[cw-discuss] Why is glx needed?

[Zeno Davatz]

Hi

Thank you for your Mails.

This may be a stupid question but why is glx needed at all?

I'm now compiling Version 7.1 of X.org

Best
Zeno

On 3/14/07, Brian C <mrpronerd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am pretty far from an Xorg expert.  You might be better off Googling for
> details about installing OpenGL with your video driver which looks like it
> is an Intel chip set of some kind.
>
> I have never seen an Xorg.conf file like this before.  There is no module
> section so I am not sure where it is loading the modules from, but the log
> file shows that there at lest a few being loaded.  Also is there some reason
> all the font loading lines are commented out?  Try adding the entry below
> under the  commented out  "Section "Files"".  Then restart X and see if
> there are any messages in the logs about that module not loading.
>
>
> Section "Module"
>   load "glx"
> EndSection
>
>
> Here are some details I noticed in the log.  Note that lines starting with
> (EE) or (WW) are errors and or warnings.
>
>  (WW) No FontPath specified.  Using compiled-in default.
> This would be caused by all of the font loading lines being comemeted out in
> tthe Xorg.conf file.  It is not creitical, but at lest some of your apps are
> problably not looking right with out the correct fonts.  This could also
> cause CX to create some weird looking application interfaces.
>
>
> (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> This error came up a lot.  I am guessing it is most likely a version
> incompatibility but I would Google it to find out.  I could be a sign of
> serious hardware problems.
>
>
> (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f64 not supported.
> This is another error that makes me think there is a mis match between the
> module being loaded and the video card.
>
>
>
> On 3/13/07, Zeno Davatz <zdavatz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Brian
> >
> > Thank you for you help!
> >
> > Please see my attached Xorg.0.log and my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > I believe that I do not load the the "glx" module. OpenGL Version 7.0
> > is installed though.
> >
> > Best
> > Zeno
> >
> > On 3/13/07, Brian C <mrpronerd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > This is a wild guess and not an authoritative response so take it as
> such.
> > > It looks like your X configuration may be failing to load one of the
> modules
> > > needed.  I think this one relates to OpenGL, but am not sure.  Check
> > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf for a line like 'load "glx"'.  If it is there then
> check
> > >  /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see if it is failing to load.  If it is not
> there I
> > > would Google to see what you need to do to install it.  Even if this is
> not
> > > causing this problem it may cause others.
> > >
> > >
> > > This may be the problem.
> > > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> >
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