[SOLVED]Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module

[broncosman]

Ever since I installed the latest update, I haven't been able to use the NVIDIA driver. On boot, the driver fails to load up and it has to fall back to nouveau.

The error in the Xorg log is

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(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[  1126.291] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[  1126.291] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.

modprobe nvidia turns up with "modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/6.1.45-desktop-1.mga8". But dkms-nvidia-current is installed. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver many times, to no avail. Please help.

[doktor5000]

Hi there, it would help if you would post what card you actually have and what packages you have currently installed:

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lspcidrake -v | grep -i vga
rpm -qa | grep -iE "nvidia|kernel" | sort

[broncosman]

Sure.

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Card:NVIDIA GeForce 635 series and later: NVIDIA Corporation|GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:10de device:1c81 subv:1043 subd:203b) (rev: a1)

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dkms-nvidia-current-470.161.03-1.mga8.nonfree
kernel-desktop-5.15.106-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-5.15.110-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-5.15.11-3.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-5.15.117-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-5.15.120-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-5.15.122-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-5.15.126-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-5.15.88-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-5.15.98-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-6.1.45-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.106-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.110-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.117-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.120-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.122-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.126-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.32-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.35-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.41-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.4-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.43-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.46-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.50-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.55-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.58-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.62-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.6-2.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.65-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.74-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.79-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.82-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.88-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.98-1.mga8-1-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-devel-5.4.10-1.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-5.4.12-1.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-5.4.17-1.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-5.4.6-2.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-5.5.14-1.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-5.5.15-3.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-5.5.4-1.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-5.5.6-2.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-5.5.9-1.mga7-1-1.mga7
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kernel-desktop-devel-5.7.19-3.mga7-1-1.mga7
kernel-desktop-devel-latest-5.15.126-1.mga8
kernel-desktop-latest-5.15.126-1.mga8
kernel-firmware-20201218-1.mga8
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20230110-1.mga8.nonfree
kernel-userspace-headers-5.15.126-1.mga8
lib64kplatokernel16-3.1.0-4.mga7
lib64kplatokernel17-3.2.2-3.mga8
lib64nvidia-egl-wayland1-1.1.5-3.mga8
nvidia-current-cuda-opencl-470.161.03-1.mga8.nonfree
nvidia-current-doc-html-470.161.03-1.mga8.nonfree
nvidia-current-utils-470.161.03-1.mga8.nonfree
virtualbox-kernel-5.15.120-desktop-2.mga8-7.0.10-1.mga8
virtualbox-kernel-6.1.45-desktop-1.mga8-7.0.10-2.5.mga8
virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-7.0.10-2.5.mga8
x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-470.161.03-1.mga8.nonfree


[doktor5000]

Well, you have kernel-desktop-6.1.45-1.mga8-1-1.mga8 installed but not the respective kernel-desktop-devel package installed.
Although the latest regular kernel update is kernel-desktop-6.1.6-1.mga8, so you probably had some backports or testing repositories installed.

So booting some older kernel up to kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.126 should still work.

With "latest update" in your post, what are you referring to? Did you try an upgrade to Mageia 9?
Also please post the output of

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urpmq --list-media active --list-url

[broncosman]

Sorry for being unclear about the update - I just meant that this happened after running the updates, I was not upgrading the OS.

I have tried booting up in an older kernel, and it always says that it's building the nvidia driver, and then hangs. I also tried installing the driver on 5.15.126 in MCC and the install fails.

Here are my active repos:

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Core Release http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/core/release
Core Updates http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/core/updates
Nonfree Release http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree Updates http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/nonfree/updates
Core 32bit Release http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/i586/media/core/release
Core 32bit Updates http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/i586/media/core/updates
Nonfree 32bit Release http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/i586/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree 32bit Updates http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/i586/media/nonfree/updates
Core Release (distrib1) http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/core/release
Core Updates (distrib3) http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/core/updates
Nonfree Release (distrib11) http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree Updates (distrib13) http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/nonfree/updates
Core 32bit Release (distrib31) http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/i586/media/core/release
Core 32bit Updates (distrib32) http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/i586/media/core/updates
Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36) http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/i586/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37) http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/8/i586/media/nonfree/updates

EDIT - I just tried installing it from the software center instead and it threw this up as the reason why it can't install : "- x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-470.161.03-1.mga8.nonfree.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied kmod(nvidia-current.ko)[== 470.161.03])"

Hmm, what does this mean? Thank you.

[doktor5000]

Hmmm, hard to tell.
The "unsatisfied kmod(nvidia-current.ko)[== 470.161.03])" comes from the dkms-nvidia-current-470.161.03 package which provides the facilities to build that kernel module. Cf. http://sophie.zarb.org/rpms/f7de9ffccc6 ... 26c4f/deps

As you have two sets of repositories from the same mirror, I'd suggest to remove all of them, and configure a new set, maybe from a different mirror which is marked as up-to-date here: https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
See https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installing_a ... dia_Mirror
Then afterwards, run drakx11 and select the proprietary driver, answer yes and then save (do NOT use the test button) and quit, then reboot.

[broncosman]

That seems to have worked. Thank you!!

[morgano]

Nice

Now please edit the headline of your first post in this thread, so it begins with "[SOLVED]".

Thank you.