[lug] Nvidia driver disappears

[steve at badcheese.com]

I'm not familiar with the yast method, but if the errors are the same as 
in your original post, then I'd just install the nvidia driver using the 
nvidia-supplied rpm or tarball.  That has always worked for me.

- Steve

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Steve Sullivan wrote:

> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:13:15 -0600
> From: Steve Sullivan <sullivan at mathcom.com>
> Reply-To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
>     <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
>     <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Subject: Re: [lug] Nvidia driver disappears
> 
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for the tip.
> I used command-line yast to deinstall and reinstall the modules:
>  nvidia-gfx-kmp-bigsmp
>  x11-video-nvidia
>
> I rebooted, and still sax2 fails.  When I try to startx, it loops
> spewing out messages - the only way out is power off or ctl-alt-del.
>
> Is there something else I need to do to re-install?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 08:49:41AM -0400, steve at badcheese.com wrote:
>> You probably upgraded your kernel a while ago and just now rebooted.  Just
>> re-install the nvidia driver and you should be good-to-go.
>>
>> - Steve
>>
>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Steve Sullivan wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:52:34 -0600
>>> From: Steve Sullivan <sullivan at mathcom.com>
>>> Reply-To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
>>>    <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>>> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>>> Subject: [lug] Nvidia driver disappears
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My nvidia driver suddenly stopped working.  I didn't make any system
>>> changes, but today when I booted the machine X wouldn't come up.
>>> Come to think of it, maybe I did use Yast to install whatever patches
>>> were current a few days ago.
>>> I'm running Suse 10.2 on a dual Intel-32.
>>>
>>> I tried running sax2 from the command line, but it also
>>> failed.  The sax log ends with ...
>>>
>>> 	(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
>>> 	(**) 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): Using HW cursor
>>> 	(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
>>> 	(==) NVIDIA(0): Video key set to default value of 0x101fe
>>> 	FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
>>> 	(/lib/modules/2.6.18.8-0.5-bigsmp/weak-updates/nvidia.ko): No such
>>> 	device
>>> 	(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
>>> 	(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
>>> 	(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
>>> 	(II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
>>> 	(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
>>> 	(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>>
>>> 	Fatal server error:
>>> 	no screens found
>>>
>>> So I used command-line yast to deinstall and reinstall the modules:
>>> nvidia-gfx-kmp-bigsmp
>>> x11-video-nvidia
>>>
>>> I rebooted, and still sax2 fails.  When I try to startx, it loops
>>> spewing out messages - the only way out is power off or ctl-alt-del.
>>> Do you have any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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