Rawhide Breaks Nvidia Driver???

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

I managed to get Rawhide to install by substituting a
five year old Nvidia 6600 for the 1 1/2 year old 9600GT
normally fitted to my office machine.

Unlike the ATI Linux driver .run file, the Nvidia .run
file  (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.31-pkg2.run) does
not crash leaving Linux inoperable.  It just fails
apparently because some other driver is hogging
the video hardware.   This is after a fresh boot to
runlevel 3.

Without Compiz, a quieted GPU fan, and the ability
to run Flightgear and other cool stuff, Rawhide's
Fit and Finish leaves an awful lot to be desired.

Is there a way to get the Nvidia driver to install
in Rawhide?  Is there a way to get Rawhide to coexist
with a 1 1/2 year old mainstream GPU (9600GT)?

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