nvidia module doesn't demand load

kgroombr · 02-01-04, 04:09 PM

I loaded a new system and have installed kernel to 2.6.1.

I am using module-init-tools 3.0-pre9.

Here are the relevant lines in my modprobe.conf file:

alias char-major-195-* nvidia
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1 NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1

I have also tried:

alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia

The nvidia module never loads upon X loading, however, if I perform and "modprobe nvidia" and then start X, all is fine.

This isn't the first time I have done this. I have two boxes set up like this (except the kernel is 2.6.0-testX and they work fine.

Thanks,
Ken

whig · 02-01-04, 06:47 PM

I've got the same problem on Mandrake 9.2 for AMD64 with kernel 2.6.1. I just put nvidia in /etc/modprobe.preload

**zander** · 02-02-04, 04:35 AM

You could embed an alias in the kernel module itself (MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR), but alias char-major-195* nvidia should work, as well.

rednuht · 02-16-04, 06:57 AM

yep, since upgrading to 2.6.2 (with mod-utils)
get exactly the same problem, not exactly a show stopper but damned annoying

**zander** · 02-16-04, 07:37 AM

Have you tried either one of my suggestions? If not, what error messages (if any) does modprobe produce?

kgroombr · 02-16-04, 07:49 AM

My first solution was that I put a line in my rc.local to load it.

My second solution was that I then created an entry in the modprobe.preload. I left it like this.

I looked for some good documentation on the new modprobe.conf file format and also on modprobe.preload. Anybody know of a link that descibes all the possible modprobe.* files and their formats?

Thanks,
Ken

prat · 02-16-04, 12:02 PM

Hmm... don't have a link, per se, but my autoloading works (it's NOT in any preload files, and loads succesfully on demand), so this might help:

In my /etc/modprobe.conf, I have the following lines I think are relevant:

alias char-major-195-* nvidia
alias /dev/nvidiactl nvidia

Hope that helps. Also please not I'm not using devfs (using udev, but since udev doesn't support loading modules when you try to access a /dev entry, that should be irrelevant, except insofar as the /dev/nvidiactl device does NOT go away on reboot, and though /dev is mounted on a ramfs on my system, the directory is tarred on shutdown and untarred on boot, so it's a static entry, more or less). This also means I have /dev/nvidia[0-7] devices created before the module is ever loaded, so this might have something to with it.

02-01-04, 04:09 PM	#1
kgroombr Using Linux Since 1995 Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 130	nvidia module doesn't demand load I loaded a new system and have installed kernel to 2.6.1. I am using module-init-tools 3.0-pre9. Here are the relevant lines in my modprobe.conf file: alias char-major-195-* nvidia options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1 NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 I have also tried: alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia The nvidia module never loads upon X loading, however, if I perform and "modprobe nvidia" and then start X, all is fine. This isn't the first time I have done this. I have two boxes set up like this (except the kernel is 2.6.0-testX and they work fine. Thanks, Ken __________________ Kenton A. Groombridge kgroombr@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~kgroombr/

02-16-04, 06:57 AM	#4
rednuht GeForce FX5600 (1.0-5336) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: uk Posts: 164	same problem yep, since upgrading to 2.6.2 (with mod-utils) get exactly the same problem, not exactly a show stopper but damned annoying

02-16-04, 07:49 AM	#6
kgroombr Using Linux Since 1995 Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 130	My first solution was that I put a line in my rc.local to load it. My second solution was that I then created an entry in the modprobe.preload. I left it like this. I looked for some good documentation on the new modprobe.conf file format and also on modprobe.preload. Anybody know of a link that descibes all the possible modprobe.* files and their formats? Thanks, Ken __________________ Kenton A. Groombridge kgroombr@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~kgroombr/

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02-01-04, 06:47 PM	#2
whig 550Ti Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 854	I've got the same problem on Mandrake 9.2 for AMD64 with kernel 2.6.1. I just put nvidia in /etc/modprobe.preload

02-02-04, 04:35 AM	#3
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	You could embed an alias in the kernel module itself (MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR), but alias char-major-195 nvidia* should work, as well.

02-16-04, 07:37 AM	#5
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	Have you tried either one of my suggestions? If not, what error messages (if any) does modprobe produce?

02-16-04, 12:02 PM	#7
prat Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Rice University! Posts: 1	Hmm... don't have a link, per se, but my autoloading works (it's NOT in any preload files, and loads succesfully on demand), so this might help: In my /etc/modprobe.conf, I have the following lines I think are relevant: alias char-major-195-* nvidia alias /dev/nvidiactl nvidia Hope that helps. Also please not I'm not using devfs (using udev, but since udev doesn't support loading modules when you try to access a /dev entry, that should be irrelevant, except insofar as the /dev/nvidiactl device does NOT go away on reboot, and though /dev is mounted on a ramfs on my system, the directory is tarred on shutdown and untarred on boot, so it's a static entry, more or less). This also means I have /dev/nvidia[0-7] devices created before the module is ever loaded, so this might have something to with it.