prblem installaing nvidia xfree drivers under suse linux 8.1

[xdamnx 0]

hiho @ all,

 

i wanted to install a newer nvidia driver on my suse 8.1 sys, so i

 

downloaded:

 

NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.suse81.i586.rpm

NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.suse81.i586.rpm

 

$ rpm -Uvh NVIDIA_kernel.i386.rpm

$ rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX

$ rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX.i386.rpm

 

according to these commands i installed the downloaded packages, but the

 

x-server won't start and quits with following message:

 

(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000

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

(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***

(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"

(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a

(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

 

Fatal server error:

no screens found

 

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send

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This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".

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ps: please note that i'm a newbie to linux, so dont flame me plz

 

thx in advance,

[punkisdead 0]

Did you edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file to change your video adapter from "nv" to "nvidia"???