On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 14:30 -0500, > > Re: nvidie module not found but is p [ Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ]
> > michael wrote: > > > Hi - trying to follow instructions for nvidia drivers and thought I'd > > > made it but i get the following which makes no sense to me... all ptrs > > > welcome > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ sudo modprobe nvidia > > > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia > > > (/lib/modules/2.6.8-3-686-smp/nvidia/nvidia.ko): No such device > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ > > > file /lib/modules/2.6.8-3-686-smp/nvidia/nvidia.ko > > > /lib/modules/2.6.8-3-686-smp/nvidia/nvidia.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB > > > relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/X11$ > > > > > > > > > ie the file is there! > > > > I think the nvidia.ko file is OK, but when you modprobe it it cannot > > find the device which it wants to open. I have /dev/nvidia0 and > > /dev/nvidiactl, are those device nodes present on your system? Maybe the > > problem is due to a missing alias definition in modules.alias. Here is > > what I have: > > > > $ grep nvidia /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias > > alias char-major-195-* nvidia > > alias pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* nvidia > > alias pci:v000010DEd000001E0sv*sd*bc06sc00i00* nvidia_agp > > alias pci:v000010DEd000001A4sv*sd*bc06sc00i00* nvidia_agp > > > > I hope this helps; I have never had this "No such device" error myself, > > therefore I can only make some wild guesses. I have said /dev files and the same instances of 'nvidia' in modules.alias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
