[Solved] OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering *STEAM*

Kux · 2014-03-28 16:23:00

Yeah, it's a common problem, I know it - but i can't solve it
GPU: nvidia geforce gt430 (Using nouveau drivers)
x86_64
Running xfce.
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glxinfo | grep OpenGL output (I'm getting the same output a glxinfo32 | grep OpenGL):

OpenGL vendor string: 
OpenGL renderer string: 
OpenGL version string: 
OpenGL extensions:

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Help me

Last edited by Kux (2014-03-29 14:54:26)

blackout23 · 2014-03-28 16:30:36

1.) You're not going to have much fun with nouveau. The performance is horrible, about 1/10th of the real NVIDIA driver. The OpenGL implementation is also very buggy. Expect glitches and crashes.
2.) Steam applications are 32-Bit (most of them) so you need to have lib32-nouveau-dri installed.

Still it'd suggest to install the real driver with pacman -S nvidia and also install the lib32- nvidia driver packages.

me@localhost ~ % pacman -Qs nvidia
local/lib32-nvidia-libgl 334.21-5
    NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks (32-bit)
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 334.21-5
    NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-nvidia 334.21-5
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA (32-bit)
local/nvidia 334.21-2
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-libgl 334.21-6
    NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks
local/nvidia-utils 334.21-6
    NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/opencl-nvidia 334.21-6
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA

Last edited by blackout23 (2014-03-28 16:33:19)

Kux · 2014-03-28 16:38:18

blackout23 wrote:

1.) You're not going to have much fun with nouveau. The performance is horrible, about 1/10th of the real NVIDIA driver. The OpenGL implementation is also very buggy. Expect glitches and crashes.
2.) Steam applications are 32-Bit (most of them) so you need to have lib32-nouveau-dri installed.
Still it'd suggest to install the real driver with pacman -S nvidia and also install the lib32- nvidia driver packages.
me@localhost ~ % pacman -Qs nvidia
local/lib32-nvidia-libgl 334.21-5
    NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks (32-bit)
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 334.21-5
    NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-nvidia 334.21-5
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA (32-bit)
local/nvidia 334.21-2
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-libgl 334.21-6
    NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks
local/nvidia-utils 334.21-6
    NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/opencl-nvidia 334.21-6
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA

I know nouveau, but the NVIDIA drivers is also horrible and it made so many problems to me. I'm not having fun with display drivers at all right now ):
Anyway, lib32-nouveau-dri is already installed.

Kux · 2014-03-29 14:54:04

Well, I switched to nvidia drivers and everything works fine, thanks!

Arch Linux

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