Problems installing nvidia drivers

[sil3ntbob]

hi i have been trying to install the nvidia drivers on my fedora core
i modified the config file
but get the following errror when i run startx
kindly advice

below is my config file and a section of the error log. graphics card uses the tnt2 chipset
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XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Fedora Core 1: 4.3.0-42)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-2.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 24 October 2003
Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com

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Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.22-1.2129.nptl (bhcompile@bugs.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)) #1 Mon Dec 1 08:36:24 EST 2003 P
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: Sun Dec 14 02:52:57 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "single head configuration"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Videocard0"
(**) |-->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
(**) |-->Input Device "DevInputMice"
(**) 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) 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
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) 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 0xf4000000 - 0xf400ffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xf4010000 - 0xf401007f (0x80) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[8] -1 0 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf5ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x000010f0 - 0x000010f7 (0x8) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x0000107f (0x80) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x00001080 - 0x000010bf (0x40) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x000010c0 - 0x000010df (0x20) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x000010e0 - 0x000010ef (0x10) 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 0xf4000000 - 0xf400ffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xf4010000 - 0xf401007f (0x80) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[8] -1 0 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf5ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[10] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[11] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[12] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x000010f0 - 0x000010f7 (0x8) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x0000107f (0x80) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x00001080 - 0x000010bf (0x40) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x000010c0 - 0x000010df (0x20) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x000010e0 - 0x000010ef (0x10) IX[b]
[20] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[21] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(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 4.3.0, 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 0xFC000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xF5000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA 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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- Kernel log file: /var/log/messages

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# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Dell E770s"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "RIVA TNT2"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

[LordMorgul]

The configuration is correct, it has nothing to do with that. The nVidia kernel module fails to load, so try to deal with that before you even mess with X. The module likely compiled for the wrong kernel, or you have AGPgart compiled into your kernel (not a module), or your motherboard chipset just didn't like it.. maybe.

Check the output of the dmesg command for AGP related errors, or the nVidia kernel module, insert the module by hand and take note of the error given.
modprobe nvidia

If the module inserts without an error, then you can go ahead and mess with X.

When compiling the module for Fedora, you should be using the following shell command before running the installer, or compiling the module or RPM file.
export CC=gcc32