must rmmod nvidia & modprobe nvidia to start X

[Dan Farrell]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:26:51 -0500
Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:

> I mean, why would the correct module load at startup, but not
> function until you removed it and stuck it back in unless there is
> another driver for the same card somewhere that isn't loading
> properly the first time because something else has dibs, or there is
> something interfering with the order in which it's being loaded?

it's a good hypothesis, it's just not going to be nvidia.ko -- there
could be some other module!  

> Maybe there's something in the logs that would give a hint where to
> look.

that is a good idea.