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KimTjik

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 715

glxinfo returns nothing - what am I missing? [SOLVED]

I've looked around but can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I've been working with two different systems and got fglrx to work pretty well performance wise. Here's the culprit, or annoyance might be a better word:

- 3D obviously works because otherwise I wouldn't get 3D games to work with good performance
- Mesa is installed
- still "glxinfo" gives no output at all, it's just hanging there
- same applies to KDE information center and Open GL

Hardware:

ATI x800 pro
- updated to latest catalyst, running gnome

ATI x800 gto (this has always been a tricky card which won't even work with ati open-driver)
- fresh for this evening install, updated to latest catalyst, running KDE

Should I care to track down the reason, or is it a non important one?

Last edited by KimTjik (2007-12-09 11:31:59)

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 3,108

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Re: glxinfo returns nothing - what am I missing? [SOLVED]

if you open a second terminal, while the first glxinfo is still hung, and try glxinfo from the second terminal, does it work?  There's oddness reported that the first GL app won't do anything, and will just hang.

KimTjik

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 715

Re: glxinfo returns nothing - what am I missing? [SOLVED]

Thanks a lot Cerebral!

That's odd, but it works. So everything actually works well.