[ATrpms-users] Nvidia module not found during FC5smp boot

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:35:33AM -0600, James Haefner wrote:
> I use: 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5smp and 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5
> I recently downloaded the nvidia drivers using
> sudo yum install nvidia-graphics8774 nvidia-graphics8774-`uname -r`
> 
> Everything is brilliant for 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 
> (which uses the 
> kmod-nvidia-1.0.8774-1.2.6.17_1.2187_FC5
> rpm).
> 
> But when booting 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5smp I get the kernel module error:
> nvidia.ko not found for ...FC5smp and the nvidia-glx drivers are not
> loaded.  This module is from the 
> nvidia-graphics8774-kmdl-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5smp-1.0_8774-75.fc5.at
> rpm
> 
> After a lot of playing around renaming the default 
> nvidia-1_0-8774.ko to nvidia.ko, changing aliases in /etc/modprobe.conf,
> and running depmod, the boot process still gives the error message (and
> no nvidia-glx drivers), but lsmod shows the module is in fact loaded.
> Moreover, I can manually load and unload the module. Also after this
> error message, I can change xorg.conf to use nvidia, restart X and have
> nvidia working.  Sooooo, something is amiss in the FC5smp rpm booting
> stuff, but not in the FC5 rpm booting stuff, and I've reached the end of
> my knowledge.
> 
> Has anyone got this rpm and module to load correctly during boot?

AFAIK livna has a fake daemon at startup that renames/moves
parts of nvidia driver around, so this may kill other
drivers. Alternatively enforced selinux can also be an issue.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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