From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NmDtb-0006Hp-1H for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:15:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A217EE0BE0; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 22:14:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f211.google.com (mail-bw0-f211.google.com [209.85.218.211]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552DBE0BE0 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 22:14:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so1082233bwz.29 for ; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:14:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=bnZiWXNzUZy4Fx8+yGS/Ez0KJuDaKrxp66dPqtKlfYE=; b=s1XwllKYSx4VES15rvINSZNYodlSHaIx+L95jE5CurLYkv3QzVVBT4NXmgm+9htqbk sMu3sLTnUdzcwOM4bpHlC48nIpbCWV25mlCIhvOkZHpUPoti24HwuPKfG0Gln4qJdPiV OEZDArBctWidggIXCpx6a4pOq3d1vDnd7QEQI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=vGQt3iLre8s19pwFTJyckhvOk0vfIDIqw09RL7yDqjlZKNw4+I/I4/vtrdjrGM8qg1 KeDPeuMvO7sRSBEoJohuMTmqUlaFENZNDj1JV+Rm9PpfgljLJj4bH3eu69NBfU9MGMsH yEwtOIh6fzAqr2kRzzEsDfglDnjhgUSkN4fy0= Received: by 10.204.138.71 with SMTP id z7mr3556179bkt.77.1267481690363; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:14:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-238-8.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.238.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e18sm1021843bkd.14.2010.03.01.14.14.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:14:49 -0800 (PST) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia GeForce 6200 questions Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:12:18 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.0 (Linux/2.6.32-zen6; KDE/4.4.0; x86_64; ; ) References: <5bdc1c8b1003011404w166473b1j9a2985aef1cba024@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b1003011404w166473b1j9a2985aef1cba024@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201003020012.18633.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 743e2671-08b4-46dc-a766-2dc63de905f8 X-Archives-Hash: 309cf46c2dc8f7628ab819475df736da On Tuesday 02 March 2010 00:04:08 Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > I've been trying to get an nvidia controller working today and not > having much luck. It's complaining about failing to load kernel > module. > > As a starting point I'm following this guide: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml > > My nvidia device is (I think) a GeForce 6 family card: > > dragonfly ~ # lspci | grep VGA > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce > 6200] (rev a1) > dragonfly ~ # > > and from this nVidia page seems to be supported by the 173.xx series > drivers: > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.25.html > > Because modinfo nvidia suggested it depended on them I've added > agpgart and i2c-core to modules.autoload and after booting this is > what's loaded: > > dragonfly ~ # lsmod > Module Size Used by > ipv6 176929 18 > sg 19077 0 > usb_storage 29021 0 > usbhid 18281 0 > snd_intel8x0 19155 0 > snd_ac97_codec 76628 1 snd_intel8x0 > ac97_bus 662 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm 42338 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec > ehci_hcd 27089 0 > uhci_hcd 15779 0 > snd_timer 11966 1 snd_pcm > usbcore 87247 4 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd > agpgart 19136 0 > snd 31592 4 > snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer 8139cp 12993 > 0 > soundcore 3607 1 snd > rtc 6022 0 > 8139too 14560 0 > i2c_core 11618 0 > snd_page_alloc 4685 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > processor 20861 0 > thermal 9266 0 > button 3526 0 > thermal_sys 8333 2 processor,thermal > dragonfly ~ # > > When I try to load the nvidia driver it just complains: > > dragonfly ~ # modprobe nvidia > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia > (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko): No such device The nvidia driver in not bundled with the kernel, it is an external third- party module. You need to set /usr/src/linux to point to the kernel(s) you intend to run, and emerge nvidia-drivers for each one. Then modprobe -r nvidia ; modprobe nvidia and restart X module-rebuild is a great tool for this. It knows what out-of-tree modules you use and the ebuilds that install them, and remembers the list (because the time will come when you forget and pull your hair out before you remember) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com