[ATrpms-users] nvidia 9764 wfb module

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 09:57:42AM +1100, Paul wrote:
> Here is my output:>
> 
> [root at mythbox X11]# ls -l /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 87676 Sep  1 04:19 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    38 Jan  6 09:24 
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-9746_drv.so -> nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    51 Jan  6 09:24 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o -> 
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-9746_drv.o

you are missing /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so, which
should be a symlink to
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so.

Upgrade to the latest nvidia-graphics-switch and use nvidia-graphics-switch 9746


> On 6/01/2007 9:52 AM, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > 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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