From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: claude Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:36:47 +0000 Subject: Re: udev vs nvidia Message-Id: <403129DF.7090107@snscrew.net> List-Id: References: <40312612.7070700@reactivated.net> In-Reply-To: <40312612.7070700@reactivated.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi, > Hi, > Since switching to udev, I have had problems when starting X relating to > nvidia drivers. I know this is a tricky situation, with the nvidia > drivers being closed-source, nobody really knows how they work. If it > seems likely that this problem is not udev-related, then please tell me, > and I will go to nvidia instead. > > I'm not sure if this is even anything to do with udev. The only reason I > suspect udev might be involved, is because of the existance of /dev > nodes seems to play a part. > > > I am running nvidia drivers version 5336 with Martin Schlemmer's patch > applied to make them export info into sysfs. > If I manually "modprobe nvidia", then I can see that the /dev/nvidia0 > and /dev/nvidiactl nodes are created. So at this stage it seems to be > loaded. > > > > My theory is that X loads the "nvidia" module, and then immediately > tries to initialize the display and whatever else. But as the nvidia* > nodes arent in place, it dies. > > I am running udev017 on linux 2.6.3-rc2-mm1 > > Any ideas? > Is : alias char-major-195* nvidia present in your /etc/modules.conf ? > cheers, > > Daniel > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net > Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id56&alloc_id438&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel