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

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