1.0-7185 AGP SBA and FW options broken - Page 2

netllama · 08-07-07, 10:55 AM

What happens if you run the modprobe command manually with those options?

ahurst · 08-07-07, 03:53 PM

Ahah, adding the options to /etc/modprobe.conf directly, they work!
Should modprobe.conf be set with modules.conf, or are they independent?

netllama · 08-07-07, 03:57 PM

modules.conf is normally only used with 2.4.x kernels.

ahurst · 08-07-07, 04:05 PM

Well, either way, the nvidia options in /etc/modules.d/nvidia aren't appearing in /etc/modprobe.conf - it's a problem with gentoo's module-init-tools, not your driver package. ( I should never have doubted you, nvidia! )

Thanks for your help.
Andy

Gusar · 08-08-07, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahurst

Well, either way, the nvidia options in /etc/modules.d/nvidia aren't appearing in /etc/modprobe.conf - it's a problem with gentoo's module-init-tools, not your driver package. ( I should never have doubted you, nvidia! )

Did you run "update-modules" after changing /etc/modules.d/nvidia? /etc/modprobe.conf is created automatically from files in /etc/modules.d when you run that command.

ahurst · 08-08-07, 07:43 AM

Hullo again!

Yes, I ran update-modules, which generates /etc/modules.conf .. the two lines of the form 'options nvidia NVoption_1 NVoption_2 ...' correctly appear there.

Now when I run regenerate-modprobe.conf, which is what makes /etc/modprobe.conf (used by 2.6.x kernels) from /etc/modules.conf, I find that it only handles a single 'options ...' line per module name, hence picking out only the second 'options ...' line from /etc/modules.d/nvidia (options nvidia NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 ... etc), and thus ignoring my options NVreg_EnableAGPSBA and NVreg_EnableAGPFW.

i.e. not nvidia's fault.

Andy

08-07-07, 10:55 AM	#13
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: 1.0-7185 AGP SBA and FW options broken What happens if you run the modprobe command manually with those options?

08-07-07, 03:53 PM	#14
ahurst Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 22	Re: 1.0-7185 AGP SBA and FW options broken Ahah, adding the options to /etc/modprobe.conf directly, they work! Should modprobe.conf be set with modules.conf, or are they independent?

08-07-07, 03:57 PM	#15
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: 1.0-7185 AGP SBA and FW options broken modules.conf is normally only used with 2.4.x kernels.

08-07-07, 04:05 PM	#16
ahurst Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 22	Re: 1.0-7185 AGP SBA and FW options broken [solved] Well, either way, the nvidia options in /etc/modules.d/nvidia aren't appearing in /etc/modprobe.conf - it's a problem with gentoo's module-init-tools, not your driver package. ( I should never have doubted you, nvidia! ) Thanks for your help. Andy

08-08-07, 07:43 AM	#18
ahurst Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 22	Re: 1.0-7185 AGP SBA and FW options broken Hullo again! Yes, I ran update-modules, which generates /etc/modules.conf .. the two lines of the form 'options nvidia NVoption_1 NVoption_2 ...' correctly appear there. Now when I run regenerate-modprobe.conf, which is what makes /etc/modprobe.conf (used by 2.6.x kernels) from /etc/modules.conf, I find that it only handles a single 'options ...' line per module name, hence picking out only the second 'options ...' line from /etc/modules.d/nvidia (options nvidia NVreg_DeviceFileMode=432 NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 ... etc), and thus ignoring my options NVreg_EnableAGPSBA and NVreg_EnableAGPFW. i.e. not nvidia's fault. Andy