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CuleX

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Registered: 2007-09-15

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Xorg-server update - nvidia-utils not found?!

Hello

After the update of xorg-server:
:: Could not detect nvidia-utils on system
:: Will attempt to use built-in libwfb

What IS this? I got an nVidia Quadro 4 980 XGL, which isn't supported anymore, i have to stick with the nvidia-96xx drivers. Can be a check for nvidia-96xx-utils? They're nvidia-utils for another version, so what's wrong with 'em?

CuleX

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: Xorg-server update - nvidia-utils not found?!

Hm - good call, I wonder if it should check that.  File a bug-report (Bugs link at the top) and I'm sure it will be looked at.

dolby

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Re: Xorg-server update - nvidia-utils not found?!

i got this too but i thought it was only cause my nvidia utils is broken. i seem to be using nvidia normally despite that msg when i was upgrading xorg

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JGC

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Re: Xorg-server update - nvidia-utils not found?!

the old nvidia-utils package doesn't come with a custom libwfb.so version and uses the built-in xorg version of the library. There's no need to worry about this.

kth5

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Re: Xorg-server update - nvidia-utils not found?!

the old nvidia-utils package doesn't come with a custom libwfb.so version and uses the built-in xorg version of the library. There's no need to worry about this.

Exactly, only nvidia 100.x and newer come with their own wfb and should not use the one xorg-server 1.4 started to provide.

Last edited by kth5 (2007-11-07 17:09:41)

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GojaN

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Registered: 2007-11-09

Posts: 13

Re: Xorg-server update - nvidia-utils not found?!

Hi all!

I got this message to but in my case the direct rendering stop working.
I try to reinstall the nvidia-71xx and nvidia-71xx-utils packages but it's doesn't solve anything.

When I run 'glxinfo' this say:
"Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0"."

a couple of times and ends with "SEGMENTATION FAULT" error.

In the nvidia-settings options, in section OpenGL/GLX this say:
"The OpenGL extension 'GLX' is not supported by
the X server or there was a problem retrieving
GLX information from the X server."

What can I try to fix it??

JonnyJD

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From: Berlin

Registered: 2007-11-05

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Re: Xorg-server update - nvidia-utils not found?!

I have exactly the same issue.

I had the same message with nvidia-utils (I use nvidia-71xx)
I get the same message with glxinfo
and when I start a X server I have that in my log:

(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
...
(EE) GLX is not supported with the Composite extension

So this might have something to do with some defaults beeing different somewhere. I fixed the glx-issue with that:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        #Driver      "nv"
        Driver      "nvidia"
...
        Option      "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
EndSection

EDIT:
I also want to mention: If this solution doesn't work for you in some GL applications, than maybe you do a different fix:

Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Last edited by JonnyJD (2007-11-10 01:16:40)