TF2 wont start. "Could not find OpenGL entry point 'glGetError'"

cgree3 · 2013-07-04 20:55:23

I'm using a GTX 560 hooked up to a pair of monitors with the most recent 'nvidia' 'nvidia-libgl' and the 'lib32-nvidia-' packages.

I've searched around online a bit and most of the solutions boil down to reinstalling the drivers, which isn't solving the issue.

Anyone have any idea what I should do to fix this?

Thanks

Roberth · 2013-07-04 21:36:13

Have you installed libtxc_dxtn and lib32-libtxc_dxtn?

cgree3 · 2013-07-04 21:43:50

Roberth wrote:

Have you installed libtxc_dxtn and lib32-libtxc_dxtn?

Would those be relevant?

Also, they don't seem to have done anything. Same results as before

Last edited by cgree3 (2013-07-04 21:44:15)

thongil · 2013-07-04 22:03:08

Did you update recently your system (in particular Nvidia drivers)?

cgree3 · 2013-07-04 22:10:45

thongil wrote:

Did you update recently your system (in particular Nvidia drivers)?

The systems only a few days old.

thongil · 2013-07-04 22:26:10

I had an update a few days ago, since then I have the same problem. When I run steam I get an error with OpenGl and launching TF2 I have the same error that you mention in your post.

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cgree3 · 2013-07-05 02:35:21

thongil wrote:

I had an update a few days ago, since then I have the same problem. When I run steam I get an error with OpenGl and launching TF2 I have the same error that you mention in your post.

Did you ever find a solution?

thongil · 2013-07-05 10:18:19

No, sorry, I have a post too and nobody has answered :S

phoxmeh · 2013-07-05 11:40:25

Are you running X with xinerama? That was my problem and it fixed the issue. I run two monitors with xinerama normally and found I just need to run steam in a separate X session without xinerama on a single screen (with a windows manager or the games don't seem to run at the correct size regardless of windowed or fullscreen mode).
I am running the latest nvidia drivers, too.

thongil · 2013-07-05 13:30:43

No, I don't use xinerama. It started after an Nvidia driver update.

phoxmeh · 2013-07-05 13:59:54

Hrm. Could you post your X configuration?

If you wanted to try you could try opening steam in a separate X session with just some bare options (with just one monitor) and see how that goes. If anything it could rule out if X is causing the issue or not. I'm not entirely sure why it's causing TF2 the error but xinerama was apparently what was causing my issue with how it runs, I perhaps should do more research into the matter. If I'm not too lazy, lol.

cgree3 · 2013-07-05 15:43:55

phoxmeh wrote:

Are you running X with xinerama? That was my problem and it fixed the issue. I run two monitors with xinerama normally and found I just need to run steam in a separate X session without xinerama on a single screen (with a windows manager or the games don't seem to run at the correct size regardless of windowed or fullscreen mode).
I am running the latest nvidia drivers, too.

I am using xinerama. How can i run steam in a separate xsession?

phoxmeh · 2013-07-05 21:27:32

cgree3 wrote:

phoxmeh wrote:
Are you running X with xinerama? That was my problem and it fixed the issue. I run two monitors with xinerama normally and found I just need to run steam in a separate X session without xinerama on a single screen (with a windows manager or the games don't seem to run at the correct size regardless of windowed or fullscreen mode).
I am running the latest nvidia drivers, too.
I am using xinerama. How can i run steam in a separate xsession?

Just create a new serverlayout file, for instance, 91-serverlayout-steam.conf in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf/ directory. Mine is simply a copy of the original without the xinerama tag and only using one monitor. Set the layout name as whatever you want it, mine is 'Steam'.

# Server Layout for Steam
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier "Steam"
	Screen 	0	"HP2159m"	Absolute 	0	0
EndSection

Then all I have is a simple script to launch it for me (with my window manager using a simple config for it):

#!/bin/sh
startx /usr/bin/subtle -c $HOME/.config/subtle/steam.rb -- :1 -layout Steam

I think you have to use the absolute path for the WM and the :1 is the tty to create the new X session in (this can be whichever you want as long as it's free).
The first bit after the 'startx' is the command you want to run and then followed by the arguments for it up until the '--'.

I hope this help, if you need more help I can try to reword it better. I'm never very good at trying to type out how to do things so well lol

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dun32 · 2013-09-08 16:36:39

Hi all,

I had the same problem. So I just installed lib32-nvidia-utils and lib32-nvidia-libgl and it's ok.

Hope it helps,

Regards.

kostazs · 2014-01-31 10:03:35

dun32 wrote:

Hi all,
I had the same problem. So I just installed lib32-nvidia-utils and lib32-nvidia-libgl and it's ok.
Hope it helps,
Regards.

MOTHER OF GOD !! That helped ! everything working fine now ^_^ thx!
ps. arch x64 with nvidia gtx670

kittenclaws · 2016-02-24 18:57:39

I understand this thread is old, but I installed Arch Linux x86_64 last night and I'm encountering this error. The posted solutions in this thread do not fix it.

libtxc_dxtn and lib32-libtxc_dxtn were already installed before I found this post.

lib32-nvidia-utils and lib32-nvidia-libgl are also installed.

I followed the Arch Steam wiki located here and then followed the specific steps for TF2 located here

I've found numerous posts about this problem scattered across the Arch forum and general surface web, none had a posted solution even though some were tagged as [SOLVED].

I would really like to use Arch Linux as a main OS but if I can't get TF2 to work it's a total no go for me If anybody could help me I would really appreciate it. If not, it's back to Gentoo for me....

EDIT: Curiously other games like Serious Sam 3 BFE work fine.

EDIT for Screenshots

http://i.imgur.com/2VZKq1V.png

http://i.imgur.com/MzW0Vwc.jpg

Mod note: removed oversized images -- WorMzy

Last edited by WorMzy (2016-02-24 19:12:29)

WorMzy · 2016-02-24 19:10:47

Please don't necrobump. If you really must, open a new thread and link back to this one if it is still relevant.

I suspect, however, that this is the topic you were looking for.

Closing.

EDIT: And please read the forum etiquette it it's entirety before posting again, particularly the section regarding acceptable image sizes.

Last edited by WorMzy (2016-02-24 19:11:49)

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