Hi, Axel I think the new nvidia-graphics-switch is wrong.
rm -f /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o 2>&1 || : ----> there is no "nvidia-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so" (maybe you meant nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so), so this test results false if [ -f /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1/nvidia_drv.so ]; then ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1/nvidia_drv.so/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so else ------> then it enters here and recreates nvidia_drv.o that has been deleted before. ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1_drv.o/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o fi Maybe the correct code is: rm -f /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o 2>&1 || : if [ -f /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-graphics-1.0-$1/nvidia_drv.so]; then echo "nothing to do" else ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1_drv.o/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o fi /Paulo Roma On 1/5/07, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Manually created symlink: ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-9746_drv.so nvidia_drv.so and removed bad symlink rm nvidia_drv.o rebooted and nvidia loaded ok but still no-go for the wfb module: (II) Loading sub module "wfb" (II) LoadModule: "wfb" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module wfb (II) UnloadModule: "wfb" (EE) Failed to load module "wfb" (module does not exist, 0) Perphaps this is related to this issue? BTW I don't have a 8800 so I can't really test the wfb anyway just testing the new package thanks Paul On 6/01/2007 10:01 AM, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 09:57:42AM +1100, Paul wrote: >> Here is my output:> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] X11]# ls -l /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv* >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 87676 Sep 1 04:19 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jan 6 09:24 >> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-9746_drv.so -> nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 Jan 6 09:24 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o -> >> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-9746_drv.o > > you are missing /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so, which > should be a symlink to > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so. > > Upgrade to the latest nvidia-graphics-switch and use nvidia-graphics-switch 9746 > > >> On 6/01/2007 9:52 AM, Axel Thimm wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 09:41:37AM +1100, Paul wrote: >>>> Rebooted and couldn't load nvidia module: >>>> >>>> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" >>>> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia >>>> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" >>>> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) >>>> >>>> Does this load it from the /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/ directory? >>> No, from /drivers/ - do you have similar output? >>> >>> $ ls -l /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so >>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jan 5 09:51 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so -> nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746 /nvidia_drv.so >>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1364816 Jan 5 06:21 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-graphics-1.0-9746/nvidia_drv.so >>> >>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> On 6/01/2007 9:27 AM, Paul wrote: >>>>> I installed but it dragged 2 kmdl files? >>>>> is that correct? >>>>> >>>>> Jan 6 09:24:02 mythbox Updated: nvidia-graphics9746-libs.i386 >>>>> 1:1.0_9746-84.fc6.at >>>>> >>>>> Jan 6 09:24:19 mythbox Updated: >>>>> nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6.i686 1:1.0_9746-84.fc6.at >>>>> Jan 6 09:24:20 mythbox Updated: nvidia-graphics-helpers.i386 >>>>> 0.0.16-17.fc6.at >>>>> Jan 6 09:24:56 mythbox Updated: nvidia-graphics9746.i386 >>>>> 1:1.0_9746-84.fc6.at >>>>> Jan 6 09:24:57 mythbox Updated: rrdtool-perl.i386 1.2.15-9.fc6 >>>>> Jan 6 09:25:02 mythbox Updated: >>>>> nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6.i686 1:1.0_9746-84.fc6.at >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 5/01/2007 1:50 PM, Axel Thimm wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:20:54PM +1100, Paul wrote: >>>>>>> the WFB module is new Axel .. not affecting me but FYI for 8800 cards.. >>>>>> Thanks, the issue is already known: >>>>>> http://bugzilla.atrpms.net/show_bug.cgi?id=1087 >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm currently respinning completely new nvidia packages that will not >>>>>> manually install anymore, but use nvidia-installer instead. It's a bit >>>>>> involved becasue it requires root priviledges at build time and assume >>>>>> installation will happen under /. >>>>>> >>>>>>> see==> >>>>>>> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1119139#post1119139 >>>>>> Thanks for the URL, I'll post a follow-up. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm using the atrpms package for nvidia 9764 and I'm getting errors >>>>>>> finding wfb but I have a 6200 TC card, so I assume this is not a >>>>>>> problem, but should this library still exist? ie is this a packaging >>>>>>> problem or a configuration problem for me? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Quote: >>>>>>> (II) Loading sub module "wfb" >>>>>>> (II) LoadModule: "wfb" >>>>>>> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module wfb >>>>>>> (II) UnloadModule: "wfb" >>>>>>> (EE) Failed to load module "wfb" (module does not exist, 0) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The file can be placed anywhere, as long as the X server can find it >>>>>>> (either through the ModulePath directive or via a symlink). The >>>>>>> SONAME is not used. The driver will automatically try to load a >>>>>>> module called "wfb" (i.e., libwfb.so), which is installed as a >>>>>>> symlink to libnvidia-wfb.so.x.y.z if no libwfb.so existed at install >>>>>>> time. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The driver will always try to load it, but it will only be required >>>>>>> if a GeForce 8800 or higher is detected. >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> atrpms-users mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> atrpms-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> atrpms-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users > _______________________________________________ atrpms-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users
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