On Apr 4, 2005 12:27 AM, Mario Lombardo <mario@alienscience.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday 04 April 2005 00:18, Max F Lang wrote:
> > On Apr 3, 2005, at 11:02 PM, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> > > On Sunday 03 April 2005 22:40, Christopher Hotchkiss wrote:
> > >> On Apr 3, 2005 10:20 PM, Mario Lombardo <mario@alienscience.com>
> > >>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> Whenever I rebooted my box, I would lose my video driver:
> > >>> I noticed no 'nvidia" module with lsmod, so I did the following:
> > >>> modprobe nvidia and I got this as a result:
> > >>
> > >> Okay this is what I have in my /etc/modules.conf for nvidia:
> > >> alias char-major-195 nvidia
> > >> alias /dev/nvidiactl char-major-195
> >
> > We've had this discussion on other lists, like the JaxLug and LEAP
> > lists, and seen this same problem stated elsewhere. For some dang
> > reason, the module just doesn't load. My modules.conf agrees exactly
> > with someone's whose nvidia modules loads just fine. And still it
> > doesn't load for me.
> >
> > I finally gave up trying to figure it out, and just put the modprobe
> > line into /etc/rc.d/rc.local (for Fedora), with an echo statement
> > saying the module loaded. The only issue I face is when yum to pull
> > updates which includes a new kernel, since now the new
> > /lib/modules/<kernel-version> won't have the nvidia module. Just copy
> > it from its old location to its new, and modprobe. All will be well...
> >
> > Max.
> >
>
> So you're just adding
>
> modprobe nvidia
>
> to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local Yes? Too bad about modprobe.conf. I wonder what
> the deal is. If I find anything on Nvidia, I'll be sure to pass it along.
>
> /mario
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Well upon further reflection there could be a couple issues:
Are you using devfsd or udev?
What distro are you using? (They might use a different file)
I know mine, Gentoo, autogenerates my modules.conf from a different
directory at bootup. It will clobber the modules.conf without warning.
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