On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:36, Ross Drummond wrote: > When I use the startx command it bombs out, with the following message; > > (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 > (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 > (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor > (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > (--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD4000000 > (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xD6000000 > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! > (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" > (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw" > (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > When I use; > > insmod nvidia or, > modprobe nvidia > > the module loads with a kernel taint warning and startx works with the > appropriate nvidia splash screen. > > Contents of modules.conf are; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] user]$ cat /etc/modules.conf |grep nvidia > alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia > > Why wont the nvidia module load automatically?
is it in /etc/modules.conf (or conf.modules, or whatever the damn thing is called?) > > Cheers Ross Drummond
