Can't load glx; nvidia, 2.6.6, 6106

habibbijan · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 5

Greetings everyone. New forum member here.

I'm trying to get 3D acceleration working with an Nvidia Geforce 256 and kernel 2.6.6. I've installed the latest drivers (61.06) from Nvidia's site, and I get the Nvidia splash screen when I start X, but I can't load glx. Running "glxinfo" returns lots of errors of stating that " extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

Here's what I've tried:

# in XF86Config:
-changed driver from "nv" to "nvidia"
-uncommented the Load "glx" line.
-made sure that Load "dri" IS commented.

With these settings, X starts, and I get the splash screen, but no glx.

Then I emerged nvidia-glx followed by

Moled · l33t Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 635

if you use the installer off the nvidia site, don't run opengl-update

habibbijan · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 5

Thanks for the reply. I wasn't sure if I had to do that. However, glx did not work * before* I tried the opengl-update, so I tried it for the heck of it.

I should also mention that I have AGP support compiled into the kernel, and I am not using 4kb stacks, even though I believe that the newest Nvidia driver claims to support it.

I'm also using a framebuffer/bootsplash. However, I don't think this is the problem because glx was not loading before I set up the framebuffer.

descentr · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 3

If you've previously installed the NVIDIA drivers using the Portage ebuilds, you may need to un-install them first. I was having the same problem until I cleared them out:

habibbijan · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 5

Thanks for the suggestion. I removed the original drivers with emerge -C. Then I reloaded the driver from Nvidia's site. Still no luck. Rats!

cyfred · Retired Dev Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 596

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55714

Try the stuff mentioned in comment 29

k1ll1nt1m3 · Apprentice Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 196

Thanks for the removing the kernel tip. I also had to do "nvidia-installer --unistall" to remove the 6106 kernel to reinstall it. Seems glx is working fine now though.

habibbijan · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 5

Hot dawg! It works now! Like the previous poster, I just did an "nvidia-installer* --uninstall" and then reinstalled it. For whatever reason, it works now. My guess is that there was a conflict between the original nvidia-kernel from portage and the nvidia binary installer.

Oh well, I'm happy it works now. Thanks to all for your input.

monicajae · Guru Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 337 Location: Dorset, VT

I have a glx issue also, and I tried everything you guys suggested here, but they don't work. Also, I don't have "nvidia-installer" -- oh, I can run X as root, but not as a regular user...