NVIDIA driver installation issues

[N0thing]

all right im not a complete newbie at this ive installed the driver plenty of times with no issues its just my new computer
the issue is primarily rivafb, is blocking me from installing the driver

now ive tried compiling my own kernels, and they wont boot, and ive used the config files countless times before, without any problem.
So im left with stock kernel

my distro is debian 3.1 sid from scratch, im currently using the vesa driver.
my card is an evga 6660 GT , my processor is an amd64 3000+.
i didnt know if having a 64 bit processor affects anything

my kernel is in the 2.6.8 range but ive installed every kernel debian made available.

so essentialy how do i disable riva fb and to install the kernel for nvidia i did this

apt-get install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common

module-assistant auto-install nvidia

at about 50% it says error from riva fb

thanks in advance

[jro]

Did you try just using a stock kernel and using the nVidia driver installer? On my system, it complains about riva fb but it never kills the driver install. Just an idea.

[N0thing]

do you mean this

sh nvidiaxxxxx.run asks for kernel source have every singel header as stated i have all the kernel files that work for my system

or

apt-get install nvidia-glx
installed edited x driver as "nvidia" didnt work

if this is not what you meant could you explain

[jro]

I meant the first one actually. When it comes to nVidia device drivers I usually prefer to use the ones provided by nVidia. What kind of error does it give you when you try installing the .run file?

[N0thing]

thanks jro i fixed it i just grabbed a 2.6.9 kernel but its still bugging me bout rivafb that it hinders performance any comments on that

[jro]

No, I am not totally sure what it is talking about. There is some chatter in the user groups about it, but mostly it inconsequential. I get a message about that too, but I have never had even the smallest problem with it.