I Bought LM 7.1 a long time ago, installed it, had fun and then ditched. I am now back at it and trying to install it on another computer. My problem is that the new computer I have has Video Card Linux does not like. I have been reading all the posts on this conflict and feel confident I can resole the issue. Problem is I just don't know how. here is the deal. I have downloaded files from Nvidia onto my Moms computer, now how do I get them installed on my computer hd? transfer by floppy disk? how? can anyone help me on this problem?

Joel

Welcome to LQ, JMail.

That depends on how big the files are and what kind of hardware you have available. There are any number of options, you could spend a while copying them over by floppy, you could burn to CD, you could use networking, etc. If you could give a little more information, that'd be great.

p.s.
This is going to sound rude, but it's not meant that way. The OSs name is not Linux Mandrake, it's Mandrake Linux. Just as it isn't Windows Microsoft. The company name goes first. Just a little pointer.

after a short hiatus I am back at trying to instal linux.
here is the scoop. I have downloaded what I figure are the necessary files. they are as follows.
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2880.i386
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2880.src
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2880.tar
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2880.mdk71.i386
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2880.mdk71smp.i386

I also had a chance to copy them to cd-rom. they are on the CD-Rom on my computer but I have had no luck mounting and copying the files.
I have had a chance to look at log files and look at some of the read me files offered by NVidia. it all looks pretty easy. what are my next steps? Thymox thanks for helping me out here on the naming thing. just goes to show how much of a newbie i really am eyh?

oh NVidia readme files said that all I may have to do is change the driver name from NV to NVidia and that may do it. I am wondering, how do you modify a file? in my books it does not really show how to do this. I have been reading about man and help and they offer a bit of help but still in the dark.

I have found a way to mount the cd rom and cp files to tmp file on root dir. just found out that tmp gets erased if i were to log out. now I need to cp files to user /joel/gumball dir. (thats me and I figured out how to create files so i made one named gumball)
NOW....
so I am going to try cp these files and see what I can do.

am i on the right track?

does anyone know how to slow down the computer when I do a find command or a more command. things fly by to fast for me to see whats in a file.


oh I found out that to mnt the cd its ./cdrom2/Mandrake/RPM/*

there is a period before the slash, very important.

Joel

any other suggestions are welcome.

I've just noticed that you're using Mandy 7.1... that's a little old! We're now up to Mandy 9.0. Unless there's a particular reason that you want to use 7.1, I would suggest that you upgrade a little. You do not necessarily need to buy the box set of the new one, you can download the CD files (if you have the time, bandwidth and inclination) or buy a cheap 3 CD set for a few bucks.

Anyway, the driver installation should be the same, but you will have nice shiny new drivers for a pretty decent card (I know it's been superceded many times over, but the GF 2 is still a good card for gaming) running an old OS.

You really ought to get these drivers since they are the newest (currently). The two files that I suggest you work with are:
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.tar.gz and NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.tar.gz.

What you'll need to do is this:

• Copy the files over to your directory
• Drop out of X... this can normally be done by pressing <CTRL><ALT><BackSpace>, but you might want to force the issue by opening a text console and typing init 3.
• Become the root user: su root (it'll then ask for the root password).
• tar zxpvf NVidia-kernel-filename.tar.gz
• cd NVidia-kernel-directory-that-was-newly-created
• make install
• cd ..
• tar zxpvf NVidia-GLX-filename.tar.gz
• cd NVidia-GLX-directory-that-was-newly-created
• make install
• cd /etc/X11
• cp XF86Config XF86Config.working (note: if you upgrade to Mandy 9, then these will be XF86Config-4)
• emacs XF86Config
• Find the line that reads Driver "nv" (or "vesa") and change it to read Driver "nvidia"
• See if the following are in the file: Load "dri" and Load "GLcore". If so, then get rid of them and replace with Load "glx"
• Save the file and quit Emacs by pressing <CTRL><X> and then <CTRL><C> (it'll ask you at the bottom if you want to save... say yes)
• Type exit to return to being a normal user, and then type startx to see if it has worked.

If you get any error messages at all, then post them here and we'll see what we can do for you... although I cannot recommend enough upgrading to Mandrake 9.

i just installed Mandrake 9.0 and installed the drivers as Thymox has suggested but when doing so came with an error CC_MISMATCH or something.

i am new to this so any ideas would be appreciated ?

Hi Everyone !

I'm still having problems getting the X windows going on my RH Linux 7.3 ( but I still feel I'm making progress...cos now the OS does not crash ). Here's a summary :

1. I installed RHLinux 7.3 on my AMD Athlon machine which has a NVIDIA GeForce2 MX integrated chip.
2. During installation, this is probed correctly. But my monitor(Samsung Synchmaster 753s) is NOT
probed. So I select Generic monitor ( the vertical, horizontal values are within the range )
3. The OS would crash on 'startx' ie the screen goes blank and I have to restart.
4. The log file contains the following: (sorry for this long log, but I really really want to solve
this problem)

XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-8) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF]
Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com

Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Oct 31 12:26:41 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Anaconda Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8000003c, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,01a4 card 0000,0000 rev b2 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 10de,01ac card 1462,3730 rev b2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:2: chip 10de,01ad card 1462,3730 rev b2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 10de,01ab card 1462,3730 rev b2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,01b2 card 1462,3730 rev c3 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,01b4 card 1462,3730 rev c1 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,01c2 card 1462,3730 rev c3 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 10de,01c2 card 1462,3730 rev c3 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 10de,01c3 card 1462,373c rev c2 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 10de,01b0 card 1462,3730 rev c2 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,01b1 card 1462,3730 rev c2 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,01b8 card 0000,0000 rev c2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10de,01bc card 1462,3730 rev c3 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 10de,01b7 card 0000,0000 rev b2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 01:04:0: chip 134d,7891 card 134d,0001 rev 02 class 07,03,04 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:00:0: chip 10de,01a0 card 1462,3738 rev b1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:8:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x02 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x0000c000 - 0x0000cfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0e (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe1ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(2:0:0) NVidia GeForce2 Integrated rev 177, Mem @ 0xe0000000/24, 0xd8000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
............
............
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
............
............
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
............
............
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
............
............
(II) All system resource ranges:
............
............
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a

5. I then went ahead and installed the following RPMs :
* NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.rh73up.i686
* NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.i386

I also followed the readme doc and changed the 'nv' to "nvidia", and
commented out the "Load dri" and "Load GLcore". ("Load glx" is present and left untouched
as per the readme )

I got the following messageg while installing NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.rh73up.i686

NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.rh73up.i686.rpm

Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:NVIDIA_kernel ########################################### [100%]
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol irq_stat_R51b43718
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license
and it has unresolved symbols. Contact the module supplier for
assistance, only they can help you.

/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: insmod NVdriver failed

NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.i386

I got the following messageg while installing NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.i386

Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
--- WARNING!!
libglx.a
libGLcore.a
libGL.so.1.2
--- The above file(s) possibly belong to a conflicting MESA rpm,
--- or to a previous stale NVIDIA distribution.
--- They have been renamed to xxx.<originalFile>.RPMSAVE to
--- avoid conflicting with the files contained within this
--- package.
--- Please see the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section of
--- /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README for more details.
1:NVIDIA_GLX ########################################### [100%]

I understand from the readme that this is not a problem and is simply informational

6. Despite the above messages, I went ahead and did 'startx'...and yipppeeeeee ! The OS did not crash
but I got the following message :

XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-8) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF]
Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com

Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Oct 31 19:44:38 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Anaconda Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,01a4 card 0000,0000 rev b2 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 10de,01ac card 1462,3730 rev b2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:2: chip 10de,01ad card 1462,3730 rev b2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 10de,01ab card 1462,3730 rev b2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,01b2 card 1462,3730 rev c3 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,01b4 card 1462,3730 rev c1 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,01c2 card 1462,3730 rev c3 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 10de,01c2 card 1462,3730 rev c3 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 10de,01c3 card 1462,373c rev c2 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 10de,01b0 card 1462,3730 rev c2 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,01b1 card 1462,3730 rev c2 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,01b8 card 0000,0000 rev c2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10de,01bc card 1462,3730 rev c3 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 10de,01b7 card 0000,0000 rev b2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 01:04:0: chip 134d,7891 card 134d,0001 rev 02 class 07,03,04 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:00:0: chip 10de,01a0 card 1462,3738 rev b1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:8:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x02 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x0000c000 - 0x0000cfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0e (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe1ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(2:0:0) NVidia GeForce2 Integrated rev 177, Mem @ 0xe0000000/24, 0xd8000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
............
............
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
............
............
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
............
............
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
............
............
(II) All system resource ranges:
............
............
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.3123
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.1.10
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.3123
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-3123 Tue Aug 27 16:00:08 PDT 2002
(II) NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver for: RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, Vanta,
RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64, Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 MX 100/200,
Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go, GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 GTS,
GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro2 Pro, GeForce4 MX 460,
GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420, Quadro4 500/550 XGL,
Quadro4 200/400 NVS, NV18, NV18 , NV18 , NV18, NV18GL, NV18GL ,
NV18GL , 0x01F0, GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500,
Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4200,
Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL, Quadro4 700 XGL, NV28, NV28 ,
NV28GL, NV28GL , GeForce2 Go, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go,
GeForce4 420 Go 32M, GeForce4 460 Go, GeForce4 440 Go 64M,
GeForce4 410 Go 16M, Quadro4 500 GoGL
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 02:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset GeForce2 Integrated GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
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(II) resource ranges after probing:
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(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE0000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module! is written in the readme. Is says
something like '.... you should ensure that the installed kernel RPM was built specifically for the kernel you are using........' Now how should I do that ?

When I start Red Hat, I get these numbers ( which I assume is the version )
Red Hat Linux7.3 2-14-18.3 . What are the last 4 numbers ?

Please tell me how to go about fixing this problem COS I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOT INTENTION OF GIVING UP.

I also like to say that I have learnt a lot from this forum. And yesterday, when I installed the upgraded RPMs, and the OS did not crash on startx, I really really felt that I can solve this problem. Something is missing somewhere. Help this NEWBIE.

7. Another thing , what is GeForce and nForce ? What is this RPM all about - NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0241.rh73up.athlon ?

It would be great if someone could also send me their views on shanlz@yahoo.com.

Thanks ! Even though I'm struggling with this problem, I really think this forum is cool.

Shanu

ps should I also include my XF86Config-4 here ?

Right, now the problem is, as you have correctly identified, is with the nVidia kernel. I would seriously suggest that you ditch using the RPM based files and try using the ones that end in .tar.gz... as you'll find by reading through the readme file, it's not as difficult as some would have you believe! Honest.