To resolve the alias you can use modprobe -resolve-alias nvidia. Why? Because there is no module named 'nvidia', it's just an alias. When loaded, the command lsmod will show the nvidia module as loaded. One of them is nvidia.Īnother way of using these commands in order to show you the file name of the driver would be: modinfo -F filename `lshw -c video | awk '/configuration: driver/' | cut -d= -f2` The majority of the modules will have the same name for the module name and filename, but there are exceptions. Note that modinfo works on filenames and aliases, not on module names. Vermagic: 2.6.35-24-generic SMP mod_unload modversions ĭepends: drm,drm_kms_helper,video,intel-agp,i2c-algo-bit Output of modinfo i915: filename: /lib/modules/2.6.35-24-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko If you want more information about the loaded driver, run modinfo.

Product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics ControllerĬapabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom The loaded driver is prefixed with 'driver='. Run lshw -c video, and look for the line with 'configuration'.

Ubuntu graphics driver