Change the color depth to 24-bit in your xorg.conf file.

Rick Harris wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is my first post so apologies if my situation is a common one, or if my 
> questions are FAQ's. I've strived to follow the documentation to the letter 
> and have searched the mailing list archives and Google to no avail.
> 
> My problem is that while the turbovnc server runs OK and I am able to connect 
> to it with the vncviewer client, any attempt to run any OpenGL applications 
> using VGL result in the following error ...
> 
>  ~ # vglrun /opt/VirtualGL/bin/glxinfo
> name of display: :0.0
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> [VGL] WARNING: VirtualGL attempted and failed to obtain a Pbuffer-enabled
> [VGL]    24-bit visual on the 3D X server :0.  If the application
> [VGL]    subsequently fails, then make sure that the 3D X server is configured
> [VGL]    for 24-bit color and has accelerated 3D drivers installed.
> 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
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> [VGL] ERROR: in glXGetConfig--
> [VGL]    299: Could not obtain Pbuffer-capable RGB visual on the server
> 
> 
>  ~ # vglrun /opt/VirtualGL/bin/glxspheres 
> Polygons in scene: 62464
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> [VGL] WARNING: VirtualGL attempted and failed to obtain a Pbuffer-enabled
> [VGL]    24-bit visual on the 3D X server :0.  If the application
> [VGL]    subsequently fails, then make sure that the 3D X server is configured
> [VGL]    for 24-bit color and has accelerated 3D drivers installed.
> ERROR (542): Could not obtain RGB visual with requested properties
> 
> 
> Server has been setup to have unrestricted access ...
> vglserver_config +glx
> vglserver_config +s
> vglserver_config +f
> vglserver_config +t
> 
> Hardware is an Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI-E card.
> Software is turbojpeg-1.11, virtualgl-2.1.3, turbovnc-0.5.1.
> Have tried RPMs and compiling from source, and have tried downgrading nvidia 
> drivers from 180.x to 173.x with the same result.
> 
> 
> Is there anything else I can do to get this working ?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Rick
> 
> 
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