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

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/nouvea > 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/nouveau.ko init [nbecker@nbecker1 jupiter]$ uname -r 2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64