Suggestion to simplify initial kmod-nvidia install (w/script correction)

[Nicolas Chauvet]

2009/12/4 Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com>:
> On Thursday 03 December 2009, Nicolas Chauvet wrote:
>> 2009/12/3 Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com>:
>> > On Thursday 03 December 2009, Adam Williamson wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 07:32 -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
>> >> > To be sure, this procedure could be retested on a new install, since I
>> >> > can't prove that it isn't the initramfs caused by a kernel update that
>> >> > makes it work here.
>> >>
>> >> It's not too hard to check:
>> >>
>> >> [root at adam shapefile]# lsinitrd
>> >>  /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64.img  | grep nouveau drwxr-xr-x
>> >>  2 root     root            0 Nov 26 09:44
>> >>  lib/modules/2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau
>> >>  -rwxr--r--   1 root     root       714040 Nov 26 09:44
>> >>  lib/modules/2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nou
>> >>vea u.ko lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           34 Nov 26 09:44
>> >>  usr/lib64/libdrm_nouveau.so.1 -> /usr/lib64/libdrm_nouveau.so.1.0.0
>> >>  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        20256 Nov 19 16:45
>> >>  usr/lib64/libdrm_nouveau.so.1.0.0 init
>> >>
>> >> i.e., use lsinitrd to see if your initramfs actually has a nouveau
>> >> module in it. also, boot without the rdblacklist parameter and see if
>> >> nouveau gets loaded.
>> >
>> > [nbecker at nbecker1 jupiter]$ lsinitrd
>> > /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64.img  | grep nouveau
>> > -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          185 Nov  3 17:13
>> > etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
>> > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        20256 Nov  4 22:14
>> > usr/lib64/libdrm_nouveau.so.1.0.0
>> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           34 Dec  1 14:16
>> > usr/lib64/libdrm_nouveau.so.1 -> /usr/lib64/libdrm_nouveau.so.1.0.0
>> > drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Dec  1 14:16
>> > lib/modules/2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau
>> > -rwxr--r--   1 root     root       714040 Dec  1 14:16
>> > lib/modules/2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouve
>> >au.ko init
>> >
>> > [nbecker at nbecker1 jupiter]$ uname -r
>> > 2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64
>>
>> On usual initramfs generated after nvidia drivers got installed:
>> $ lsinitrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.i686.img |grep blacklist
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          845 Jul 26 13:04
>> etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          185 Nov 14 22:34
>> etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
>> $ lsinitrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.i686.img |grep nouveau
>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        18828 Nov  5 04:14
>> usr/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.1.0.0
>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           32 Dec  3 20:37
>> usr/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.1 -> /usr/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.1.0.0
>> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          185 Nov 14 22:34
>> etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root            0 Dec  3 20:38
>> lib/modules/2.6.31.6-145.fc12.i686/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau
>> -rwxr--r--   1 root     root       573968 Dec  3 20:38
>> lib/modules/2.6.31.6-145.fc12.i686/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.k
>> o init
>> So nouveau remains present in the initramfs despite been de-activated
>> automatically by the blacklist-nouveau.conf ?!
>> I expected nouveau not to be present in the initrd for the F-11 case
>> once blacklist-nouveau.conf is present.
>>
>> Nicolas (kwizart)
>>
> Present in initramfs, but not loaded into kernel.  So, I believe rdblacklist
> works.
Yep, it works, exept that i'm not using rdblacklist at all.