[SOLVED] couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

nodir · 03-02-2017, 04:50 AM

Code:

ROOT# glxinfo
name of display: :0
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

ROOT#

and

Code:

ROOT# lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS482/RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100/1150]
ROOT#

Ztcoracat · 03-02-2017, 07:36 AM

Does running glxinfo without being 'root' work?

Does this work?

Code:

glxinfo | grep render

https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:ha...aphics_drivers

HTH

nodir · 03-02-2017, 09:18 AM

thanks :-)
Running as user doesn't make a difference, same error message.

Not sure if i understand the how-to correct, but both of this:

Quote:

Note: the driver will not work on 14.2 because Catalyst supports only Xorg 1.17 and 3.19 (or no?).

Quote:

AMD are dropping support for older cards (4xxx and downwards) in the current (12.6) and future releases of the proprietary drivers

makes me think i am out of luck.
I searched at the given link: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...eon_linux.aspx but without luck.

bassmadrigal · 03-02-2017, 11:30 AM

You are out of luck using the proprietary driver, but the opensource drivers are quite mature and should handle your card without issue.

Can you provide the output of lspci -k | grep -iA3 vga and your /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

nodir · 03-02-2017, 11:47 AM

thanks.
here is the info:

Code:

ROOT#  lspci -k | grep -iA3 vga
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS482/RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100/1150]
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company DC5750 Microtower
	Kernel driver in use: radeon
	Kernel modules: radeon

http://sprunge.us/egYd

bassmadrigal · 03-03-2017, 07:23 AM

You had the following errors in your Xorg.0.log:

Code:

[   361.900] (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/r300_dri.so failed (libedit.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[   361.900] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
[   361.901] (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so failed (libedit.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[   361.901] (EE) GLX: could not load software renderer

Based on that, I believe you're missing the libedit package. You can grab it from any Slackware mirror (it's under the l/ series) or use slackpkg to install it. If Slackware says the package is already installed, try reinstalling it.

Ztcoracat · 03-03-2017, 12:41 PM

Here's the link to the Mirrors.

http://mirrors.slackware.com/mirrorlist/