I have some problems installing nvidia. i woudl be grateful for any help
I am using the vanilla kernel 2.6.5-1-386 Sarge. I installed nvidia
following the very nice instructions in
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian
However when I try to modprobe nvidia I get the following error
message:
nissefisken# modprobe struct_module
FATAL: Module struct_module not found.
nissefisken# modprobe struct-module
FATAL: Module struct_module not foun
nissefisken# lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia 2068648 0
nissefisken# dmesg
[snip]
nvidia: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-5336
Wed Jan 14 18:29:26 PST 2004
If I try to start X with the nvidia module my GLX is not initialized:
(II) Loading sub module "ISO8859_1"
(II) LoadModule: "ISO8859_1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/codeconv/libISO8859_1.a
(II) Module ISO8859_1: vendor="X-TrueType Server Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.3.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) UnloadSubModule: "ISO8859_1"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/codeconv/libISO8859_1.a
(WW) Cannot open APM
(II) NV(0): WC region has to be split (0xc0000000,0x3e80000)
(==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc0000000,0x2000000)
(==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc2000000,0x1000000)
(==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc3000000,0x800000)
(==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc3800000,0x400000)
(==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc3c00000,0x200000)
(==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc3e00000,0x80000)
(**) NV(0): DPMS enabled
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA XFree86 driver not
found)
nissefisken# dpkg -l initscripts udev xserver-xfree86
+++-=========================-=========================
ii initscripts 2.85-15
ii udev 0.024-7
ii xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-16woody3
I would be most graful for any hints. Thanks in advance
Niels
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