[PlanetCCRMA] problem starting X

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On 05/30/2012 08:09 PM, Jeffrey Stephen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just installed the planet-ccrma rt kernel on a machine running
> x86_64 FC14. When I attempt to start X, I get the error message:
>
> Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
>
> ...
>
> NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module.
>
> Previous posts to this mail list have indicated that I need kmod-nvidia
>
> for my kernel. It seems that I don't have this:
>
> rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
>
> ------------------------
>
> --> no modules found
>
> rpm -qa | grep -i kmod
>
> ----------------------
>
> --> no modules found
>
> I then attempted to install the nVidia driver (is that what it needs?),
>
> but the installation stopped with the message:
>
> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version:
>
> 285.05.33). As part of installing this driver (version: 285.05.33), the
>
> existing driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue?
>
> ('no' will abort installation)
>
> If I continue with the installation, it fails with the message:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running
>
> kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files
>
> for your kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat
>
> Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' or
>
> 'kernel-devel' RPM installed. If you know the correct kernel source
>
> files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
>
> '--kernel-source-path' command line option.
>
> It appears as though I don't have the kernel source/devel rpm for the rt
> kernel:
>
> rpm -qa | grep -i kernel

Try installing the kernel-rt-devel for your installed rt kernel...
-- Fernando