[ATrpms-users] nvidia 9764 wfb module

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 09:41:37AM +1100, Paul wrote:
> Rebooted and couldn't load nvidia module:
> 
> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
> 
> Does this load it from the  /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/ directory?

No, from /drivers/ - do you have similar output?

$ ls -l /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      38 Jan  5 09:51 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so -> nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1364816 Jan  5 06:21 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so


> Paul
> 
> On 6/01/2007 9:27 AM, Paul wrote:
> > I installed but it dragged 2 kmdl files?
> > is that correct?
> > 
> > Jan  6 09:24:02 mythbox Updated: nvidia-graphics9746-libs.i386 
> > 1:1.0_9746-84.fc6.at
> > 
> > Jan  6 09:24:19 mythbox Updated: 
> > nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6.i686 1:1.0_9746-84.fc6.at
> > Jan  6 09:24:20 mythbox Updated: nvidia-graphics-helpers.i386 
> > 0.0.16-17.fc6.at
> > Jan  6 09:24:56 mythbox Updated: nvidia-graphics9746.i386 
> > 1:1.0_9746-84.fc6.at
> > Jan  6 09:24:57 mythbox Updated: rrdtool-perl.i386 1.2.15-9.fc6
> > Jan  6 09:25:02 mythbox Updated: 
> > nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6.i686 1:1.0_9746-84.fc6.at
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 5/01/2007 1:50 PM, Axel Thimm wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:20:54PM +1100, Paul wrote:
> >>> the WFB module is new Axel .. not affecting me but FYI for 8800 cards..
> >>
> >> Thanks, the issue is already known: 
> >> http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=1087
> >>
> >> I'm currently respinning completely new nvidia packages that will not
> >> manually install anymore, but use nvidia-installer instead. It's a bit
> >> involved becasue it requires root priviledges at build time and assume
> >> installation will happen under /.
> >>
> >>> see==> 
> >>> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1119139#post1119139
> >>
> >> Thanks for the URL, I'll post a follow-up.
> >>
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>> I'm using the atrpms package for nvidia 9764 and I'm getting errors 
> >>> finding wfb but I have a 6200 TC card, so I assume this is not a 
> >>> problem, but should this library still exist? ie is this a packaging 
> >>> problem or a configuration problem for me?
> >>>
> >>> Quote:
> >>> (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
> >>> (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
> >>> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module wfb
> >>> (II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
> >>> (EE) Failed to load module "wfb" (module does not exist, 0)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The file can be placed anywhere, as long as the X server can find it 
> >>> (either through the ModulePath directive or via a symlink). The 
> >>> SONAME is not used. The driver will automatically try to load a 
> >>> module called "wfb" (i.e., libwfb.so), which is installed as a 
> >>> symlink to libnvidia-wfb.so.x.y.z if no libwfb.so existed at install 
> >>> time.
> >>>
> >>> The driver will always try to load it, but it will only be required 
> >>> if a GeForce 8800 or higher is detected.
> >>
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> >>
> > 
> > 
> 
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