Trust me this time :) You don't have nvidia devices
/dev/nvidia0 /dev/nvidiactl unofrtunately they are not created automatically withthe new kernel (although some reports vary), and you have to do it manually. There is a lot of discussion on that in gentoo forums. Some nvidia-kernel packages contain /sbin/NVmakedevices.sh script to run, if not you can do it by hand cd /dev mknod nvidia0 c 195 0 mknod nvidiactl 195 255 and then set ownership to root:video nad permissions to 666 or 660 Unfortunately, you will loose them on reboot unless you run udev with RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no" if so you can create like /etc/init.d/nvidia and put it in boot level. > I followed the instructions to get the nvidia driver working on my > system here, but obviously since I am writing, it is giving me problems. > Information below, and thanks in advance for the help. > Sean > > Here is the error when I try to start with the 'nvidia' driver. > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! > (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > The module appears to be loaded as shown below. > tardis sean # /sbin/lsmod > Module Size Used by > nvidia 4054396 0 > snd_intel8x0 33856 2 > snd_ac97_codec 90712 1 snd_intel8x0 > snd_seq 55776 1 > snd_seq_device 8972 0 > snd_pcm_oss 52128 0 > snd_pcm 89608 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss > snd_timer 23816 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm > snd_page_alloc 11728 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > snd_mixer_oss 18176 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd 52552 13 > snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss > soundcore 10144 1 snd > s2io 39692 0 > tardis sean # > > tardis sean # modinfo nvidia > license: NVIDIA > alias: char-major-195-* > parmtype: silence_nvidia_output:int > parmtype: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int > parmtype: NVreg_VideoEnhancement:int > parmtype: NVreg_DevicesConnected:int > parmtype: NVreg_FlatPanelMode:int > parmtype: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int > parmtype: NVreg_Mobile:int > parmtype: NVreg_SoftEDIDs:int > parmtype: NVreg_EnableAGPFW:int > parmtype: NVreg_EnableAGPSBA:int > parmtype: NVreg_NvAGP:int > parmtype: NVreg_ReqAGPRate:int > parmtype: NVreg_EnableALiAGP:int > parmtype: NVreg_EnableVia4x:int > parmtype: NVreg_VideoMemoryTypeOverride:int > alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* > depends: > vermagic: 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 SMP gcc-3.4 > > tardis sean # uname -a > Linux tardis 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 #4 SMP Thu Oct 27 14:26:00 EDT 2005 x86_64 > AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 246 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux > > xorg config > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "X.org Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/lib64/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/modules" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "extmod" > Load "dri" > Load "dbe" > Load "record" > Load "xtrap" > Load "glx" > Load "type1" > Load "freetype" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" > Option "Zaxismapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Monitor Model" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] > #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] > #Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>] > #Option "Rotate" # [<str>] > #Option "VideoKey" # <i> > #Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>] > #Option "FPDither" # [<bool>] > #Option "CrtcNumber" # <i> > #Option "FPScale" # [<bool>] > #Option "FPTweak" # <i> > Identifier "Card 0" > # Driver "nvidia" > Driver "nv" > VendorName "nVidia Corporation" > BoardName "Unknown Board" > BusID "PCI:5:0:0" > VideoRam 256000 > Option "NvAGP" "1" # use nvidias agp - 1 , agpgart -2, > agpgart,nvagp -3 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > # DefaultDepth 16 > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > # Depth 16 > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > -- > [email protected] mailing list -- Dmitri Pogosyan Department of Physics Associate Professor University of Alberta tel 1-780-492-2150 412 Avadh Bhatia Physics Labs fax 1-780-492-0714 Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J1, CANADA -- [email protected] mailing list
