Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to load driver: Nouveau

[Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 5:00 PM, 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.
>>
>
du -a /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ | sed '/nouveau.ko$/!d;s/.*\t//'