Quoth Joel Hammer:
> Fudgettaboutit.
> 
> I hunted around a bit and found a module in /lib/modules/.../video  that was
> placed there by the nvidia installer script. I insmod'ed that one and
> it worked. I had been trying to insmod a likely sounding module placed
> in the target directory by the installer.

Yup, that would do it.

>                          PROBLEM SOLVED

Kewl. 
 
> My Gforce FX 5200 is looking good.

These cards rock.

> It took only about 6 to 8 hours to get this card installed.
> 
> Doom and quake look great.  Now that I understand what I am doing with
> this thang, I may get a couple of more for my lindows boxes. Nvidia
> deserves a lot of respect and support from linux users.

They get it. If only they would make the source code available...
But, as you say, NVIDIA deserve kudos for troubling to make binaries
available.

> Now, of course, the question arises, do I have to do this all for the other
> kernels I boot on this machine? I'll have to find out someday.

Probably.

Kurt
-- 
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
                -- Thomas Edison
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