Re: can glx work without nvidia driver?
On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 11:09:07 -0400, H.S. wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
> >
> >> So, the questions is, how do I get my little program to work without
> >> installing Nvidia driver?
> >
> > I would try to uncomment the 'Load "glx"' line in your xorg.conf. You
> > probably commented out that line because the proprietary nvidia driver
> > requires you to do so, but AFAIK the "nv" driver does need the normal
> > Xorg glx module if you want to use the GLX extension.
> >
>
> Okay. I just tried that and from the Xorg log file I see that it being
> loaded okay, but it is not being initialized:
> $> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep '(EE)'
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not
> found)
>
>
> I am using 2.6.21 Debian kernel and
> $> dpkg -l *nvidia* | grep ^ii | gawk '{print $1 " " $2 "\t" $3}'
> ii nvidia-glx 1.0.8776-4
> ii nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-2-486 1.0.8776-4+2.6.17-9
> ii nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-3-486 1.0.8776-4+2.6.18-7
> ii nvidia-kernel-common 20051028+1
> ii nvidia-kernel-source 1.0.8776-4
>
> What do I try next?
I think the above error message means that your X is presently still
loading nvidia's glx module (which only works with nvidia's driver). The
nvidia-glx package overwrites the original Xorg glx module and uses
dpkg-divert to make sure that nvidia's glx module stays in place.
Purging the nvidia-glx package should give you the original Xorg glx
module back. Make sure you use "purge" and not just "remove" because
otherwise an initscript stays on your system which could cause trouble.
(I think this issue is fixed now, but it cannot hurt to be on the safe
side.)
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