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gaberubin at gmail

Nov 25, 2009, 3:11 PM

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Updated from fedora 10 to 12 and have issues with nvidia driver loading

Hi all,

I just updated my system to Fedora 12 (from 10) by using a DVD and
then yum-upgrade. In the process, I can't get Xorg starting due to a
nvidia issue. I removed all nvidia stuff and reinstalled it,
including the kmdl, and still get this in my Xorg log:
(EE) Nov 25 15:07:10 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel
module. Please see the
(EE) Nov 25 15:07:10 NVIDIA(0): system's kernel log for additional
error messages and
(EE) Nov 25 15:07:10 NVIDIA(0): consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

and this in dmesg:
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as rivafb, nvidiafb or
NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership of the NVIDIA
NVRM: device(s).
NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or rivatv kernel module
NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without rivafb/nvidiafb
NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module again.
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!

It hangs after the visual start-up of fedora (with the tear drop filling).
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gaberubin at gmail

Nov 25, 2009, 6:31 PM

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Re: Updated from fedora 10 to 12 and have issues with nvidia driver loading [In reply to]

I have continued trying to fix this issue. I rolled back to
nvidia-graphics version 173_14_22.

I realized part of my problem was that edits were being made to
/etc/modprobe.conf and that apparently is no longer used in fedora 12.
I removed that file and made edits to /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf and
have these lines in there:
alias char-major-195 nvidia-173_14_22
alias nvidia nvidia-173_14_22

I still get the same errors in my xorg log and dmesg with the addition
of this line in dmesg: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 1
on tmds encoder (output 2)

I have tried manually loading the nvidia driver by doing a modprobe
nvidia and get this error:
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_173_14_22
(/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686/updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-173_14_22.ko):
No such device

However, I do have that file:
[root [at] localhos ~]# locate nvidia-173_14_22.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686/updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-173_14_22.ko

Any ideas what is going on here?
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dlknight at sdf

Nov 26, 2009, 1:53 AM

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Re: Updated from fedora 10 to 12 and have issues with nvidia driver loading [In reply to]

On Thu, November 26, 2009 2:31 am, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> I have continued trying to fix this issue. I rolled back to
> nvidia-graphics version 173_14_22.
>
> I realized part of my problem was that edits were being made to
> /etc/modprobe.conf and that apparently is no longer used in fedora 12.
> I removed that file and made edits to /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf and
> have these lines in there:
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-173_14_22
> alias nvidia nvidia-173_14_22
>
>
> I still get the same errors in my xorg log and dmesg with the addition
> of this line in dmesg: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 1
> on tmds encoder (output 2)
>
> I have tried manually loading the nvidia driver by doing a modprobe
> nvidia and get this error:
> FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_173_14_22
> (/lib/modules/2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686/updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-173_14_22.ko):
> No such device
>
> However, I do have that file:
> [root [at] localhos ~]# locate nvidia-173_14_22.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686/updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-173_14_22.ko
>
> Any ideas what is going on here?
>
>

Take a look here looks like there is a new driver in Fedora 11+ called
Nouveau which takes precedence over the Nvidia driver.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=141586

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