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chrisd

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Registered: 2016-07-02

Posts: 21

Couldn't find matching GLX visual

Dear all,

I installed the package armagetronad in order to run this game. However, when I try to start it, it says

[chrisd@deskie ~]$ armagetronad
Trying to start sound. Just restart Armagetron Advanced in case of crash.
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Error: Error in bool sr_InitDisplay() in render/rScreen.cpp:841 :
   
Sorry, played all my cards trying to initialize your video system.
Armagetron Advanced won't run on your computer. Reason:

Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

I'll try again from the beginning, but the chances of success are minimal.

In order to solve this problem I installed the lib32-nvidia-libgl package in addition to the package nvidia-libgl that I already had. This, however, does not solve the problem. lspci tells me I have an "VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2)" so I guess that would be the right package to install. Any ideas? This game used to work on my previous linux installation.

All the best,
Chris

chrisd

Member

Registered: 2016-07-02

Posts: 21

Re: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

In the meantime I have found what the problem was. I found the wiki page https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA which explains that I actually do need the 340xx drivers for my video card. So, I uninstalled the old ones and installed the 340xx instead and now it works.