Sorry,

echo "nothing to do"

should be:

ln -sf 
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-$1_drv.so/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so

/Paulo Roma.

On 1/5/07, Paulo Cavalcanti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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.
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