WTF? Why do I need to reinstall my NVIDIA drivers after a reboot? [Archive]

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kuber

04-16-2001, 11:09 PM

It seems like some initialization script or something is changing my video card config because when I boot, whether it be runlevel 3 or 4, I have to reinstall my drivers before starting X. Any ideas where this could be happening?

Thanks,
Kuber

TaeShadow

04-16-2001, 11:22 PM

I'm not completely sure, but what version of the drivers are you using?

kuber

04-16-2001, 11:48 PM

0.9-769

TheGimp

04-17-2001, 01:07 AM

you probably don't have linux setup to load the module on startup...
echo modprobe NVdriver >>/etc/rc.d/rc.modules

kuber

04-17-2001, 01:24 AM

I've checked all my rc files and I can't find any loading of a module anywhere..

Avatar

04-17-2001, 12:57 PM

Make sure the line "alias char-major-195 NVdriver" appears in
your module configuration file, generally one of "/etc/conf.modules",
"/etc/modules.conf" or "/etc/modutils/alias"

kuber

04-17-2001, 04:29 PM

It is...

sincka

04-17-2001, 09:14 PM

Are you booting from a bootdisk dood? I think you are. If you are then you have to 'update' that bootdisk. When your drivers are install do this:

dd if=/whereyourkernelis/kernel of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192

ex: I had to do:

dd if=/boot/bzImage of=/dev/fd0 bs= 8192

After that you'll be set (should be anyway) :)