On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 11:46:17PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't use the nvidia-glx package - I use the nvidia installer from > nvidia.com > and my libGL.so* files are:
I prefer my system to not be broken (and using the nvidia installer WILL result in a broken system at some point). > libGL.so - > libGL.so.1 > libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.0.9746 > libGL.so.1.0.9746 > > And everything works fine in my case. And I think it's solved quite well. > > I don't understand one thing - if you install the nvidia driver from the > nvidia-glx package, does it result in some kind of 'layer' between the > OpenGL application and the driver itself (thru that > /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.xlibmesa file)?? Or is it just another symlik? One should just be a diverted file (the nvidia-glx package diverts the mesa file to avoid a conflict, something the nvidia installer has no clue how to do, eventually resulting in breakage). > Leo - are you saying that in your case the OGL driver is accessed by > some mesa libraries, which results in a lack of 3D acceleration? > > In my case the 'glxinfo | grep OpenGL && glxinfo | grep direct' command > gives such output: > > OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation > OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6600 LE/AGP/SSE2 > OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.46 > OpenGL extensions: > direct rendering: Yes > > What do you get? Mine certainly looks very similar to that. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
