Re: nVidia driver not loading

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:53 PM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > With my problem (update rather than new system), Xorg log shows > similar oddities (my view) > E.g. > LoadModule "nouveau" > Loading /usr..... /nouveau_drv.so > ... > LoadModule "nv" # is this the Nvidia module???? > Warning, couldn't open module nv > > Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0) > > > regards > > > On 27 June 2016 at 01:14, Robin Laing <MeSat(a)telusplanet.net&gt; wrote: >> Hello, >> >> A new machine and I have installed the rpmfusion nVidia akmods but xorg > is >> trying to load module "nv", not "nvidia" according the Xorg.0.log. >> >> Where could the system be trying to load the nv driver instead of the > nvidia >> driver? >> >> nvidia-xorg.conf exists >> >> 99-nvidia.conf exists and points to the correct module directories. >> >> This may be the issue. >> >> modprobe: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Required key not >> available >> >> How do I add a key to nvidia to load the module? >> >> I need secure boot configured on this machine for Windows 10 and gaming > as >> it is not my computer and will be configured as dual boot. >> >> Robin > > > > You need to blacklist the nouvea driver. There are instructions on how to do this online.