[ATrpms-users] nvidia 9764 wfb module
Claude Boucher
mythtv.user at gmail.com
Sat Jan 6 01:02:45 CET 2007
Thanks for the fix Paul.
I had updated an hour ago to the latest nvidia-graphics9746 on one of my
boxes and (version 84), which fouled up X.
I created the symlink and removed the bad one... and my graphics came back.
Claude
Paul a écrit :
> Manually created symlink:
>
> ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-9746_drv.so nvidia_drv.so
> and removed bad symlink
> rm nvidia_drv.o
>
> rebooted and nvidia loaded ok
>
>
> but still no-go for the wfb module:
>
> (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)
>
> Perphaps this is related to this issue?
>
> BTW I don't have a 8800 so I can't really test the wfb anyway just testing the new package
>
> thanks
> Paul
> On 6/01/2007 10:01 AM, Axel Thimm wrote:
>
>> 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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