On ���, 2002-02-09 at 23:02, Rainer Koschnick wrote: > It doesn't seem to be a permission problem since startx doesn't work for root > either. The module just doesn't get loaded automatically, I have to modprobe > it. >
If you modprobe it, do you get /dev/nvidia* ? > > This is the cooker mailing list here, right? :) I am using cooker. And as > for the driver, it's the 2313. Everything used to work until yesterday. > I updated the kernel to 2.4.17-16, recompiled my NVdriver which complained > that it couldn't create the device nodes. When I had to reboot later that day > I noticed that the module doesn't get loaded anymore. > Add this to /etc/modules.devfs alias /dev/nvidia NVdriver alias /dev/nvidia* /dev/nvidia Remove any /lib/dev-state/nvidia* if you have any. (I assume module is named NVdriver). I repeat in I do not remember which time - mail nvidia and explain them they must properly configure devfsd for there modules. -andrej
