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

2009/12/3 Neal Becker <ndbecker2(a)gmail.com&gt;: > 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@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@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@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)