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From: Pingveno <pingveno@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia driver problem
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:40:28
Message-Id: 4376B378.9080205@comcast.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] nvidia driver problem by sempsteen
1 I am by no means an expert on this subject, but any time you have an X
2 server problem, you run "startx -- :1" from a shell. This starts the X
3 server up on virtual terminal 8. The X server starts dumping out
4 information, which might be helpful for diagnostics.
5
6 -Pingveno
7
8 sempsteen wrote:
9 > Hi,
10 > I've installed the nvidia drivers by the walkthrough of "Gentoo Linux
11 > nVidia Guide". Emerge installed "nvidia-glx v1.0.6629-r6" and
12 > "nvidia-kernel v1.0.6629-r4" with no problems and i did the necessary
13 > changes in the "xorg.conf" file. Then i tested my card with "glxinfo |
14 > grep direct" and "glxgears" and i got errors:
15 >
16 > glxinfo | grep direct
17 > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
18 > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
19 > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
20 > Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual
21 > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
22 > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
23 > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
24 > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
25 >
26 > glxgears
27 > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
28 > glxgears: Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual.
29 >
30 > Also after a restart gdm couln't start with a X server error:
31 > Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely
32 > that it is not set up correctly...
33 >
34 > I searched the net but couldn't find a solution yet. Please help me to
35 > solve this problem, thanks.
36 >
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