On 11/02/2009 06:32 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote:
>>> FATAL: error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.29/video/nvidia.ko):
>>> No such device
>>>
>>> ???lspci begs to differ
>>
>> <groan> I've never seen that error from nvidia, and I've seen lots of
>> errors :o(
>>
>> Are you sure the nvidia module that was actually merged is the same
>> version you thought you were merging? (I'm reduced to silly questions.)
>>
> 173.14.20 was what emerge -pv called for and that's what's in /var/log/portage
>
> meanwhile attached greps of (EE) and (WW) in Xorg.0.log, FWIW
The error in your Xlog uses the word 'module' in this sense:
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 173.14.20 Thu Jun 25 19:28:52 PDT 2009
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 0...@00:00:0
I'm guessing that the xorg server couldn't load its 'nvidia' module because
the nvidia kernel module wasn't loaded, so that's no surprise.
Does modprobe -nv nvidia say anything interesting?
