Re: glx not loading even though the log file shows no errors

[Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Philip Walden wrote:
> I have an old Nvidia TNT2. I use the "nv" xorg driver. Even though I
> load glx, xdpyinfo and glxgears says its not there.
> 
> Looking at the log and conf information below and the fact that I have
> FC4 upgraded from RH9 system, I think that I still have the old
> libglx.so XFree86 module, instead of the Xorg one. If so, I wonder how
> this happened and what I should do to correct it?

Actually, it seems you have the "nvidia" driver installed and are using
the "nv" driver.

Go to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions and do "ls -l".  I suspect you
will see libglx.so is a link to libglx.so.1.0.5336.

Ed

> 
> Any suggestions welcome.
> 
> # glxgears
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> 
> 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf excerpts:
> Section "Module"
>        Load  "dbe"
>        Load  "extmod"
>        Load  "fbdevhw"
>        Load  "glx"
>        Load  "record"
>        Load  "freetype"
>        Load  "type1"
>        Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier  "Videocard0"
>        Driver      "nv"
>        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>        BoardName   "RIVA TNT2"
> EndSection
> 
> Xorg.0.log excerpt:
> 
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
> (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>        compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 0.0.2
>        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
> (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 = 1.0.5336
>        Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
>        ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
> (II) Loading extension GLX
> (II) LoadModule: "record"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
> (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>        compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.13.0
>        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
>        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
> (II) Loading extension RECORD
> 
> 
> 
> 


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