i need some help. i can't start x after installing the nvidia driver for linux. Here is errors i get i beleive from the xorg log:

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0x88000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0x80000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

here is my xorg config file.

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
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 "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Compaq FS740"
DisplaySize 330 250
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

I don't know what to post other then that that would be revelant. Im not sure of the kernel but it is just the stardard one that came with FC3. I did not compile or download a different one. thanks in advanced. I just checked and it is 2.6.9-1.667

other things to note is during installation of the driver it said there would be a possible conflict with the rivafb module. And during the installing it said the Nvidia license tainted the kernel?

also when i first installed it and before i rebooted i tried starting some programs but the windows would not show up, but it was obvious i had contol.

u just need to set the horizontal and vertical frequencies right. thats why your getting that error,
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

how would i know what frequencies to set and how to do it? i've never done that before.

my guess would be in the xorg.conf file or in some device config for the monitor.

ok well it looks like it is in the xorg.config file but how do i find out what is the right frequencies?

It might be a good idea to update your kernel with yum or up2date if you can get into X. How did you install the driver? I've heard a lot about people who have to follow specific steps to get it working (I did).

well i read the documentation first and it said to type sh nvidiafile so i didi that and it said to edit te xorg file to change the driver to nvidia and make sure dri and something else didn't load so i deleted the line that said load dri

I had to follow some extra directions to get it working:

After installing the driver,

(Optional step) Remove conflicting files rpm -e --nodeps xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL (I did not need to do this)

Load the driver: modprobe nvidia

Set the driver to load with udev: cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices; chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*

Reboot

Hope this helps.

just do a search in google like this to get your monitor frequencies:
model name horiz vert frequencies

thanks i got X to start. modprobe nvidia seemed to do it. I checked the frequencies and it was only off by one so i changed it. I wasn't sure if there was a config file or something somewhere that i could use to get the frequencies. But now i have a few questions.
1. Does adding it to udev mean it loads up on boot?
2. When i do modpobe nvidia it says lincense Nvidia taints kernel. Is that serious? I'd think so because it is effecting the kernel. Or does it mean that the license is not open sourcish?

I have a few more questions about the driver but they relate to the post did about getting UT working so i'll put them there. thanks.

I'm not expert, but I'll tell you what I think.

1. When you boot Fedora, if you watch the messages it'll say something like starting udev. I think this implies that udev handles the devices to load.

2. It says it taints the kernel because the driver can conflict with the rivafb module (the warning you got when you installed). I don't know what rivafb is, but it probably will only affect it if you use it. I personally have the same warning when I compile the driver but haven't had a conflicting problem in the 6 months or so that I've been running FC with the NVIDIA driver. Try a google on rivafb and nvidia if you're really concerned.

Just a final note: you have to install the driver everytime you update the kernel.

well i did lsmod and looked for rivafb and did not see it so i assume that the warning i got was a generel warning to people, and not one that searches your computer to see if you have it installed and then warns you. I could be wrong tho cuz i don't remember the exact wording of the wording just that the two would conflict.

rivafb= riva tnt framebuffer driver, its probably built into the kernel so it won't show up with lsmod, dont worry about it though if your frambuffer is working correctly.