Trouble with nvidia FC4, Inspiron 8500, must be missing something

From: TroyGeek (troygeek_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/06/05

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    Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 21:35:44 -0500
To: fedora-list@redhat.com

    Hello,
    I just installed Fedora Core 4 (FC4) and I'm having trouble getting
    the binary nvidia driver working on my Dell Inspiron 8500 (with
    1920x1200 resolution). I've installed the driver without trouble in
    FC1-FC3.

    I went to init 3, installed the driver, ran then added '/sbin/modprobe
    nvidia' to rc.local, removed rhgb from the grub.conf to bypass the
    udev problem (does that still exist in FC4?) and tried configuring my
    xorg.conf based on examples I found on the web.

    When I try to start 'x' the nvidia splash screen shows for about a
    second then crashes.

    I get this error...don't know if it means anything:

    Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module
    /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!

    Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module
    /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!

    Does anyone have this working on a Dell Inspiron 8500 with 1920x1200
    resolution? Could you send me an example xorg.conf?

    Thank You!

    ~ TroyGeek ~ 

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