XFree86 cannot initialize NVdriver

2001-06-07 Thread Steven Isaacson
I am having problems setting up XFree86 with the nvidia drivers. I can get all of the packages to install correctly but when I try and run X. I get the following error. From XFree86.0.log: (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) Unlo

Re: XFree86 cannot initialize NVdriver

2001-06-07 Thread iehrenwald
> I have NVdriver in > /lib/modules/2.2.19/kernel/drivers/video > > Does anyone know of a solution? Run update-modules. Make sure the permissions on NVdriver are 0644.

Re: XFree86 cannot initialize NVdriver

2001-06-07 Thread Steven Isaacson
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I have NVdriver in > > /lib/modules/2.2.19/kernel/drivers/video > > > > Does anyone know of a solution? > > Run update-modules. Make sure the permissions on NVdriver are 0644. > That still didn't fix the problem. If I copy NVdriver to NVdrive

Re: XFree86 cannot initialize NVdriver

2001-06-07 Thread iehrenwald
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Steven Isaacson wrote: > That still didn't fix the problem. > > If I copy NVdriver to NVdriver.o and insmod NVdriver.o the module will > be loaded, but XFree still won't start. > > I still cannot get debian to find the module. I forgot, are you using the Debian package or th

Re: XFree86 cannot initialize NVdriver

2001-06-07 Thread Steven Isaacson
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Steven Isaacson wrote: > > > That still didn't fix the problem. > > > > If I copy NVdriver to NVdriver.o and insmod NVdriver.o the module will > > be loaded, but XFree still won't start. > > > > I still cannot get debian to fin

Re: XFree86 cannot initialize NVdriver

2001-06-07 Thread Amardeep Singh
i had this same problem because i was running devfsd, and nvidia device files (/dev/nvidiactl char major 195 minor 255) would vanish on reboot. the script makedevices.sh in nvidia kernel distribution used to make this device. anyway, nvidia kernel always caused lockups for me, so i couldn't use the