[SOLVED] Issue with NVidia after upgrade from M2 to M3

[icobgr]

Separate NVidia issue from viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5157

After upgrade and reboot in xorg.conf file "nvidia" driver was replaced with "nouveau". I have run XFDrake to change video driver. Selected GeForce 8100 to GeForce 360 (lshw prints that mi card is: product: G92 [GeForce 9600 GSO]) and then I pressed "Test" buton I got error: "An error occured: no screens found"
in Xorg.9.log file it say: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
in syslog I found this:

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May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as nouveau, rivafb,
May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: nvidiafb, or rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership of
May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: the NVIDIA device(s).
May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: again.
May 30 22:43:33 icobgr kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!

Please help me.

[daniewicz]

My response will likely be criticized by others here but my recommendation would be to install the nvidia driver directly from the nvidia website. I had similar problems to yours when I installed M2.

[doktor5000]

My recommendation would be to file a bug report if Mageia nvidia driver setup is not working, so the problem can be fixed properly.
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly

Apart from that, test function often fails, just select nvidia, and then reboot and try it.
If the test function doesn't work, that's not a real problem. Ugly, but not a real problem.
Also check that the bootloader entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst has nokmsboot

[icobgr]

I'm using grub2. How to add this nokmsboot?

[icobgr]

I have solved the problem with disable of loading nouveau.
While I'm in KDE using nouveau I did following:
1. I have created file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf with content:

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blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

2. Started XFDrake and selected Nvidia driver and saved configuration without testing.

3. Reboot

And surprising nvidia driver has loaded.

[doktor5000]

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks

[isadora]

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