Package: nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx Version: 71.86.01-1 Severity: important
As shipped, 'nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx' is broken; running a GLX app (e.g. 'glxgears') will fail with errors like: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". ...and '/var/log/Xorg.0.log shows: (EE) GLX is not supported with the Composite extension Adding the following to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' fixes it: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection ...then restart 'X'. More information here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/restricted-manager/+bug/91064 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia ...and here: zgrep -A 37 -n "app-u" /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-source/README.gz | tail -n 38 | less Yet it isn't documented in 'nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx': % grep -i composite `dlocate -L nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx` 2> /dev/null Binary file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so matches Binary file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.71.86.01 matches Binary file /usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.71.86.01 matches Binary file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so matches Suggested fixes: 1) An install script can check 'xorg.conf', and if necessary add the needed config line. 2) Failing that, document the problem, and the above fix. Perhaps with an installer that checks 'xorg.conf' then issues a warning if necessary. Hope this helps... -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx depends on: ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii nvidia-kernel-lega 71.86.01-1+2.6.24-3 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Li ii x11-common 1:7.3+10 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1 Xorg X server - core server nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]