Failed to load module 'Nvidia'
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Checking my var/log/Xorg.0.log file,I apparently messed up something that will not allow my nivida module to load. I've been running Mepis 3.4.3 (updated alot of files to KDE 3.5.1) and everything has been working fine for quite a while until I installed some files using synaptic from
the Debian repositories this morning. I've lost my graphics capability am am now only in terminal mode. I though I've been pretty careful with the xorg files because it seems anytime you update some of them this is the final outcome, you lose your graphics capibility because of the nvidia module not being found.
Any help would be appreciated as to how to fix this in the terminal.
Richard
You may have removed the
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You may have removed the nvidia that comes with Mepis 3.4.3 by mistake by doing an upgrade or dist-upgrade.
If you installed the new xorg 6.9 then you will have to find a way to reinstall the nvidia drivers by making a new nvidia module for the kernel in Mepis.
See this thread on Mepislovers.
http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14728&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=0
anticapitalista
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hi richard, quick fix is to
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hi richard,
quick fix is to install nano if you don't have it by default (think you probably will, but just in case...)
apt-get install nano
then
nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf
use the down arrow to find the part where it says
Driver "nvidia"
and change it to
Driver "vesa"
then press
ctrl & o then enter to save it,
then press ctrl & x to quit
then do a
killall kdm
then a
startx
and you'll have a desktop without nvidia hopefully.
should help you find and fix the problem easier from a gui....
did you install a new kernel by any chance?
whats the output from
modprobe nvidia