The NVdriver kernel module does not seem to be loaded...

[fockerolfe]

"The NVdriver kernel module does not seem to be loaded. The 3D drivers will not work without it... Please compile it for your kernel , set it up to insert the module on boot, then run this script again. Remember if you are having trouble compiling the module, try adding -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES to the Makefile."

This is what i'm getting with nv_checker.

I'm running RH7.3(smp18-3) with a GF3ti200. I used the 2960 tars and nvchecker.sh says everything is installed and edited correctly except the fore mentioned. My modules.conf has the alias char-major... line. I just did a fresh install and made sure I had the kernel source and the lib dependency for it added. I've done a search on this and found a few posts with the same problem but no solution listed(in newb terms at least). What do I need to do and how do I do it to get rid of my "x spawning to fast" problem? Thanks.

also, I tried to re edit my xf86config-4 file back to nv... to get back into kde but she doesn't want to load so i'm stuck at the console for now...

[bwkaz]

/sbin/modprobe NVdriver will load the correct module.

Also run [ -c /dev/.devfsd ] ; echo $? and post what it prints (if it prints a 0, then your alias line wasn't correct; it should have been alias /dev/nvidia* NVdriver instead).

To get rid of the "X respawning too fast" error, you need to get X to work. It's bailing out now, and init is respawning it, and it's bailing out (because either the config file is bad, or something else is wrong) again, and init is respawning it, etc., etc., until init decides "OK, something's wrong" and prints that message. Boot to runlevel 3 instead of 5 (in /etc/inittab, change :id:5:initdefault to :id:3:initdefault), or just do an init 3 as root from the console. Then try a startx as your normal user, and post the errors.

However, my guess is that you won't have to do that -- I think if you do the /sbin/modprobe, it will start working.

[fockerolfe]

Thanks for the reply. Before I saw your post I decided to give the 2960 source rpm's a try(figured i've tried all the others...) and by-golly they worked. Why the 3123's don't is beyond me(perhaps they don't like the 18-3?). Maybe now i'll try and uprade to the 3123's and see if that works. If the, after upgrading, the 31's do the same thing i'll run the modprobe and echo and we'll go from there. Thanks again. Focke.

[DancesWithCows]

I have Mandrake 9.0 with a geforce 3 ti 500 installed and when I tried the 3123's tars all I got was errors even after I made sure that the kernel source adn all libs and gcc was installed. So i figured I would give the src.rpm's a shot and sure enough they worked! lol