I am trying to run an application, which uses the libGL.so library on a
PC with Debian Sarge (stable) Linux (with the latest security updates).
However it aborts with the error message:
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

According to
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2004-10/0232.html (which
I found by googling), the problem is that I have to use nVidia-provided
libGL.so.1.2 rather than the library provided by xlibmesa-gl (Version:
4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1).

My graphics card was identified by the X-Server as:
nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xe7000000/24,
0xf0000000/27, BIOS @ 0xeffe0000/17

My problem is that I did not figure out how to actually do what was
suggested above - Where do I find nVidia-compatible libGL.so.1.2?

Another option is to modify the application's source code and/or build
process (the application is GPLed and I have its source code).  It uses
the following GL-related header files:
#include <GLUT/glut.h>
#include <OpenGL/gl.h>
#include <OpenGL/glu.h>
#include <GL/glut.h>
#include <GL/gl.h>
#include <GL/glu.h>
and in the build process, the linker uses the following libraries:
-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lGL -lGLU -lglut -lX11 -lXi -lXext -lXmu -lm

Any suggestions what can be substituted to solve the problem?
                                                  Thanks,
                                                       --- Omer
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