[ATrpms-users] nvidia 9764 wfb module

Sat Jan 6 01:38:26 CET 2007

Sorry,

echo "nothing to do"

should be:

ln -sf /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1_drv.so/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so

/Paulo Roma.

On 1/5/07, Paulo Cavalcanti <promac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Axel
>
> I think the new nvidia-graphics-switch is wrong.
>
> rm -f /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o 2>&1 || :
>
> ----> there is no "nvidia-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so"
> (maybe you meant nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so),
>  so this test results false
>
> if [ -f /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1/nvidia_drv.so ]; then
>   ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1/nvidia_drv.so/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
> else
>
> ------> then it enters here and recreates nvidia_drv.o that has been
> deleted
> before.
>
>   ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1_drv.o/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
> fi
>
> Maybe the correct code is:
>
> rm -f /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o 2>&1 || :
> if [ -f /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-graphics-1.0-$1/nvidia_drv.so]; then
>   echo "nothing to do"
> else
>   ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1_drv.o/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
> fi
>
>
> /Paulo Roma
>
> On 1/5/07, Paul <mylists at wilsononline.id.au> wrote:
> >
> > 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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> Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
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Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
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