[GRLUG] Nvidia [GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x]

Rick Vargo rick at vargo.org
Wed Feb 22 13:26:56 EST 2006


Did you verify that the kernel module has actually loaded with lsmod? 

Rick

Justin Denick wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> I have tried to get this card to work, but for some reason it won't go.
> Here's some info about the kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-r5
> CONFIG_MODULES=y
> CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
> # CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD is not set
> # CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set
> CONFIG_MTRR=y
> CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA=y
> # CONFIG_FB is not set
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
>
> I am running :
> X11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6
> x11-base/opengl-update-3.0.0
> nvidia-kernel-1.0.8178-r3
> sys-fs/udev-084
>
> The module compiles cleanly and even loads. Though it did not create the
> /dev/nvidia* nodes, so I have to run the NVmakedevices.sh at boot.
> This creates all of the needed nodes but doesn't seem to help.
>
> The BIOS is set to use only the AGP slot and not the onboard video.
> The card works fine using the "nv" driver.
>
> Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated.
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