Hi Mark,
I am not sure what the problem is on your system, but I installed the Nvidia 
drivers this way.
downloaded the

operating system: Linux IA32 (IA32=pentium[mmx,ll.lll.lV])(IA64=Itanium or 
Itanium II processors)(AMD64=AMD's Hammer chips)
version: 1.0-4191
release:12/11/2002

I used the src rpms because wasn't all that sure which rpm to use I'm running
MDK8.2 on a Athlon 1.5 on an ECS board with a Geforce4 agp.

pretty much followed the Readme at: 
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-4191/README
on building and installing the kernel and glx drivers,
then editing the XF86Config or on my system XF86Config-4 file.
also instructions on useing tar also.
I did all in console with the X server not running as they instructed
and worked out nice.
A forum to check also is:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=84fb0e3b9b9d47c645e96cad87e4f9e4&forumid=14

I'm a newbie, but it worked for me, good luck :-)

Mike



On Wednesday 01 January 2003 06:46 pm, you wrote:
> I have a system with a GF2 GTS AGP card that I'm trying to get the nVidia
> opengl drivers working on. The kernel module loads properly, and the GLX
> driver doesn't report any problems either. However, when I startx, the
> system will completely halt (ssh and all) with a minute or two. What can I
> do about resolving this? The log file offered no errors. The hardware in
> the system is as follows -Tyan Tiger 133 w/ 2xP3/700 (SMP problem maybe?)
> -Hercules GF2 GTS 32 meg AGP
> -Netgear 310tx PCI NIC
>
> Am I overlooking a BIOS option, or is there a hardwarewhere conflict? I'm
> getting quite frustrated with this problem. Any help appreciated.
>
> -Mark