nVidia driver not loading

[Dave Pawson]

I've never loaded Windows on this machine so wouldn't know anything about UEFI!
Nouveau was blacklisted, still failed.

Which kernel module are you saying is unsigned please? akmods?

regards

On 1 July 2016 at 22:08, Robin Laing <MeSat at telusplanet.net> wrote:
> 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



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