I had the same issue. After alittle searching on the net. I found this answer and it worked for me.
For the folks having issues with the module not inserting. If so, can you change /etc/modules.conf to read /dev/nvidia* instead of /dev/nvidia/*? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregorio Pérez Aguilera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: [newbie] Nvidia drivers and Mandrake 8.2 > Hi everybody, > When using Mandrake 8.1 I was able to install and use the Nvidia drivers > from NVidia site for my GeForce2 GTS using the usual method explainded > in the Nvidia README file: > - Downloading the source files. > - Compilling and installing: > > $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz > $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz > $ cd NVIDIA_kernel > $ make install > $ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX > $ make install > - And modifying the X config file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 with: > Device section and replace the line: > Driver "nv" > with > Driver "nvidia" > In the Module section, make sure you have: > Load "glx" > You should also remove the following lines: > Load "dri" > Load "GLcore" > if they exist. > > > I recently installed Madrake 8.2 and this method didn't worked for me. > All these steps worked fine with no error messages. I restarted the X > (via the Control + Alt + Backspace keys) and the nvidia screen was > displayed before the X restarted. After this the X started and worked > fine. So the nvidia driver worked. > > The proble is when rebooting the computer: The X was not unable to start. > > Does anyone knows how to solve this problem??? > > Thanks! > > Gregorio > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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