Hello You might try the following guide: http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00022.asp It explains how to install the Nvidia drivers from tar files. Thsi skips the rpm's which might have been built for a different kernel. also check out the Linux newbie site: http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/mandrake/mdk_nvidia.html These instructions are for LM 7.2 but they might be of some help since it tells you how to remove the offending Mesa files. Hope this helps S.