Fredrik Klasson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > | I have always autoloaded the nvidia _kernel_ module, under Slackware > | before Gentoo. The splash screen always came up as the X server > | loaded the _X_ module, which also is called nvidia. > | > | I don't know why anyone should not just list "nvidia" in the autoload > | file and forget about it, other than the K00Lness factor of doing that > | being low. :) > | > uhm? therer are 2 (two) nvidia modules? Interresting, I thought there > only was one - which the kernel loads (and X uses)...
Probably the one you didn't know about is /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so Plug-in modules for video hardware was new with XFree86 version 4. With version 3 you had a separate server binary for each type of HW. > I guess it'll better put it in the autoload list then... But what but > really, what are the advantages of having it(the kernel module) > autoloaded rather than loaded/modprobed by X? None, if they both work. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chemoelectric.org "I have directed that in the future I sign each letter." -- Rumsfeld
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