> 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?
kyzyl ~ # modprobe -nv nvidia insmod /lib/modules/2.6.29/video/nvidia.ko NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=27 NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles=1 NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=27 NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles=1 FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.29/video/nvidia.ko): No such device