Lost GLX after doing system updates ?!?

ECACE · 11-24-2007, 07:47 PM

I did system updates yesterday and everything seemed fine till I noticed that none of my GLX screensavers were coming up! I opened a Konsole and ran glxgears and sure enough, something is messed up:

[eric@localhost ~]$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
[eric@localhost ~]$

Everything was working before and would usually get about 1250fps, now...nothing. So what did I break and how do I fix it?
I am using:

Mandriva 2007.1
Nvidia GeForce4 MX440

I have the drivers from nvidia.com installed, in fact I reinstalled it just in case...no luck. From my xorg.conf here are the two sections:

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

...
...
...

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 3 - GeForce 4 (96xx)"
EndSection

********************

Note: The nvidia drivers tries to make Driver "nvidia" under the "Device" section. If that is there, then X just won't start up. I have found with all versions of Mandriva and this Nvidia card, it has to be "nv".

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

ECACE

reddazz · 11-25-2007, 06:35 AM

If you put "nv" in your driver section, then you are not using the official nvidia driver. What you are using is the opensource driver that does not support GLX. How did you install the official nvidia driver and whats the problem when you try to use it.

ECACE · 11-25-2007, 03:12 PM

When I installed the drivers, here is the sequence I followed and what happened:

1) DL driver from nvidia site: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.01-pkg1.run
2) Rebooted in command prompt as root
3) Ran sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.01-pkg1.run
4) Let it go through with installation including updating xorg.conf. Ended with a successfully installation message.
5) startx -- Fails with the message at the bottom of the log below.
It gives the famous "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration." error.
6) If I change xorg.conf as shown before... nv instead of nvidia, then x starts right up.

What I don't understand from what you were saying though, is that I have always had to make it nv instead of nvidia. You said that glx would not work with nv, but I know for sure that it was as nv in the past and glx was working as I could run glxgears and all the nice screensavers. What am I missing there? Also, do you have ANY idea of how doing system updates could have messed this up?

Here is the output of the log from when I have it as nvidia. X does not start when I do it this way. Thanks for your help.

ECACE

Xorg.0.log

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.17-16mdv #1 SMP Wed Sep 26 16:10:48 EDT 2007 i686
Build Date: 11 September 2007
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Nov 25 14:51:42 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "layout1"
(**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "monitor1"
(**) | |-->Device "device1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) FontPath set to:
unix/:-1,
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Loader magic: 0x81f02e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 1.1
X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
Using vt 7
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3189 card 1043,807f rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b168 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1043,80a1 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1043,80a1 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1043,80a1 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3104 card 1043,80a1 rev 82 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3177 card 1043,80a1 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1043,80a1 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1043,80a1 rev 50 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1043,80a1 rev 74 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0181 card 1554,1141 rev a2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xba000000 - 0xbbefffff (0x1f00000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xbbf00000 - 0xbfffffff (0x4100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] rev 162, Mem @ 0xba000000/24, 0xbc000000/26, BIOS @ 0xbbfe0000/17
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xc0000000 from 0xdfffffff to 0xbfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xb9000000 - 0xb90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xb9800000 - 0xb98000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xbbfe0000 - 0xbbffffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xbc000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xba000000 - 0xbaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b80f (0x10) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xb9000000 - 0xb90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xb9800000 - 0xb98000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xbbfe0000 - 0xbbffffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xbc000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xba000000 - 0xbaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b80f (0x10) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xb9000000 - 0xb90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xb9800000 - 0xb98000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xbbfe0000 - 0xbbffffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xbc000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xba000000 - 0xbaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b80f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//v4l_drv.so
(II) Module v4l: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 0.1.1
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension Multi-Buffering
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 96.43.01 Wed Sep 5 19:47:01 PDT 2007
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 96.43.01 Wed Sep 5 19:14:11 PDT 2007
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libramdac.so
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xb9000000 - 0xb90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xb9800000 - 0xb98000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xbbfe0000 - 0xbbffffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xbc000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xba000000 - 0xbaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b80f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xb9000000 - 0xb90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xb9800000 - 0xb98000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xbbfe0000 - 0xbbffffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xbc000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xba000000 - 0xbaffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b80f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[22] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

reddazz · 11-25-2007, 03:27 PM

Among the updates, was there an updated version of the kernel? If there was, then you have to reinstall the nvidia driver.

GlennsPref · 11-25-2007, 06:30 PM

If the kernel was updated, did the kernel-sources get updated too?

<edit> do uname -a to see the current kernel version info, then take a peek at /usr/src/ and see if the same version is there. The linux link should link to the relevant kernel source.</edit>

To have glx effects using nv driver, you will need dkms-nvidia, "dynamic-kernel-module-service" to load the module at startup.

dkms is used for other services too. like fuse, virtualbox etc.

ECACE · 11-26-2007, 04:53 PM

I did have DKMS-nvidia running...and I did update the kernel to the latest along with the source for it.

Anyway, my brother just gave me his old video card ATI 9200 (128MB), I put that in my system and did a re-install of the OS just so I could clean up the system and get the ATI dirver installed. I know it probably is not the best way to do it, but at least everything is cleaned up now. Everything is now working good with the new card and all updates are current to the system. I would have continued on the nvidia, but getting a new card with twice the memory and a couple years newer than the old was too good to pass up. Thanks again for the help.

I ran glxgears with the new install and video card and was seeing about 2850 fps. So it is faster than the old nv card I had (apx 1250 fps). One question though...is there any kind of benchmark out there to let me know if I am truely seeing the full speed of the card or not? Does 2850 sound correct? I'm happy that it is more than double the fps as the nvidia...just want to know if it is going as fast as possible?

Thanks again for the help.

ECACE