On Aug 28, 2017 17:57, "Alexander Kapshuk" <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 5:38 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@gmail.com> wrote:
> `du -a /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ | sed '/nouveau.ko$/!d;s/.*\t//'` as the
> same result
>
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:36 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> the result is
>> iceamber@localhost:~ $ modinfo nouveau | grep filename
>> filename:
>> /lib/modules/4.12.5-gentoo/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:17 PM, David Abbott <dabbott@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:00 AM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > so, what should I do to locate the driver?
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Alexander Kapshuk
>>> > <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:41 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > No, the error still there.
>>> >> > And the script `modinfo /lib/modules/`uname -r`/path/to/nouveau.ko`
>>> >> > shows
>>> >> > iceamber@localhost:~ $ modinfo /lib/modules/`uname
>>> >> > -r`/path/to/nouveau.ko
>>> >> > modinfo: ERROR: Module /lib/modules/4.12.5-gentoo/
path/to/nouveau.ko
>>> >> > not
>>> >> > found.
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Note: 'path/to' in 'modinfo /lib/modules/`uname
>>> >> -r`/path/to/nouveau.ko' above needs substituting for the path to your
>>> >> nouveau.ko driver. Try locating it and rerun modinfo on it.
>>> >> Alternatively, you could try compiling nouveau into the kernel by
>>> >> setting CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y, reboot and see if that helps.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>> try;
>>> modinfo nouveau | grep filename
>>>
>>
>
Now run:
modinfo /lib/modules/4.12.5-gentoo/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko


To make 100 per cent certain your driver is loaded, can you also run:
lsmod | grep nouveau