nVidia driver not loading

[Dave Pawson]

On 27 June 2016 at 17:28, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> 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.

"Online"? A rather big place - and why can't the install do this?



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