On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Dave Pawson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27 June 2016 at 17:28, Gabe Rubin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:53 PM, Dave Pawson <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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.
