nVidia driver not loading

[Gabe Rubin]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>
>
> Here is a guide (not the one I used, it has been several years since I had
to do this):
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/66187/how-to-disable-nouveau-and-install-nvidia/

The nouveau driver is built into the kernel, so you need to blacklist it on
startup using your bootloader.  If it loads, you can't load another
driver.  I believe it was done this way to have some functioning (and open
source) nvidia driver out the box.
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