nvidia drivers from freshrpms.net

[Lonni J Friedman]

Something is misconfigured on your system if you need to hardcode the
full path to the glx module.

On 11/3/06, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
> Fernando Lozano wrote:
> > Hi Ed Greshko,
> >
> > Very strangem the docs from nVidia itself states you have to use 'load
> > "glx"' and that line was generated bu nvidia-xconfig.
>
> It may be strange...but not uncommon.  The same thing has happened to me.  I
> forgot where I got the answer.  It may have been in some FAQ on the nvidia site.
>
> But, you will get:
>
> (II) LoadModule: "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so" (glx)
> (WW) LoadModule: given non-canonical module name
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
> (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
>         compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.8774
>         Module class: X.Org Server Extension
>         ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
> (II) Loading extension GLX
>
> When it loads correctly.  As noted I'm using the 8774 version of the nvidia
> drivers.
>
> >
> > But it won't hurt trying your sugestion.
>
> No, it won't.  And, I think you will be pleased with the results.
>
> Ed
>
> >
> > []s, Fernando Lozano
> >
> >>> (II) LoadModule: "glx"
> >>> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
> >>> (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> >>>     compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
> >>>     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
> >>> (==) AIGLX enabled
> >>> (II) Loading extension GLX
> >>>
> >>
> >> Shows that you are not loading the nvidia glx module.
> >>
> >> Edit your xorg.conf file so that instead of:
> >>
> >> Load           "glx"
> >>
> >> you have
> >>
> >> Load           "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so"

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