Hi Paulo, all, I removed the ATrpms nvidia RPMs and installed an equivalent set of livna RPMs (containing the 7185 release drivers) and these worked fine for me. I assume that this is because the livna RPM provides nvidia_drv.so instead of nvidia_drv.o.
Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: "David O'Shea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paulo Cavalcanti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <atrpms-users@atrpms.net> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [ATrpms-users] nvidia-graphics7185-1.0_7185-74.3.fc7 should have .so instead of .o? > Hi Paulo, > >>> I'm trying to use >>> http://dl.atrpms.net/all/nvidia-graphics7185-1.0_7185-74.3.fc7.i386.rpm >>> on Fedora 7 with a RIVA TNT2 M64. When Xorg starts up, it reports >>> 'Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)'. >>> >>> This RPM contains "nvidia-1.0-7185_drv.o" and a symlink from >>> "nvidia_drv.o" to this has been created. I note that when I >>> create a >>> symlink from "nvidia_drv.so" (note ".so" not ".o") to the same >>> file, I >>> get a different error suggesting that Xorg wants a real .so, not >>> one I >>> just renamed ("dlopen: >>> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so: >>> only ET_DYN and ET_EXEC can be loaded"). >>> >>> How come this RPM contains a ".o" instead of a ".so"? I see in >>> e.g. >>> >>> http://atrpms.net/dist/f7/nvidia-graphics-legacy-96xx/nvidia-graphics9639-1.0_9639-83.1.fc7.i386.rpm.html >>> "Changed nvidia_drv.o for nvidia_drv.so", so did this old legacy >>> 71.85 >>> driver miss out on this for some reason? Is there some trick to >>> using >>> a ".o" instead of a ".so"? >> >> >> If I remember well, .o were used previously by nvidia. They changed >> this >> later >> and I just fixed the symbolic link (after 9639). > > Not in the legacy 7185 though? > > http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8178/README/appendix-c.html > > says "The nvidia_drv.so driver is compatible with Xorg 6.8 and > greater with "dlloader" support." > > http://www.warrenfalk.com/blog/2006/04/05/ati-radeon-x850-on-vs-linux/#comment-23 > > says (not about MY problem) "The problem is almost certainly an > X11R7 problem due to the fact that they only support dlloader > whereas they used to support elfloader also." > > I believe Fedora 7 is using X11R7? If so, it seems like I NEED a > ".so". > > I also see that > http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/4151294/com/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-legacy-1.0.7185-1.lvn5.i386.rpm.html > > contains a "nvidia_drv.so" instead of ".o". > >> Maybe the problem you are having is caused by something else. >> Check if the nvidia module arch and your kernel match, > > The kernel module does load okay. Not sure how to check the arch > via 'rpm', but 'file' seems to indicate at least that the > "nv_drv.so" that works has the same arch as the "nvidia_drv.so" that > does not: > > # file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-7185_drv.o > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-7185_drv.o: ELF 32-bit LSB > relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped > # file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared > object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), stripped > >> and keep just one nvidia module version >> for the kernel you are booting (remove all other nvidia kmdl rpm >> for this >> kernel). > > I don't have any others, this is a clean install - I only just > started with Fedora :) > >> Also check the output of >> >> modinfo nvidia-7185 (I think this should be the number for you). > > # modinfo nvidia-1_0-7185 > filename: > /lib/modules/2.6.22.4-65.fc7/updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-1_0-7185.ko > license: NVIDIA > alias: char-major-195-* > alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.22.4-65.fc7 SMP mod_unload 686 4KSTACKS > parm: NVreg_VideoMemoryTypeOverride:int > parm: NVreg_EnableVia4x:int > parm: NVreg_EnableALiAGP:int > parm: NVreg_ReqAGPRate:int > parm: NVreg_NvAGP:int > parm: NVreg_EnableAGPSBA:int > parm: NVreg_EnableAGPFW:int > parm: NVreg_SoftEDIDs:int > parm: NVreg_Mobile:int > parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int > parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int > parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int > parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int > parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int > parm: NVreg_FlatPanelMode:int > parm: NVreg_DevicesConnected:int > parm: NVreg_VideoEnhancement:int > parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int > parm: NVreg_RemapLimit:int > parm: NVreg_UseCPA:int > parm: NVreg_VbiosFromROM:int > parm: nv_disable_pat:int > > I did have some problems with udev and SELinux - I got lots of > boot-time errors regarding the creation of nvidia0, nvidia1, etc., > but I resolved those using 'audit2allow'. > > Thanks in advance, > David _______________________________________________ atrpms-users mailing list atrpms-users@atrpms.net http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users
