NVIDIA direct rendering problem solved!

Kyle Maxwell kylem at xwell.org
Thu Aug 7 21:07:43 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 11:45, Guo Yang wrote:
> I've been annoyed by this message for a long time after I installed the NVIDIA 
> driver:
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

Me too... and moving that /usr/X11R6/lib/tls/i686 directory fixed it for
me as well.

> I am using severn with the kernel upgraded to 2.6.0-0.test2.1.30. And I installed
> NVidia pakage before I upgraded the kernel. I am not sure if NVidia missed the
> link in the i686 directory and caused this problem.

I'm still using the 2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl kernel with the latest
nVidia drivers as well, just as a reference point. I guess it's not tied
to the kernel version.
-- 
Kyle Maxwell <kylem at xwell.org>





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