[ATrpms-users] GLX problem when loading mythtv

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 12:01:32PM +0200, Anders Hedegård wrote:
> Hi Tim
> 
> Yes off course, its just me remembering things wrong...
> 
> yum install nvidia-graphics8774-kmdl-$(uname -r)
> yum install nvidia-graphics8774
> 
> The drivers are installed properly (or maybe not quite), but the GLX device
> won't load.

Try glxinfo and glxgears. Also try nvidia-graphics-switch 8774 before
that (you will need to restart X).

> Anders
> 
> On 9/24/06, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> >
> >On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 05:26:21PM +0200, Anders Hedegård wrote:
> >> Hi guys
> >>
> >> So after the 0.20 update, I can't the menues to show in either
> >mythtvsetup
> >> of the frontend.
> >> In 0.19 there was no problem, so the problem must be OpenGL.
> >>
> >> I am having a Palit GeForce 6600 graphicscard using the 8774
> >nvidiadrvier
> >> from ATrpms.
> >>
> >> Using kernel 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5smp
> >> yum install nvidia-kmdl-$(uname -r)
> >
> >That should have returned an error, the packages are not "nvidia", but
> >"nvidia-graphics".
> >
> >> yum install nvidia-graphics8774
> >>
> >> The driver installed succesfully, and the xorg.conf file where updated
> >> automatically.
> >> Load "dri" and Load "ogl" where removed and Load "glx" where inserted in
> >the
> >> conf file. So no problem there.
> >>
> >> But when i try to start mythTV, I can only see the background, and
> >following
> >> are written in bash
> >>
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:53.933 Total desktop dim: 1600x1200, with 1 screen[s].
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:53.976 Using screen 0, 1600x1200 at 0,0
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:54.000 Current Schema Version: 1160
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:54.000 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20060828-3
> >www.mythtv.org
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:54.001 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:54.991 Total desktop dim: 1600x1200, with 1 screen[s].
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:54.992 Using screen 0, 1600x1200 at 0,0
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:54.993 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
> >> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> >> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> >> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> >> 2006-09-23 17:23:55.027 Using the Qt painter
> >> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> >> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> >>
> >>
> >> So the GLX module can't load - but where can i aquirre that module - the
> >> only thing I can think of is that the module isn't installed at all.
> >>
> >> Any hwlp is appriciated.
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance
> >>
> >> Anders
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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