nvidia.ko module not found on FC5

Antarctica · #1 21st September 2006, 12:43 AM

Hey all, I posted a similar thread at www.linuxquestions.org and nobody seemed to really help me much. I am having a hardware/software issue on Fedora Core 5. At the graphical boot, I get "nvidia.ko module for 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 not found" and then it disables my nvidia legacy driver. Anyway, here's the original post copied from Linux Questions

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I am having a very annoying problem regarding GLX on my Fedora Core 5 machine. I have enabled 3D Acceleration (GLX) for my computer by simply renaming

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Section "Device"
        Identifier   "Videocard0"
        Driver       "nv"
        VendorName   "Videocard Vendor"
        BoardName    "nVidia Corporation NV5m64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
EndSection

to

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Section "Device"
        Identifier   "Videocard0"
        Driver       "nvidia"
        VendorName   "Videocard Vendor"
        BoardName    "nVidia Corporation NV5m64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
EndSection

Upon logging out and logging in, 3D Acceleration for my video card is enabled. If I reboot, then at the graphical boot screen, I get the following error:

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Checking for NVIDIA kernel module           [FAILED]
nvidia.ko module for 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 not found

When I go to xorg.conf, the Device section is wrong once again.

I did have some problems with the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-7184) installer. (By the way, my device falls under the legacy category.) I encountered the following errors:

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WARNING:  You appear to be using a modular Xorg release, but nvidia-installer
          was unable to determine the correct X library installation path
          with the 'pkg-config' utility.  Please install the Xorg SDK/development
          package for your distribution.

WARNING:  You appear to be using a modular Xorg release, but nvidia-installer
          was unable to determine the correct X module installation path
          with the 'pkg-config' utility.  Please install the Xorg SDK/development
          package for your distribution.

WARMING:  nvidia-installer was unbale to determine the correct X library 
          installation path and will install the NVIDIA X libraries to
          '/usr/lib'.

WARNING:  nvidia-installer was unable to determine the correct X module
          installation path and will install the NVIDIA X driver components
          to '/usr/lib/xorg/modules'.  If X fails to find the NVIDIA X driver
          module, please correct any 'pkg-config' problems warned about
          earlier and reinstall the driver.

Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
(Version: 1.0-7184) is now complete.  Please update your XF86Config or Xorg.conf
file as appropriate; see the file /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README for details.

Anybody have any ideas on how to keep the Device section updated like it should be? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I think the solution to fixing my nVidia problem of disabling GLX and then having to login and change nv to nvidia is that the machine needs to find the right nvidia.ko. I'm stuck here and the problem is very annoying. Can somebody help me out here?

Seve · #2 21st September 2006, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Antarctica

Hey all, I posted a similar thread at www.linuxquestions.org and nobody seemed to really help me much. I am having a hardware/software issue on Fedora Core 5. At the graphical boot, I get "nvidia.ko module for 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 not found" and then it disables my nvidia legacy driver. Anyway, here's the original post copied from Linux Questions

I think the solution to fixing my nVidia problem of disabling GLX and then having to login and change nv to nvidia is that the machine needs to find the right nvidia.ko. I'm stuck here and the problem is very annoying. Can somebody help me out here?

Hello:
My suggestion is to follow the nVidia driver installation guide from here:http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_cor...es.html#nVidia
I am guessing that you installed the drivers from nvidia site at one point and since that point you have upgraded to a newer kernel?
If so, then you would need to re-install the drivers again to build the appropriate kernel module, which would match the kernel that you are booting with. Ergo, why you are getting the error you are.
The rpm method is much easier and safer.
Just make sure you install or alter the instructions to select the kmod-nvidia-legacy
You can browse the livna repo here : http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/5/i386/
Why?
http://forum.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=124643

hth

Seve

nhydra · #3 21st September 2006, 01:29 PM

Hello try this command :
rpm -qa | grep nvidia
Have a look about the installed packages. Is there a kmod-nvidia package?

Probably you have misunderstanding with your installed packages. Did you install the kmod-nvidia package?
Take a look about my signature.

Antarctica · #4 21st September 2006, 09:38 PM

I just want to reiterate that I have a legacy videocard, says nVidia.

I ran rpm -qa | grep nvidiia and here is the output...

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kmod-nvidia-legacy-1.0.7184-2.2.6.17_1.2187_FC5
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-legacy-devel-1.0.7184-2.1vn5
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-legacy-1.0.7184-2.1vn5

When I searched for my kernel RPMs, I ran rpm -qa | grep kernel and got...

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kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5
kernel-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5
kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5
kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5

I'm wondering... why do I have two different versions of the same kernel? Maybe I can update the older one to match the newer one? I'll post my results of that sooner or later. Thanks for your help btw.

Seve · #5 21st September 2006, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Antarctica

I just want to reiterate that I have a legacy videocard, says nVidia.

I ran rpm -qa | grep nvidiia and here is the output...

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kmod-nvidia-legacy-1.0.7184-2.2.6.17_1.2187_FC5
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-legacy-devel-1.0.7184-2.1vn5
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-legacy-1.0.7184-2.1vn5

When I searched for my kernel RPMs, I ran rpm -qa | grep kernel and got...

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kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5
kernel-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5
kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5
kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5

I'm wondering... why do I have two different versions of the same kernel? Maybe I can update the older one to match the newer one? I'll post my results of that sooner or later. Thanks for your help btw.

Hello:
You actually have 2 kernels, which are distinct from each other. This is the default with FC5, where you will always have at least 2 kernels installed. Which is a very good idea, in case there is a problem.
Based upon what you posted above, if you boot from kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 you have the corresponding kmod-nvidia-legacy-1.0.7184-2.2.6.17_1.2187_FC5 installed and you should be good to go.

Seve

Antarctica · #6 21st September 2006, 10:43 PM

Well I have to go to work, but I'll try that tonight. Umm, how do I boot from kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5? instead of the other?

Seve · #7 21st September 2006, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Antarctica

Well I have to go to work, but I'll try that tonight. Umm, how do I boot from kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5? instead of the other?

Hello:
It should be available to select from the grub menu.

Seve

ryptyde · #8 22nd September 2006, 03:24 AM

You will most likely have to press a key rather quickly as the grub screen only displays the kernel that it is going to boot.
When you press a key as soon as the grub screen appears you will see other kernel options available.
Pick the one that matches the nvidia kmod.

Good luck

Phil

Antarctica · #9 22nd September 2006, 06:57 AM

Well I got home from work about a few minutes ago. I'm gonna try that one right now.

Antarctica · #10 22nd September 2006, 07:07 AM

When I looked iat the kernel options in the grub menu, all I saw were kernels 2174 and 2054. How do I get 2187 to load? It's very confusing.

Seve · #11 22nd September 2006, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Antarctica

When I looked iat the kernel options in the grub menu, all I saw were kernels 2174 and 2054. How do I get 2187 to load? It's very confusing.

Hello:
Yes it can be confusing, not to worry.
if you have 2187 installed
rpm -aq | grep kernel
and 2187 spits out
then open a terminal and log in as root using
su -
yourpassword
then type
gedit /etc/grub.conf
and copy your version of the following:

PHP Code:


			
title Fedora Core (2.6.17-1.2174_FC5)

    root (hd1,0)

    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet

    initrd /initrd-2.6.17-1.2174_FC5.img

and insert it immediately above and change each occurrence of 2174 to 2187

PHP Code:


			
title Fedora Core (2.6.17-1.2187_FC5)

    root (hd1,0)

    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet

    initrd /initrd-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5.img

save and exit
It will now be available to boot from in your grub menu.

Seve

Antarctica · #12 22nd September 2006, 07:45 AM

I'll give that a try right now.

Antarctica · #13 22nd September 2006, 08:08 AM

When I did that, I got an error right after grub saying

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Error 15: File not found

Any suggestions?

Seve · #14 22nd September 2006, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Antarctica

When I did that, I got an error right after grub saying

Code:

Error 15: File not found

Any suggestions?

Hello:
Boot from the 2174 kernel
open a terminal and log in as root using
su -
yourpassword
then type
rpm -aq | grep kernel
and If
kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 is listed then check your
/usr/src/kernels
and
/boot
and
/lib/modules
and confirm that there are corresponding files for the 2187 kernel in each directory.
If there are, then you made a typo in your /etc/grub.conf file

You could also post the contents of your /etc/grub.conf file.

Seve

Antarctica · #15 22nd September 2006, 08:30 AM

Hey, you'll never guess what I didn't find. I looked at my grub.conf file and it loads initrd-version.img and vmlinuz-version. It turns out that I'm missing those two files for kernel 2187. Any idea where I can get those files? If I get those files, maybe my problem will be solved?