nvidia.ko: No such file or directory
Bug #148943 reported by
gks1712
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
My graphics card is NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (Dell Latitude D830 laptop). It didn't work for 7.04 until I installed "envy" and using it I downloaded the proper drivers.
I upgraded to 7.10 without any problem using the update manager. I'm trying now to start X but I get the following error messages:
FATAL: Could not open '/lib/modules/
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration
Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
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I had the same problem and I noticed that the nvidia module could not be loaded when doing:
modprobe nvidia
However, after reinstalling the drivers, they could be loaded again:
apt-get install --reinstall linux-restricte d-modules- 2.6.22- 14-generic
modprobe nvidia
The problem is that this "volatile/ nvidia. ko" file is deleted after every reboot and the module needs to be reinstalled.
So I looked inside the linux-restricte d-modules- 2.6.22- 14-generic package (in the postinst script specifically) and found this call:
lrm-manager --kver= KERNEL_ VERSION
Which does create that file and allow the module to be loaded.
Therefore, at the moment, my work around is to put the following in /etc/rc.local:
lrm-manager --kver=`uname -r`
modprobe nvidia
/etc/init.d/gdm restart
exit 0