HELP! No X on startup

[D. R. Evans]

>
>
> Is it a login prompt?
> if it is then try:
> enter your user name you would normally login as, then hopefully you
> will be asked for your user password, enter it and click return
>
> if you are able to login ok (?)
> then try entering the command
> startx
> (return)
>
> this has worked for me on a few occasions and although I mostly am
> rather inexperienced, it enabled me to use the familiar GUI to sort
> things out.



I tried that. Here's what happens:

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xauth:  creating new authority file /home/n7dr/.serverauth.6008


X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15.7 x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux homebrew 2.6.15-28-amd64-generic #1 SMP
PREEMPT Thu May 10 09:46:40 UTC 2007 x86_64
Build Date: 16 March 2006
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jul  4 05:45:48 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module.
If
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     you continue to encounter problems, Please try
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.
FATAL: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.15-28-amd64-generic/volatile/nvidia.ko': No such file or
directory
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

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Essentially the same happens if I do the same thing as root.
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