Re: LibGL
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 11:46:17PM +0100, tomek.fizyk@op.pl wrote:
> I don't use the nvidia-glx package - I use the nvidia installer from nvidia.com
> and my libGL.so* files are:
I prefer my system to not be broken (and using the nvidia installer WILL
result in a broken system at some point).
> libGL.so - > libGL.so.1
> libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.0.9746
> libGL.so.1.0.9746
>
> And everything works fine in my case. And I think it's solved quite well.
>
> I don't understand one thing - if you install the nvidia driver from the
> nvidia-glx package, does it result in some kind of 'layer' between the
> OpenGL application and the driver itself (thru that
> /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa file)?? Or is it just another symlik?
One should just be a diverted file (the nvidia-glx package diverts the
mesa file to avoid a conflict, something the nvidia installer has no
clue how to do, eventually resulting in breakage).
> Leo - are you saying that in your case the OGL driver is accessed by
> some mesa libraries, which results in a lack of 3D acceleration?
>
> In my case the 'glxinfo | grep OpenGL && glxinfo | grep direct' command
> gives such output:
>
> OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6600 LE/AGP/SSE2
> OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.46
> OpenGL extensions:
> direct rendering: Yes
>
> What do you get?
Mine certainly looks very similar to that.
--
Len Sorensen
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