NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module

[goude]

Hello

I tried to install the nvidia drivers on FC13 but I broke X.

I followed this guide here:

Fedora Nvidia Driver Install Guide

First installed the repository configuration files for YUM

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

then did

mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img

dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

then I installed kmod.

yum install kmod-nvidia-PAE

I used kmod-nvidia-PAE because my kernel is 2.6.34.7-56.fc13.i686.PAE

After reboot I can see the bar loading at the bottom of the screen and when it finishes it just stays there.



Here are the errors in the xorg.o.log file

 
[   104.446] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[   104.446] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[   104.447] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   104.448] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   104.448]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   104.448]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   105.697] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
[   105.697] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
[   105.697] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[   105.697] (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   105.697] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
[   105.698] (EE) No drivers available.
[   105.698] Fatal server error: no screens found
[   105.698] Please consult the Fedora Project support

The errors related to nvidia in var/log/messages:

Oct 22 11:21:26 carpo gdm-binary[1803]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 1.348195 seconds
Oct 22 11:21:27 carpo kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA Quadro FX 500/FX 600 GPU installed in this system is
Oct 22 11:21:27 carpo kernel: NVRM:  supported through the NVIDIA 173.14.xx Legacy drivers. Please
Oct 22 11:21:27 carpo kernel: NVRM:  visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more
Oct 22 11:21:27 carpo kernel: NVRM:  information.  The 256.53 NVIDIA driver will ignore
Oct 22 11:21:27 carpo kernel: NVRM:  this GPU.  Continuing probe...
Oct 22 11:21:27 carpo kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!

Please see below the xorg file.

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 256.53  (mockbuild@)  Mon Sep  6 18:28:15 EDT 2010

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "keyboard"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Modes      "nvidia-auto-select"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Can somebody help me please? Why the kernel is not loading the nvida module?

Many thanks

[Rubberman]

Uninstall all the nvidia modules you have installed with yum. Then, download and install the proprietary nvidia drivers. All the ones available via yum are old and may have issues with current kernels. I've tested them, and have not been particularly satisfied with them (the yum-available ones). You will need the kernel headers since the nvidia installer will build the appropriate kernel module for you when it is run.

[goude]

Many thanks Rubberman (once again )

Your guide worked.