* [gentoo-user] NVIDIA question
@ 2006-10-25 9:26 Jorge Almeida
2006-10-25 9:44 ` Istvan Pongracz
2006-10-25 9:50 ` Dale
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From: Jorge Almeida @ 2006-10-25 9:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
I upgraded nvidia-drivers from 1.0.8774 to 1.0.8776. Couldn't restart
the X server. dmesg said the client and the kernel had unmatched
versions (kernel with 1.0.8774). I did "modprobe nvidia".
I ended up rebooting, and it works now.
So, what went wrong? (I mean, a reboot shouldn't be necessary...) What
must be done to make the kernel use the new module?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] NVIDIA question
2006-10-25 9:26 [gentoo-user] NVIDIA question Jorge Almeida
@ 2006-10-25 9:44 ` Istvan Pongracz
2006-10-25 9:50 ` Dale
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From: Istvan Pongracz @ 2006-10-25 9:44 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
You forgot to rmmod nvidia && modprobe nvidia
Previous nvidia kernel driver was in the memory, that is why dmesg reported the
different versions.
István
Jorge Almeida írta:
> I upgraded nvidia-drivers from 1.0.8774 to 1.0.8776. Couldn't restart
> the X server. dmesg said the client and the kernel had unmatched
> versions (kernel with 1.0.8774). I did "modprobe nvidia".
> I ended up rebooting, and it works now.
> So, what went wrong? (I mean, a reboot shouldn't be necessary...) What
> must be done to make the kernel use the new module?
>
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* Re: [gentoo-user] NVIDIA question
2006-10-25 9:26 [gentoo-user] NVIDIA question Jorge Almeida
2006-10-25 9:44 ` Istvan Pongracz
@ 2006-10-25 9:50 ` Dale
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From: Dale @ 2006-10-25 9:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Jorge Almeida wrote:
> I upgraded nvidia-drivers from 1.0.8774 to 1.0.8776. Couldn't restart
> the X server. dmesg said the client and the kernel had unmatched
> versions (kernel with 1.0.8774). I did "modprobe nvidia".
> I ended up rebooting, and it works now.
> So, what went wrong? (I mean, a reboot shouldn't be necessary...) What
> must be done to make the kernel use the new module?
>
You may have needed to remove the old module first. I usually do this:
rmmod nvidia # that removes the old one.
modules-update # updates the modules, may not be needed though.
modprobe nvidia # loads the new one back up
Then restart X. That has always worked for me without needing to reboot.
Your mileage may vary.
Dale
:-) :-)
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