Cannot get direct rendering to work

[spankmeister7]

I started another thread about compiz installation, only to stumble on to the fact that I get no direct rendering when I'm logged in as myself, but I do when I'm root. I'm using an nVidia GeForce 6200, with driver version 100.14.23.

glxinfo says:

name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer,
GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6200 A-LE/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 2.1.1 NVIDIA 100.14.23
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_abgr,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias


What's with that ATI entry in there anyway?

My xorg.conf file looks like this:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "xtrap"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
#Load "dri"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
##Load "drm"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

#DisplaySize 390 290 # mm
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
# Option "DPMS"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "APP"
ModelName "StudioDsply21"
HorizSync 31.5 - 107.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 120.0
Gamma 1.25 1.25 1.25 # created by KGamma
EndSection

Section "Device"

# VendorName "y"
# BoardName "x"
Identifier "nVidia Inc. GeForce2"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nVidia Inc. GeForce2"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" #hoo
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "True" #hoo
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" #hoo
Option "backingstore" "true"
#Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "ModeValidation" "NoHorizSyncCheck, NoVertRefreshCheck"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
EndSection

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


What?

[spankmeister7]

When I do a verbose glxinfo I get this little gem:
libGL error: XF86DRIQueryDirectRenderingCapable failed

[dli]

Perhaps try adding this to the end of your xorg.conf:

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Section "DRI"
     Mode 0666
EndSection

[d2_racing]

Can you post this when you are root :

groups [user]

[d2_racing]

You need to be in the video group to be able to have the DRI enable.

[spankmeister7]

Sadly, there is no change by adding the 0666 permission change.

I'm in the video group, btw. The output of groups <me> is: disk wheel floppy audio cdrom video games cdrw users scanner vmware plugdev

[d2_racing]

Your groups are fine.

[spankmeister7]

Yes. What else can I check out?

[spankmeister7]

It turns out that perhaps a million years ago I had an ATI card in my system. Anyway, I found my resolution here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-60 ... tring.html

... and so I killed off the remaining ATI libraries and suddenly all is well.

.. except that I still can't get Compiz-Confusion to work.

Thanks for all the help!

[d2_racing]

Can you post your new glxinfo ?