Re: nVidia driver not loading

On 27/06/16 10:28, Gabe Rubin wrote: > > 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. > The nouvea driver is blacklisted in the boot process. That was the first thing I looked for. It is all related to EUFI boot process. Turn of EUFI and I don't have any issues. Turn it on and I get the nv error message because the nouvea driver IS blacklisted. Robin