Getting Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0"

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cld71 · Post by **cld71** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:30 am

I have been getting this following every time I execute something from command line.

Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".
RandR extension missing

Even when executing xrandr I get it.

Here is my info:

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Portage 2.1.7.1 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.1, glibc-2.10.1-r0, 2.6.31-gentoo-r2 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r2-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1
Timestamp of tree: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:45:01 +0000
distcc 3.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu [disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [disabled]
app-shells/bash:     4.0_p33
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.9-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.5.4-r3, 2.6.3, 3.1.1-r1
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r8
dev-util/cmake:      2.6.4-r3
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1
sys-apps/openrc:     0.5.1
sys-apps/sandbox:    2.1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.63-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2, 1.11
sys-devel/binutils:  2.19.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.6a
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.30-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/postgresql /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.kernel.org/gentoo/"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j1"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa apache2 apic bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bts bzip2 cairo cdr cid clflush cli cmov consolekit cracklib crypt cups cx8 dbus de derby directfb dns dri dts dv dvd dvdr eds emboss encode evo fam fbcon firefox firefox3 flac fortran fpu fxsr gcj gdbm gdm gif gimp gkrellm gnome gpm gstreamer gtk h323 hal ht iconv ieee1394 ipv6 isdnlog jai java java6 javamail jce jmf joystick jpeg jpeg2k jsch kino ldap libnotify libv4l2 mad maps mca mce mikmod mmx modules mp3 mp4 mpeg msr mtrr mudflap mysql nautilus ncurses netbeans nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg openal opengl openmp pae pam pat pbe pcre pdf pebs perl pge png postgis postgres ppds pppd pse pse36 python qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl sep server servletapi session sip smartcard spell spl ss sse sse2 ssh ssl startup-notification svg svga symlink sync_rdtsc sysfs tcpd thunar tiff tm truetype tsc unicode usb v4l v4l2 virtualbox vme vnc vorbis wav webdav webdav-neon webdav-serf win32codecs x11vnc x264 x86 xcb xml xorg xrandr xtpr xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse joystick synaptics vmmouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" NETBEANS_MODULES="apisupport harness ide java nb websvccommon cnd dlight enterprise ergonomics groovy identity mobility php profiler ruby webcommon" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel fbdev glint i810 mga neomagic nv radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa vga via vmware nvidia v4l virtualbox" 
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

I know that xrandr works with my hardware, because I tested out xrandr on ubuntu just to see if it works, and it works fine there.
But, on Gentoo xrandr doesn't.

The graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI card with driver version 185.18.31, and I currently have 2 heads connected to the graphics card.
Yes, I said PCI, not PCIE.

I used nvidia-settings to configure my xorg.conf.
Here is my xorg.conf:

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# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (root@localhost)  Fri Aug 14 07:21:25 EDT 2009

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder63)  Wed May 27 03:15:36 PDT 2009

Section "Module"
	Load		"RANDR"
    Load        "dbe"
    Load	"glx"
    Load        "extmod"
    Load	"type1"
    Load	"freetype"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" 1280 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

# Removed Option "Xinerama" "0"
    Option         "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "vboxmouse0"
    Driver         "vboxmouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Proview CY765"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     60.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Proview CY765"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     60.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
 Option "ReducedBlanking"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8400 GS"
    BusID          "PCI:3:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8400 GS"
    BusID          "PCI:3:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
 Option "RANDR"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Thanks...

Mike Hunt · Post by **Mike Hunt** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:12 pm

Is eselect opengl list pointing at nvidia ?

cld71 · Post by **cld71** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:45 pm

This is what I get from eselect:

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Available OpenGL implementations:
  [1]   nvidia *
  [2]   xorg-x11

nvidia is set for opengl

sebaro · Post by **sebaro** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:59 pm

Does RANDR work with Xinerama?

martindiv · Post by **martindiv** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:02 pm

Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log. It usually has the reason why RandR is not loaded.

By the way, I THINK the option is case sensitive and should be listed as "RandR".

Anon-E-moose · Post by **Anon-E-moose** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:12 pm

Add this

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Option         "RenderAccel" "true"

to your screen 0 section

cld71 · Post by **cld71** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:48 am

I haven't been able to try any of the previous comments yet, because I have been compiling a new kernel all day (only have a p4 1.2G

).

but, when I execute the command

grep -i rand /var/log/Xorg.0.log

I get the following:

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(**) Extension "RANDR" is enabled
(II) LoadModule: "randr"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module randr
(II) UnloadModule: "randr"
[b](EE) Failed to load module "randr" (module does not exist, 0)[/b]
(==) RandR enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR

So I think it might be just a caps spelling problem in my xorg.cfg file.
I will update this message thread after the kernel is done.

cld71 · Post by **cld71** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:14 pm

After tying all the message, I decided just to start over and create a new xorg.cfg and that worked.

Now my problem is that X thinks I have 1 screen when it has 2.
After doing the

xrandr

I get the following:

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Screen 0: minimum 2560 x 1024, current 2560 x 1024, maximum 2560 x 1024
default connected 2560x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   2560x1024      50.0*

Thanks all for helping me.

Getting Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0"

Getting Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on displa

Yes

Haven't restarted X yet

xrandr is working