nVidia driver not loading

[Gabe Rubin]

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.
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