nvidia module has no moduledataobject

[Barker]

Using gentoo 2004.0, with vanilla-kernel-2.4.24, I have emerged nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel - no problems.
Modprobe loads the nvidia module with no errors (lsmod shows it loaded), but starting X with the suitably adjusted XF86Config, results in X crashing and the following message (taken from Xfree.0.log)

(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.4496
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia.o
(EE) LoadModule: Module nvidia does not have a nvidiaModuleData data object.
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia.o
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (invalid module, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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anyone know what is wrong and what I can try to fix it?