Hi, I've been trying to get an nvidia controller working today and not having much luck. It's complaining about failing to load kernel module.
As a starting point I'm following this guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml My nvidia device is (I think) a GeForce 6 family card: dragonfly ~ # lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1) dragonfly ~ # and from this nVidia page seems to be supported by the 173.xx series drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.25.html Because modinfo nvidia suggested it depended on them I've added agpgart and i2c-core to modules.autoload and after booting this is what's loaded: dragonfly ~ # lsmod Module Size Used by ipv6 176929 18 sg 19077 0 usb_storage 29021 0 usbhid 18281 0 snd_intel8x0 19155 0 snd_ac97_codec 76628 1 snd_intel8x0 ac97_bus 662 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm 42338 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec ehci_hcd 27089 0 uhci_hcd 15779 0 snd_timer 11966 1 snd_pcm usbcore 87247 4 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd agpgart 19136 0 snd 31592 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer 8139cp 12993 0 soundcore 3607 1 snd rtc 6022 0 8139too 14560 0 i2c_core 11618 0 snd_page_alloc 4685 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm processor 20861 0 thermal 9266 0 button 3526 0 thermal_sys 8333 2 processor,thermal dragonfly ~ # When I try to load the nvidia driver it just complains: dragonfly ~ # modprobe nvidia FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko): No such device dragonfly ~ # dragonfly ~ # modprobe --show-depends nvidia insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=27 NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles=1 dragonfly ~ # dragonfly ~ # modprobe -v nvidia insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=27 NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles=1 FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko): No such device dragonfly ~ # The driver exists: dragonfly ~ # ls -al /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7859091 Mar 1 13:35 /lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/video/nvidia.ko dragonfly ~ # I'm not clear what it means by 'no such device'. Is that a message that this driver doesn't support this card? I tried going down to the 96 series drivers but got the same results. Sort of obvious stuff in the kernel config I could think of before sending this email is here: dragonfly ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep AGP CONFIG_AGP=m # CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set # CONFIG_AGP_ATI is not set # CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set # CONFIG_AGP_AMD64 is not set CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=m # CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set # CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set # CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set # CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set # CONFIG_AGP_EFFICEON is not set dragonfly ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep NVIDIA # CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set # CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA is not set dragonfly ~ # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep DRM CONFIG_DRM=m # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_RADEON is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I830 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I915 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set # CONFIG_DRM_VIA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE is not set dragonfly ~ # I assumed the Intel AGP might be usefull since it's an Intel motherboard but it didn't help so I blacklisted it and it's not loaded. Anyone able to spot what must be an obvious mistake? Current xorg.conf file it attached. It was done by hand so it could easily have big problems. I tried running with no xorg.conf file but it didn't work either. hald is running. Thanks, Mark dragonfly ~ # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "glx" # Load "dri" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" 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 "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "ColorKey" # <i> #Option "CacheLines" # <i> #Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>] #Option "DRI" # [<bool>] #Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>] #Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>] #Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i> #Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "nvidia" Option "monitor-VGA1" "Samsung740n" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Samsung740n" VendorName "Samsung" ModelName "740n" Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" HorizSync 30-81 VertRefresh 56-75 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Samsung740n" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "dragonfly" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection dragonfly ~ # dragonfly ~ # rc-update show bootmisc | boot checkfs | boot checkroot | boot clock | boot consolefont | boot hald | default hostname | boot keymaps | boot local | default nonetwork localmount | boot modules | boot net.eth0 | default net.lo | boot netmount | default ntp-client | default ntpd | default rmnologin | boot sshd | default syslog-ng | default udev-postmount | default urandom | boot dragonfly ~ # dragonfly ~ # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log X.Org X Server 1.6.5 Release Date: 2009-10-11 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.33-gentoo i686 Current Operating System: Linux dragonfly 2.6.33-gentoo #5 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 1 12:49:22 PST 2010 i686 Build Date: 01 March 2010 12:27:33PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar 1 12:55:09 2010 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "dragonfly" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Samsung740n" (**) | |-->Device "Card0" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to: (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Mouse0 (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 (II) Loader magic: 0x1aa0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 5.0 X.Org XInput driver : 4.0 X.Org Server Extension : 2.0 (II) Loader running on linux (++) using VT number 7 (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0221:3842:a401 nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xf8000000/16777216, 0xf9000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) System resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default. (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "record" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default. (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) Loading extension X-Resource (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 190.53 Tue Dec 8 20:47:42 PST 2009 (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "dbe" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: "record" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.5, module version = 1.13.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension RECORD (II) LoadModule: "dri" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri (II) UnloadModule: "dri" (EE) Failed to load module "dri" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "dri2" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri2 (II) UnloadModule: "dri2" (EE) Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages. (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0) (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. dragonfly ~ #
