Re: New nVidia Driver vd rivafb kernel module-SOLUTION

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On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 03:15:52PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Greg Swallow wrote:
> 
> >During installation of the new 4kstacks compatible nvidia driver, am
> >informed it will not operate correctly with the kernel module rivafb
> >loaded/active. Tried modprobe -r rivafb to remove, but still have
> >garbage cursor.
> 
> You need to reboot without the module loaded.
> 
> Module unloading is now unsupported for the most part in 2.6 kernels.
I made this work by what may be the kludge of the year. I placed the:
modprobe -r rivafb
as the next to last line in the rc.sysinit file. Ask me why not
the last line? The last line looked like it should be last.

Well nvidia module seems to work so unless someone has a better idea I
leave it the way it is,
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