RH8.0+Riva128+1.0-4349 Won't load nvidia.o

[AliasMrJones]

I have a stock RH8.0 except for atmel wireless USB network card driver so I can download the nvidia driver. I am running this on a Pentium II with a Riva 128 4 MB. I installed RH8 from CD, load the network driver from floppy, compile and install. Things run fine in X prior to the nvidia driver. I put it to runlevel 3, reboot, login, run the nvidia.run file that I downloaded a few minutes earlier and it say it can't load the nvidia.o. I installed the kernel source when I installed RH8. I am running the stock 2.4.18-14 kernel that is on the RH CD. Below is the nvidia-installer.log. It isn't even getting to X so I don't think the X config file would help. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

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nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sun Apr 6 21:42:59 2003

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: false
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
no OpenGL header files : false
no questions : false
silent : false
XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
Installer install prefix: /usr
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> A precompiled kernel interface for kernel 'RedHat Linux 8.0 UP Single
Processor i686 Architecture' has been found.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; /usr/bin/ld -r -o nvidia.o precompiled-nv-linux
.o nv-kernel.o'...
-> Kernel module linked successfully.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.o'. This is most likely
because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header files.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your
kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel header
files are installed, you may specify the kernel include path with the
'--kernel-include-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel module load error: Warning: loading ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o will taint
the kernel: non-GPL license - NVIDIA
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted
modules
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

[bwkaz]

Originally posted by AliasMrJones
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: init_module: No such device It thinks you don't have an nVidia card.

Riva 128 4 MB. And it's right -- the Riva 128 cards are not supported with this driver. From the README:

Please note that the RIVA 128/128ZX chips are supported by the open
source 'nv' driver for XFree86, but not by the NVIDIA Accelerated Linux
Driver Set.

[AliasMrJones]

Doh! <Wipes egg from face> I don't know how I missed that, 'cause I actually read the readme, but I did. Thanks for pointing that out! I'm either gonna have to swap the card with the vanta I have in my server machine (I don't think I need openGL on the server) or buy a new geforce for my windowz box and move my old geforce2 to this box. Thanks again!

[delompemo]

There's no need to do so, you can just use the opensource "nv" driver.
It should come with X-free, so just fill in "nv" instead of "nvidia" in your XF86Config.

I believe it doesnt do 3d, but since you're using such an old card, I guess it doesnt matter you anyway.

[geezy]

I am having the same problem with my nvidia installer, except I have a nvidia geforce2 go in a dell inspiron 8000 laptop.

Any suggestions on what to do? A step by step answer would be appreciated since I don't really know what I'm doing.