Running without kernel module?

[Jon_e]

I was wondering if it is possible in any way to run the nvidia driver without the kernel module present? I know I won't get much acceleration in that way, but I was hoping to at least be able to use the tv-out, which the nv driver doesn't support.

As it is now it is impossible to keep the system running stable. Without the kernel module, at least the driver won't take the whole system down.

I've used a week now of constant reboots to try to make this darn thing do the most basic things without much success. :(

[bwkaz]

Nope. The nvidia_drv.o X driver (the thing that gets loaded when you have Driver "nvidia" in your config file) needs to have the /dev/nvidia* devices available. If they are not available (or if nothing in the kernel has registered interest in serving the requests), then modprobe is invoked, to load up the right module.

In short, nvidia_drv.o loads the module automatically, there's really nothing you can do to prevent that.