[arch-general] NV GeForce 7600, nvidia-304xx-lts, but Failed to load module "nvidia"

[Doug Newgard]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:30:55 +0200
Csányi Pál <csanyipal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to replace nouveau driver with nvidia-304xx-lts for my
> NVIDIA Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GT] videocard.
> 
> I'm following advices at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nvidia.
> 
> I have installed the linux kernel: core/linux-lts 3.14.21-1.
> 
> I modified the script for switching from nouveau to nvidia, like:
> [code]
> #!/bin/bash
> # nouveau -> nvidia
> # run as root
> 
> set -e
> 
> # check if root
> if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
>    echo "You must be root to run this script. Aborting...";
>    exit 1;
> fi
> 
> if [ -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-nouveau.conf ]
>     then rm -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-nouveau.conf
> fi
> 
> cp /Adatok/ArchLinuxBeallitasok/30-nvidia.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
> 
> sed -i 's/MODULES="nouveau"/#MODULES="nouveau"/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
> 
> pacman -Rdds --noconfirm xf86-video-nouveau mesa-libgl lib32-mesa-dri
> lib32-mesa-libgl
> pacman -S --noconfirm nvidia-304xx-lts lib32-nvidia-304xx-libgl
> 
> mkinitcpio -p linux
> 
> reboot
> [/code]
> 
> The 30-nvidia.conf is:
> [code]
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier "Nvidia Card"
>         Driver "nvidia"
>         VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
>         Option "NoLogo" "true"
> EndSection
> [/code]
> 
> When I run after reboot and bash login:
> $ startx
> 
> I get not the X Window system, but error messages.
> The /var/log/Xorg.0.log file is:
> [log]
> [   229.009] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> [   229.009] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
> [   229.010] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
> [   229.010]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
> [   229.010]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> [   229.012] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module.
> Please check your
> [   229.012] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional
> error messages. [   229.012] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> [   229.012] (II) Unloading nvidia
> [   229.013] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific
> error, 0) [   229.013] (EE) No drivers available.
> [/log]
> 
> What am I missing here? How can I solve this problem?
> 

It tells you the kernel module is not loaded, so start there. modprobe
it and see what happens. BTW, the sed line in that script is pretty bad.