Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:21:35 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GLX extension in Xorg? (5.4 and 6.0) Message-ID: <20051121181633.G9792@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <43825366.1070900@thingy.apana.org.au> References: <43825366.1070900@thingy.apana.org.au>
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, David Gerard wrote:
> I have a 5.4 and a 6.0 box here, both with Xorg installed from
> ports. When running xscreensaver, half the time they come up
> saying the GLX extension isn't loaded. And, of course, they
> can't run glxgears for the same reason.
>
> The thing is, I can't find which port installs this extension.
> Is there one?
In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I have the following:
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
# X may fail to start following an upgrade of X, saying
# "Failed to load GLX" or some such. The fix seems to be to
# rename /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a to some
# other name. Makes no sense but it works. Documented here
# so it will be findable next time.
...blah blah...
EndSection
That commented note relates to something I found on some web site after
googling the same problem. It seems to work. Note, I have an nvidia
card; if you have some other card, the above may not be applicable to
you.
HTH.
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Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org
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