I read everything I could, and still can't find an answer to my problem:

Running SuSE 8.2 Pro and using a GeForce FX5200 card, I downloaded and installed the driver 'NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2' just fine. After editing the XF86Config file correctly, I type "startx" and get the following error in my .log file:

"Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module"

Nothing in the README file will help. There were no warnings or notes during the installation if a precompiled kernel interface was used or if it had to compile one from scratch. Do I need to install a kernel-source package for my kernel, and if so how? The README file completely assumes that you know how to compile a kernel module yourself.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

check /var/log/XFree86.0.log

I'm using Debian, but the NVIDIA drivers. Once u have installed the drivers, u have to make sure that driver modules are loaded. If u do lsmod it'll show the list of modules loaded and NVdriver should be in that list.

Then on XF86 Config make sure u use that module. Hope this help

d

Like stunned said, you'll have to give us more info. But some common reasons for failure are:

* You didn't have your kernel header files installed. This will cause an error during installation so you've probably got them since you say you've installed it.

* The GLcore module isn't being loaded (in XF86Config-4) and the glx and dri modules aren't commented out. The GLcore module is needed but the glx and dri modules conflict with the nvidia module.

* The nvidia kernel module is not loaded. Type lsmod as root and make sure there is a line in the output that says "nvidia". If it's not loaded type modprobe nvidia and try starting X again. If you get errors on the modprobe bit then that is your problem (post errors here). Most likely cause of this is the module wasn't compiled properly.

For more help you'll need to post some more info like error messages, the output of lsmod, and the output of lspci -v.

I type lsmod and realized the nvidia module isn't loaded. I then type 'modprobe nvidia', and get the following:

Warning: loading .....nvidia.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - NVIDIA
see (blah blah .com) for more info
Module loaded, with warnings

I check lsmod again, and now the module is loaded. Don't think I should worry about the warning. After doing startx, I got a blank screen and had to do a force reboot. I checked the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file, and there are now no error rows (EE). Guess I need to reconfigure my XF86Config file. I tried it two ways already: with loaded module "glx" and removed "dri" and "GLcore" as suggested in the README file, and removing "glx" and loading "Glcore", but then I get the following error in the .log file:

(EE) Failed to load module "Glcore" (module does not exist, 0)

Here's my XF86Config file, if that helps:

# /.../
# SaX generated XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2003-09-13.
#
# Version: 4.7
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2002
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (4.7)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
Load "extmod"
# Load "Glcore"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "Keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "MapName" "Standard Keyboard [ pc104 ]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "ButtonNumber" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 31-48
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "SYNCMASTER 4S"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "SAMSUNG"
VertRefresh 60-60
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "0x0322"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "nv"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

Again, I just get a blank screen with startx using the loaded nvidia module. Only the nv module works. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thanks guys

try to comment the last 4 lines in you config file - place "#" (no quotes) at the front of each of those lines. for you it shouldn't matter though as you're not loading dri, but you never know. also in the block starting with ' Section "Device" ', change nv to nvidia in the Driver line.

Nope, commenting out those lines didn't help - still get a blank screen. I'll post my /var/log/XFree86.0.log file later today.

yeah, you need to change your driver from 'nv' to 'nvidia', 'nv' is the open source driver that works well with 2-D, very little support for 3-D.

also i don't think you need the glcore one, glx should be fine.

hth,

lance

Again, I did change my driver module from 'nv' to 'nvidia' in the XF86Config file. When I do that, I still get a blank screen.

DO you have a XF86Config-4 file? If you do then that's the one to use. Secondly, see if you can get a copy of knoppix. More than once I've used it to get my graphics settings right.

No. There is no XF86Config-4 file on my system. I'd rather not switch to a complete new distro either. This is Linux...there has to be a way around this.

Here's a copy of my XFree86.0.log file, when I have 'nvidia' loaded into my XF86Config file, and I get the blank screen:

XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE
Build Date: 11 September 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Sat Nov 8 20:03:09 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout[all]"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen[0]" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor[0]"
(**) | |-->Device "Device[0]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard[0]"
(**) Option "Protocol" "Standard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse[1]"
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) Input device list set to "/dev/ttyS0,/dev/ttyS1,/dev/ttyS2,/dev/ttyS3,/dev/ttyS4,/dev/ttyS5,/dev/ttyS6,/dev/ttyS7,/dev/ttyS8,/dev/psaux,/dev/logibm,/dev/sunmouse,/dev/atibm,/dev/amigamouse,/dev/atarimouse,/dev/inportbm,/dev/gpmdata,/dev/mouse,/dev/usbmouse,/dev/adbmouse,/dev/input/mice,/dev/input/event0,/dev/pointer0,/dev/pointer1,/dev/pointer2,/dev/pointer3"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "off"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80010044, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3189 card 1458,5000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b168 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 105a,5275 card 1458,b001 rev 01 class 01,04,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3104 card 1458,5004 rev 82 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3177 card 1458,5001 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1458,5002 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1458,a002 rev 50 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:13:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 10ec,8139 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:14:0: chip 1106,3044 card 1458,1000 rev 46 class 0c,00,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0322 card 0000,0000 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe1ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation unknown chipset (0x0322) rev 161, Mem @ 0xe0000000/24, 0xd8000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd7ffffff to 0xcfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xe2006000 - 0xe20067ff (0x800) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe2005000 - 0xe20050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe2004000 - 0xe20040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[5] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c403 (0x4) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xe2006000 - 0xe20067ff (0x800) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe2005000 - 0xe20050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe2004000 - 0xe20040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[5] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c403 (0x4) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe2006000 - 0xe20067ff (0x800) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe2005000 - 0xe20050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2004000 - 0xe20040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c403 (0x4) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(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) Loading extension X-Resource
(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 = 1.0.4496
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o
(II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.0.1
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(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 = 1.0.4496
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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-4496 Wed Jul 16 19:06:03 PDT 2003
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe2006000 - 0xe20067ff (0x800) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe2005000 - 0xe20050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2004000 - 0xe20040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c403 (0x4) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe2006000 - 0xe20067ff (0x800) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe2005000 - 0xe20050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2004000 - 0xe20040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[13] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[14] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c403 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[30] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.

(continued from above)

(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 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(**) 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
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce FX 5200
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.23.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): Detected TV Encoder: NVIDIA
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 400 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 400 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 400 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor[0]: Using hsync range of 31.00-48.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor[0]: Using vrefresh value of 60.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 400.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "416x312" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x384" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1280x960" (no mode of this name)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1152x864" (no mode of this name)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device CRT-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 20.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(**) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (320, 240) mm
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Probed monitor is 340x270 mm, using Displaysize 320x240 mm
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (81, 81)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2006000 - 0xe20067ff (0x800) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xe2005000 - 0xe20050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xe2004000 - 0xe20040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[12] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[14] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[15] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[16] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[17] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c403 (0x4) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c007 (0x8) IX[B]
[31] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[32] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 8X successfully initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"

Any suggestions? At all? Even a little bit?

Idea.

Look at the last line from above:

(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"

In my monitor manual, I need a resolution of 1280x1024. Guess I need to edit the XF86Config file to get the correct resolution. Correct? If so where would I edit it?

You add it to the section below. It's already there. If you like, you can take out the ones you don't want. The way it works is that the X server implements the first resolution it can handle. So it would seem it can't handle that res. Try changing the res to something lower and mess around with the default colour depth. The only other thing I can think of is to get yourself a copy of knoppix. It's autodetection is second to none. I've never had it not-boot on any of my systems. I then just rip off the XF86Config file from that and it usually works.

I received the same error message you received when I was trying to get the nvidia driver to work on a 2.6 kernel. My fix for this was to add the line "/sbin/modprobe nvidia" to the file /etc/rc.local and reboot. For reference here is my /etc/rc.local file on a RH9 system:

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

touch /var/lock/subsys/local
/sbin/modprobe nvidia