[mythtv-users] My installation of the new NVidia Drivers requiring a Modprob every boot

[Tom Walsh]

Vincent K. Britton wrote:

>I know this isn't a myth problem but it is causing me problems with mythtv. :-)
>
>I have installed the new drivers and everything works except for the fact that in order for my to startx I have to run "modprobe nvidia-1_0-6106" as root on every boot.  Otherwise I get and error "Fatal server error: no screens found"
>
>Additional information:  I had to upgrade my kernel version (2.4.22-1.2197) to install these drivers as there were no atrpms available for my kernel.  I did upgrade the associated packages and ran "modprobe ivtv*" for the new kernel-module.  That all works fine but just not the video drivers.  I have uninstalled all the old drivers in an attempt to force the machine to see the videocard with the 6106 driver, to no avail.
>
>Thanks for any assistance you can provide!
>  
>

on my current system I simply put "ivtv" in /etc/modules and that causes 
a preload to occur.  If that doesn't work, look for a 
/etc/modules.preload on your system (sic).

TomW



>Sincerely,
>Vince
>
>P.S
>I thought this would be fixed by editing the modules.conf file but I don't know for sure.  It is pasted here in case it is relevant:
>[root at localhost root]# more /etc/modules.conf
>path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates
># default path
>path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
>alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
>alias usb-controller usb-ohci
>alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
>#alias usb-interface usb-ohci
># alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
># post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
># pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
># alias sound-slot-1 nvaudio
>alias usb-interface usb-ohci
># --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
># --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.4 ---
>alias char-major-116 snd
>alias char-major-14 soundcore
>alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
>alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
>alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
>alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
>alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
>alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
>
># --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
># ivtv modules setup
>alias char-major-81 videodev
>alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
>options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 mpg_buffers=90
>options tuner type=2 # NTSC tuner
>options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
>add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
>add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c
>
>alias eth0 forcedeth
># nvidia kernel module
>alias char-major-195 nvidia-1.0-6106
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