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

[Csányi Pál]

2014-10-23 21:03 GMT+02:00 Doug Newgard <scimmia at archlinux.info>:
> 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.

I did:

modprobe nvidia

and I get not any message, but the nvidia modell can't be loaded into kernel.

-- 
Regards from Pal