NVidia driver problem!

OpenGL
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I download a NVidia driver for linux on www.nvidia.org website, and I install the driver following the instruction that README provided. But when I start X, the error is post:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!

I have run NVchooser.sh first and select the correct rpm file, and edit the working XF86Config also.
What is the problem?

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Post your XF86Config file.

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XFree86 4.2.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator 4.10.7

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “XFree86 Configured”
Screen 0 “Screen0” 0 0
InputDevice “Mouse0” “CorePointer”
InputDevice “Keyboard0” “CoreKeyboard”
EndSection

Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use the xfs font server for improved

interactive performance

Section “Files”
FontPath “unix/:7100”
EndSection

Module loading section

Section “Module”
Load “dbe” # Double-buffering

OpenGL support

Direct rendering infrastructure

Load  "glx"		# OpenGL X protocol interface
Load  "extmod"		# Misc. required extensions
Load  "v4l"		# Video4Linux
# Load  "record"	# X event recorder
# You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.
# Load  "freetype"	 # TrueType font handler
# Load  "type1"		# Adobe Type 1 font handler

EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Keyboard0”
Driver “keyboard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Mouse0”
Driver “mouse”
Option “Device” “/dev/mouse”
Option “Protocol” “PS/2”
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “off”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Samsung SyncMaster 900p (CSH9839*)”
VendorName “Unknown”
ModelName “Unknown”
HorizSync 30-96
VertRefresh 50-160
Option “dpms”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “RIVA TNT2”
Driver “nvidia”
BoardName “Unknown”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Linux Frame Buffer”
Driver “fbdev”
BoardName “Unknown”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen0”
Device “RIVA TNT2”
Monitor “Samsung SyncMaster 900p (CSH9839*)”
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1024x768”
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Mode 0666
EndSection

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Another qestion:
On www.nvidia.com download part, I must select the choice of these:

Linux IA32 Display Drivers
Linux IA64 Display Drivers
Linux AMD64 Drivers
FreeBSD Drivers

My system is this:
CPU:intel P3 800M hz
GRAPHIC CARD:Nvidia TNT2 M64
OS:RedHat Linux 7.3

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Originally posted by hujieyc:
[b]Another qestion:
On www.nvidia.com download part, I must select the choice of these:

Linux IA32 Display Drivers
Linux IA64 Display Drivers
Linux AMD64 Drivers
FreeBSD Drivers

My system is this:
CPU:intel P3 800M hz
GRAPHIC CARD:Nvidia TNT2 M64
OS:RedHat Linux 7.3[/b]

Linux IA32 Display Drivers

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Originally posted by hujieyc:
[b]I download a NVidia driver for linux on www.nvidia.org website, and I install the driver following the instruction that README provided. But when I start X, the error is post:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!

I have run NVchooser.sh first and select the correct rpm file, and edit the working XF86Config also.
What is the problem?[/b]

The README file talks about several common problems and how to solve them I think.

You might like to try reading a few of the posts in this forum:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14

as lots of people have had the same problem as you. Furthermore that’s the official NVIDIA Linux support forum, so you might get help from NVIDIA people if others can’t help you solve your problem.

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Thank you, nutball!
I have managed the problem, because I downloaded the uncorrect driver before.

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