[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi there, > >am finally upgrading my system from a 2.4.25 kernel to 2.6.11-1-k7. The >trnasition is going ok so far, except for a few problems (see my next message >or >two) of which the first concerns the nvidia closed-source drivers. > >I have downloaded the nvidia-kernel-source modules (1.0.7174-4) from sid, and >they compile and install just fine. nvidia-kernel-common and nvidia-glx are >also installed. I can loadthe nvidia module manually using modconf, and no >error messages are reported; but when I try to start X I get the old wretched >error messages I remember from long ago: > >(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module! >(EE) NVIDIA(0) *** Aborting *** > >I have the nv module in place now instead, and it works fine as long as I'm not >datching video or any such thing, so it's not a crisis, but I wondered whether >other peopleh ave the same experience, or if you can recommend a procedure for >figuring out what the problem is. > >So, as usual, thanks in advance, > >Matt > > > Look at your /etc/modules and make sure there is 'nvidia' ( without quote ) line exists. If not, add nvidia in your /etc/modules
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