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[Electrode]

This is the first time I've ever had a problem with the Nvidia Linux drivers, and I'm really clueless as to the cause.

My two worstation systems both run Slackware 8.0 with kernel 2.4.19-pre5, with an almost identical configuration. One has a GeForce2 Ultra, the other has a GeForce3.

I installed the latest Nvidia drivers on the one with the GF2 and they've been working perfectly ever since. 100+ FPS in Quake3 with maxed out eyecandy. 🙂 However, when I installed them on the other comp and tried to start X, I got the infamous "Failed to initialize NVdriver module!" error.

lsmod showed that the driver was indeed installed, so I tried rmmod and insmod, then started X again, and got the same error. I then rebuilt the module, and started X. Same error.

Is there any solution?

Some specs:
Pentium 3 666
1.7 GB RAM
GeForce3
Slackware 8, kernel 2.4.19-pre5, glibc 2.2.3
Nvidia GLX driver 2802

FIXED!
Uncommented the GLX module line in XF86Config and all was well! 🙂

 

[BlackOmen]

And you're sure that youve properly edited XF86Config on the other box?
If so, the only thing I can do is quote appendix B of the README (you have RTFM, right 😉)

All official stable kernel releases from 2.2.12 and up are supported;
"prerelease" versions such as "2.4.3-pre2" are not supported, nor are
development series kernels such as 2.3.x or 2.5.x.

I'd say try 2.4.18 and see what happens. There may be some fluky thing with your exact hardware combo and an inconsistancy in 2.4.19-pre. In my experience, pre kernels are not a good idea anyways............

Hope it helps.

 

[Electrode]

I suppose it's worth a try.

 

[EHobaX]

I had the same problem w/ my Mandrake box.

Here's what I did.

I uninstalled all the previous Nvidia drivers.

Reinstalled the drivers.

depmod -a

go to the dir that has the NVdriver and
insmod NVdriver

Hope this helps. It did for me. 🙂