nVidia and Squeak and libGL

[Net Llama!]

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Collins Richey wrote:
> On 1/13/07, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 17:25 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>> Rip out whatever third party RPMs you installed for the nvidia driver,
>>> then install the real deal.
>>
>> OK, I ripped out the kmod-nvidia from the livna repo, switched to init 3
>> and re-ran the installer. Rebooted. It seems now that the response time
>> is really slow, I'm visibly seeing the refresh page flipping in Slo-mo.
>> You run Fedora, do I remove anything else from the standard install?
>>
>> GLX gears won't run
>>
>> [root at iam ~]# glxgears
>> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
>> Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
>> [root at iam ~]#
>>
>> I let the installer set up the conf files, so do I hand-edit the xorg
>> conf file? One-step-at-a-time, Ric
>>
>
> Hmm, I'm sure the nViia heavies will come up with something. I never
> have this problem. I just run whatever Ubuntu is serving up in
> restricted-modules (some distance behind current), and I never have a
> problem. glxgears runs just fine, but it still torques me that you
> have to use some magic incantation to get the frame rate display
> <grin>.

That's only on *buntu, as their developers apparently don't trust their 
users enough to realize that glxgears is not a benchmark.

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