I am running Fedora Core 5 on an Intel Pentium IV system. I just updated to kernel 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5. I have an nVideo GeForce 3 video card. I downloaded the latest driver of that card and built it for the kernel.

Now when I try to start X Windows I get the following output:

xauth: creating new authority file /home/tron/.serverauth.4551


X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.9-34.ELsmp i686Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux tkd 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5 #1 Sat Jul 1 13:03:45 EDT 2006 i686
Build Date: 30 June 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jul 9 15:48:37 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (a required submodule could not be loaded, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.


What do I need to do so I can run X Windows again?

did you recompile the nvidia driver and install it after the new kernel install ?

Yes, I did. There would have been no point doing otherwise. I was already running a compiled version of the driver for the kernel that was in use at the time I was updating the system.

I guess I should say that after installing the new kernel, I changed the run level to 3 and rebooted the system. The system booted up to the new kernel, and it was at that time I compiled the driver, and tried to start X Window manually.

Someone on another forum was able to help me with the problem. Executing:
# yum --enablerepo=livna install kmod-nvidia

solved it.