Nvidia Drivers and GLX
 

I installed the latest NVidia drivers (4496) and edited the XF86Config-4 file but no success. I changed back to 'nv' and uninstalled the dirvers with the nvidia-installer program and lost all xserver use.

I re-installed the NVidia drivers and did not edit the XF86 file and now I can get back into KDE but I have lost 'glx'.

It is set to load in the XF86Config-4 file but something is not right.

Here is the glxinfo dump:

[jerry@localhost jerry]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 24 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x22 24 dc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

Thanks

quote:
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Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
EndSection

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add the "ignore edid" to your section device. type it like you see above!!

remove the line that says "load glx" from the modules section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

or you may need to add it since you reinstalled the nvidia driver

Well, since my install is -new- I just re-installed Mandrake 9.2.

GLX is working now but I am having a very hard time getting the Nvidia drivers to install. The card I have is an old GForce 2 DDR. I don't know if it is just to old for the new drivers of if something else is going on.

I think I will do a little more reading and see what others are doing when the Nvidia drivers do not install as they should.

Thanks for the replies.

what error are you getting when you try to install the driver?

make sure there is not a line in XF86Config that loads the DRI module.

i also have an old PNY geforce 2 which can be really buggy. i can only get it to properly display if i choose 1024x768x16 as my resolution. your problem could possibly be related.

With a new install 'glx' works fine. I installed the NV drivers and edited my XF86Config-4 file to "nvidia" from "nv". It did not have the DRI line or the "GLcore". I set the res to 16 before I did the others.

Still no happiness!! No desktop..

I edited the XF86 back to "nv" so I can boot into KDE and now my glx is buggered again.

I also tried the "IgnoreEDID" "1".

No luck either. Maybe it is my card, but why does the glx keep dying?

Time to set back for a while I think.

Thanks for the suggestions....

You have to have the kernel sources for the driver to be installed correctly. You have to download them because they are not on the CDs from Mandrake. They were in 9.1 but not in 9.2.

Type in uname -r to get the version you are using.

Hope that helps. That is why I went back to 9.1 BTW.

:D :D :D

I downloaded the kernel and it does match now. The drivers would not install at all without that.

Now they install with no problem, except that they don't work which is a big problem actually. Maybe it's my old ELSA GF2 card, but I still don't get the glx getting hosed.

I might try 9.1 just for fun.

Thanks,

I finally got it to work. I commented out -Load "dbe"- and changed "nv" to "nvidia" and the dang thing started right up.

I'm not sure what the issue is but it works so now on to bigger and better (or at least different) things.

Thanks to all for the input.

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