FC5 + OpenGL/GLX on nVIDIA 5200

On a nearly up-to-date FC5 system, we do not have any "GLX" OpenGL
extensions.

The system is up-to-date except for using kernel 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5 instead
of the newer 2.6.16-1.2096_FC5.

The recommended nVIDIA driver installation,
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run, fails saying 'no match for kernel
found'.

We are using kernel 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.

We tried with the newer 2.6.16-1.2096_FC5 kernel, but still no "GLX"
extensions.

The nVIDIA driver worked fine under FC4.

glxinfo reports:
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 24 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x22 24 dc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
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Where do we find "GLX" for FC5?

Any suggestions?
.

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