> Set IGNORE_PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY=false in /etc/default/hotplug. > Then Hotplug will load video drivers such as nvidia, during > boot up.
I have tried this on my 2.6 machine and I confirm that it does work here. > This defiantly works on my 2.6 machine; as for 2.4, the last > time I used it hotplug was missing the 'pcimodules' utility and > so couldn't perform cold plugging at boot up; if this has not > changed then 2.4 users will have to add nvidia to /etc/modules. I fail to understand how your solution is any better than /etc/modules, except in case where you intend to either change the video card, or use the very same setup for multiple machines and want the nvidia module loaded only in some of the hardware configurations. The problem with this workaround, as is with /etc/modules one, is that the on-demand autoload still doesn't happen (i.e., at the moment when the /dev/nvidia* devices are being opened by the X server). When the autoload worked, the module DID NOT get loaded during the boot up, but when the X server started, the module got auto-inserted in the kernel on the first open attempt, transparently for the X server. It is this behaviour restoration that this bug thread is about. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
