I did a deep dive in the Nvidia driver. It does not have it's own libGL.so, it uses the mesa-diverted libGL.so, which really should be called "generic" or "base" libGL.so.
Found this after searching for why the newer Nvidia drivers do not include a libGL.so file at all. On Sat, 18 Jan 2025, 05:22 'DRC' via VirtualGL User Discussion/Support, < virtualgl-users@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Never mind. I tried force-uninstalling those packages, and that makes > VirtualGL fail much earlier than what you are observing. I'm not sure > what's causing the issue, but I am suspicious at the fact that libGL.so > points to /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so. That seems > wrong for an nVidia installation. > > On 1/17/25 4:50 PM, DRC wrote: > > My guess is that a necessary package is missing. Make sure that the > libxcb and libxcb-keysyms packages are installed. > > > On 1/17/25 5:36 AM, Alf Nilsson wrote: > > Hello, > > I am at my wits end. > > I have a Debian 12 that is running VirtualGL as a server. > I have a debian 12 that is running VirtualGL as a client (Only installed, > not configured) > > On the server: > I erased my xorg.conf and ran first : nvidia-xconfig > Then ran : > service gdm3 stop > /opt/VirtualGL/bin/vglserver_config option 1, Y to everthing. > service gdm3 start > > And then just for safeteys sake I did a reboot. > > SSH to server from client with -X > Tested according to documentation, section 6.2.1 > Everything looks great. > > Now....I want to test vglrun > > $ vglrun xclock > [VGL] NOTICE: Automatically setting VGL_CLIENT environment variable to > [VGL] 100.101.0.58, the IP address of your SSH client. > [VGL] ERROR: VirtualGL attempted to load the real > [VGL] xcb_poll_for_event function and got the fake one instead. > [VGL] Something is terribly wrong. Aborting before chaos ensues. > > And here I am stuck. > I've tried setting the full path to libGL.so in LD_PRELOAD, tried setting > the path with LD_LIBRARY_PATH. > > Then out of desperation, tried using VGL_PRELOAD and VGL_LIBRARY_PATH. > > Still the same error message. > > Whatever I do, I still end up with the same error that it takes the "fake" > libGL.so. > Note that nvidia is using the follwing libGL.so: > $ ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 3 jan 2023 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so > -> /etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so-x86_64-linux-gnu > $ ls -l /etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so-x86_64-linux-gnu > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 3 jan 2023 > /etc/alternatives/glx--libGL.so-x86_64-linux-gnu -> > /usr/lib/mesa-diverted/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so > > So can anyone give an idea what I should check next? > > Regards, > Alf Nilsson -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VirtualGL User Discussion/Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to virtualgl-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/29deead2-b908-4b35-8877-81289c6a95d3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/29deead2-b908-4b35-8877-81289c6a95d3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VirtualGL User Discussion/Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to virtualgl-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/e9686610-3747-428f-8770-91a419438e80%40virtualgl.org > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/e9686610-3747-428f-8770-91a419438e80%40virtualgl.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VirtualGL User Discussion/Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to virtualgl-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/CAHpKqnmoLQLozxomLXV7oR_0Ptq2iezuoHX2tj1UdWJNFBiY4g%40mail.gmail.com.
