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sudo modprobe i2c-coresudo modprobe nvidia
I don't have nvidia hardware to test with, but perhaps could this be another extension like alsa that may require the depmod extension?
modules.alias.binmodules.ccwmapmodules.dep.binmodules.ieee1394mapmodules.inputmapmodules.isapnpmapmodules.ofmapmodules.pcimapmodules.seriomapmodules.symbols.binmodules.usbmap