appreciated. Stephen
I've had some problems on each kernel, including the original off the dvd. I didn't use YOU tonight, I used the nvidia installer after booting to init 3. After rebuilding the modules, I logged in as a regualr user and tried to startx. It failed. As root I tried sax2 -m 0=nvidia That failed. I had backed up a working XF86Config. I restored it. X failed. Since my backed up XF86Config was setup for nvidia I tried as root sax2 with no options/switches and that worked. nvidia module is loaded and working now. Good luck Doug
Stephen Boulet wrote:
_________Has anyone else had trouble after upgrading to the latest kernel update from Suse? After a reboot X didn't come up. I'm getting a message saying 'failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel driver'. I can insmod it, but the message is still there. I did use YOU to reinstall the driver. Any help *much* appreciated. Stephen
If your desktop gets out of control easily, you probably have too much stuff on it that doesn't need to be there. Donna Smallin, "Unclutter Your Home"
Check that /lib/modules/2.6.8-24.5/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko exists, I suspect it doesn't, so you need to do "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run". I'm not familiar with what YaST does as the only time I tried it, it didn't work. init 3 sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run init 5 Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 12:31 am, Stephen Boulet wrote:
_________Has anyone else had trouble after upgrading to the latest kernel update from Suse? After a reboot X didn't come up. I'm getting a message saying 'failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel driver'. I can insmod it, but the message is still there. I did use YOU to reinstall the driver. Any help *much* appreciated. Stephen
If your desktop gets out of control easily, you probably have too much stuff on it that doesn't need to be there. Donna Smallin, "Unclutter Your Home" ============
Wasn't there an email on this same problem here yesterday? I believe Anders explained to someone else this same thing and how to fix it. Turns out the thread was more about 3D, but I still think it might be helpful for your problem as well. Here is the initial mail: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&m=110185347608267&w=2 The whole thread can be found here in the searchable mail archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&w=2&r=1&s=nvidia&q=b Hope that helps to fix your problem. Lee -- --- KMail v1.7.1 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!"
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 07:31, Stephen Boulet wrote:
_________Has anyone else had trouble after upgrading to the latest kernel update from Suse? After a reboot X didn't come up. I'm getting a message saying 'failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel driver'. I can insmod it, but the message is still there. I did use YOU to reinstall the driver. Any help *much* appreciated. Stephen
Install kernel-source and gcc, then do it again.
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