NVidia driver failure on new system

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Fri Jun 3 19:38:31 UTC 2011


On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 03:06:37PM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Lennart Sorensen <
> lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 11:42:59AM -0400, Thomas Milne wrote:
> > > > Then grab the headers from stable for 2.6.32.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I would have done that, but I can't see them at all in Synaptic. I'm
> > looking
> > > for a way to do that with apt-get, but...
> >
> > In /etc/apt/sources.list make sure you have both a deb ... line with
> > unstable/testing/wheezy or whatever you use and another line with stable.
> >
> > ie:
> >
> > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free
> > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> >
> > Then apt-get update, and apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64
> > (or whatever your kernel is).
> >
> > I can't stand synaptic.  aptitude is OK, but apt-get command line works.
> 
> 
> 
>  Setting up linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common (2.6.32-31) ...
> Setting up linux-kbuild-2.6.32 (2.6.32-1) ...
> Setting up linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 (2.6.32-31) ...
> Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
> run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 2.6.32-5-686
> dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 2.6.32-5-686:
> 
> but then this happened:
> 
> (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
> (II) LoadModule: "glx"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
> (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
> compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
> Module class: X.Org Server Extension
> (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  270.41.19  Mon May 16 23:49:08 PDT 2011
> (II) Loading extension GLX
> (II) LoadModule: "record"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
> (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.13.0
> Module class: X.Org Server Extension
> ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
> (II) Loading extension RECORD
> (II) LoadModule: "dri"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
> (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
> ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
> (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
> (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
> (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.1.0
> ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
> (II) Loading extension DRI2
> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
> (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
> compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
> Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
> (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
> (EE) No drivers available.
> 
> I looked in syslog as it suggested, but that is a huge file, and I could not
> see anything that stood out, ie. 'nvidia'.

modprobe nvidia

lsmod |grep nvidia

Make sure it is loaded.  Building it doesn't mean loading it.  A reboot
would probably make it load too.

Check 'dmesg'.  Maybe there is a problem reported that you could use to
fix it.

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