Bug#379323: mesa-utils: glxinfo does not report library open problems
On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 01:44:59PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 15:48 -0400, Marc MERLIN wrote:
> >
> > libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.26.18 fglrx (screen 0)
> > libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
> > libGL error: dlopen /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so failed (/usr/X11R6/l
> > ib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or dir
> > ectory)
> > libGL error: unable to find driver: fglrx_dri.so
> >
> > This was due to a packaging bug,
>
> Which I hope has been reported as well?
Yes, but that wasn't part of debian proper, so I sent it to the packager
directly. But I'm sure there would/will be other similar problems/bugs
for other people now, or in the future.
> Maybe glxinfo could still provide a clue though, such as output that
> goes something like 'Setting the environment variable
> LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose may help find out why direct rendering is disabled'.
> Do you think that would be useful?
Absolutely, that would be a great compromise and would have been enough
to help me out
Thanks
Marc
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