general question: xorg & Nvdriver

Florian Lier fl0 at icram.de
Wed Jan 28 14:09:24 PST 2009


Okay, new problem:

I tried to "insmod" the nvdriver...this is the result:
/
insmod: error inserting 'drm/linux-core/nv.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module

/Any suggestions?

Cheers, florian/


/
Beso wrote:
> 2009/1/28 Florian Lier <fl0 at icram.de>:
>   
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm trying to get the current (X.Org X Server 1.6.99.1) "X" running on
>> several "test-systems" for like 2 or 3 months now. (for mpx purposes)
>> I tested several systems with ATI, INTEL and NVIDIA gcards...
>> The most "difficult" system seems to be the one with NVIDIA cards.
>> As far as I can interpret the backtrace there is always a problem with the
>> nv driver.
>>
>> Backtrace:
>> 0: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/bin/Xorg(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80e829b]
>> 1: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/bin/Xorg(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x809ccb1]
>> 2: [0xb7f78400]
>> 3: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/bin/Xorg(xf86SetDesiredModes+0x27b) [0x80ab18b]
>> 4: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so [0xb7a6412c]
>> 5: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so [0xb7a64562]
>> 6: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/bin/Xorg(AddScreen+0x19d) [0x80684ad]
>> 7: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/bin/Xorg(InitOutput+0x23a) [0x808b12a]
>> 8: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/bin/Xorg [0x8068ba1]
>> 9: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7b19685]
>> 10: /home/fl0/mpxcompiz/bin/Xorg [0x8068231]
>>
>>     
> try manually modprobing drm and the nv driver before starting xorg.
> i've been having a very similar issue with radeon driver for a long time
> and the only workaround is modprobing the modules before startup.
> i've learned about this workaround from another user who had the
> same issues with the intel driver.
>
>   

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