Nvidia module in X fails to load after Patch 118844-28

I'm new to Solaris so please bear with me.

I just received a shipment of Ultra 20 workstations and while setting up one of them, I used the Update manager to install all the patches. After installing the kernel update, X fails to run since the Nvidia module doesn't load, which makes sense since its a new kernel(Is this wrong, I'm used to Linux).

So I download the latest nvidia module from Nvidia.com and the installer runs with no problem. I reboot and still no go.

I've looked around and found something about using the update_drv command, and I tried that with no luck. Used reboot -- -r to reconfigure everything and still nothing. There is nothing that stands out from dmesg, so I'm at my wits end.

Any ideas?

[753 byte] By [Neruocomp] at [2007-11-26 6:05:37]
# 1

> After installing

> the kernel update, X fails to run since the Nvidia

> module doesn't load, which makes sense since its a

> new kernel(Is this wrong, I'm used to Linux).

I don't know why X or the Nvidia module fails after the kernel

upgrade...

But for Solaris is does not make sense that drivers start to fail

when the kernel is patched. This assumes the driver is using

documented kernel interfaces only - in this case a kernel update

should *not* cause driver failures.

JuergenKeil at 2007-7-6 13:33:13 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 2
This forum solely for the discussion of the Sun Update Connection software. Your question would be better asked on a different forum, (perhaps the kernel forum), where it should get the attention it deserves.
ForumModerator at 2007-7-6 13:33:13 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...