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On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 12:27 -0500, Frank Peters wrote: |
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> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:56:40 -0500 |
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> Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; |
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> It seems that the order of the module paths in xorg.conf |
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> makes all the difference. |
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> By placing the nvidia GLX directory before the xorg GLX |
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> directory the problem disappears and the nvidia GLX drivers |
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> are loaded correctly. |
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> Before (in xorg.conf): |
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> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" |
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> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia" |
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> After: |
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> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia" |
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> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" |
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> Now things work as expected. |
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> Apparently this path ordering was not necessary before some |
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> change was made either to either to xorg-server or nvidia-drivers. |
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> I had not experienced the problem until very recently even though |
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> my xorg.conf contained the reverse ordering. |
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> This is the proper solution that I was seeking. Now there is no |
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> need for deleting/renaming files as a workaround. |
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> Frank Peters |
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IMHO, whoever is assigned to maintain the eselect-opengl ebuild has been |
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having trouble for about 3 months now. Your solution to your problem is |
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lovely. |
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