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Sean-Der

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Registered: 2007-09-30

Posts: 88

nVidia "The Best Way"

Right now I have nVidia installed through the ArchLinux repos. But when I run glxgears I get

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual

And KDE4 Widgets give me

OpenGL Shaders not supported

What files do you need to fix this, because I am completely stuck.

paulez

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Registered: 2007-07-28

Posts: 24

Re: nVidia "The Best Way"

Have you put 'Load "glx" ' in your xorg.conf module section ?

watsonalgas

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Registered: 2007-01-15

Posts: 92

Re: nVidia "The Best Way"

I really don't know what's setup or enabled in your xorg.conf file, but you might just need to enable composite and add argb glx visuals in your Xorg file.  Take a look at these two wiki entries, they will help you set up nvidia from the beginning:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#nvidia-xconfig
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Composite

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: nVidia "The Best Way"

nvidia-xconfig will automatically set up your xorg.conf file with the capabilities of your card for one monitor. If you have dual monitors you can finish the setup through the 'NVIDIA X Server Settings' dialog.