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NocturnalCoffeeMan
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 Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:02 am Post subject: Blender won't run |
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I emerged blender, and it will not execute, and when I try to run it from the terminal, here's what I get:
tobi@Gentoo tobi $ blender
guessing 'blender' == '/usr/bin/blender'
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
ERROR: Unable to open Blender window
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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nbkolchin
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:48 am Post subject: |
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You must have OpenGL working for blender. Test it with "glxinfo".
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2K_amd64
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Joined: 26 Oct 2004
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Location: Ankara / TURKEY
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:07 am Post subject: |
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furthermore, you need the line
Load "glx"
between lines
Section "Module"
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EndSection
in the XF86Config file, which is somewhere around /etc/X11/
If your video card is nVIDIA based, it has a perfect readme and mini-howto in nVIDIA`s site and www.tldp.org. What is your video card.
I could help more, if I just could login to my brand new amd64 gentoo, my first ever gentoo... I`ve changed root passwd during first installation steps and on first reboot, can`t login  ... Remembering old days... |
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NocturnalCoffeeMan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:10 am Post subject: |
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(Off topic, I just emerged KDE 3.3.1! I had to tell somebody!)
When I run glxinfo, I get this
| Code: | bash-2.05b$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
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Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 24 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x22 24 dc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
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What ever does this babble mean? 
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NocturnalCoffeeMan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:13 am Post subject: |
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Oh, and my video card is an ATi Rage 128 Pro.
The monitor is a wicked 17" LG Flatron, thought you might like to know. (1280x1024)(28-82, 40, 60)
X.org 6.8.0, KDE 3.3.1...
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2K_amd64
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:28 am Post subject: |
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Most probabply, you are not using your ATI`s (native) drivers, instead you are on vesa mode (framebuffer). You need ati drivers. Any ati user can point the solution more directly.
If you install the instructions below, or most important on ATIs site (there should be, or at least in driver package), your problem should be solved
1.) copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf.example to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
2.) make sure you have 'load "glx"' in module section
3.) edit file to fit your system, mouse, keyboard etc.
4.) in section "device" , set "Driver" to what it should be (according to ati)
after this, if you can make x work, blender and such applications will work.
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NocturnalCoffeeMan
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:38 am Post subject: |
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I went into the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and uncommented and when I restarted X, blender ran fine! Thank you.
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