nVidia driver not loading

[Robin Laing]

On 27/06/16 10:28, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:53 PM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson at gmail.com> 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 at telusplanet.net> 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