Nvidia GLX and 2.6.8

miknight · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:26 am Post subject: Nvidia GLX and 2.6.8

I'm running the kernel.org 2.6.8-rc3 kernel with the 6111 nvidia drivers and find this when starting Xorg:

dlopen: /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1: undefined symbol: glBlendEquationSeparateNVX
(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (loader failed, 7)
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load GLX

As a result I can't do much stuff as far as OpenGL goes :/ (I have tried things like opengl-update nvidia).

Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Does 2.6.8 break the nvidia glx?

Steven Robertson · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:29 am Post subject:

The unfound symbol is in the file /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1, which should be a symlink to /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.1.0.6111. The error is caused by /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so, which should be a symlink to /usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so. Check all four of those files. If nothing else, rm them all, then unmerge and remerge nvidia-glx, then rerun opengl-update nvidia.

I don't think it's kernel-related, because these drivers are all userspace stuff. (I'm running 2.6.8-rc3-nitro4, without trouble, btw.)

HTH.

miknight · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:55 am Post subject:

Thanks Steve! Turns out the problem was that /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 was stalely symlinked to a older version. After fixing the link and running 'opengl-update nvidia' everything now works perfectly!

Steven Robertson · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:10 am Post subject:

Glad to hear it. :)