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KDH

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From: Kansas

Registered: 2009-07-23

Posts: 8

NVIDIA OpenGL version not recognised properly

I recently found a problem with my system and OpenGL. I know for a fact that my GTS 250 graphics card supports at least OpenGL 2.1, but glxinfo reports the OpenGL version being used is 1.4 and newer OpenGL features cause programs to crash.

I've been searching for the past day and a half now and haven't found an answer. Does anyone know what could cause this? Here's my xorg.conf if that helps:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "nVidia TwinView"
    Screen 0    "TwinView Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Logitech Cordless Mouse" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Logitech Cordless Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "TVOnly"
    Screen 0    "LCD TV and nVidia"
    InputDevice    "Logitech Cordless Mouse" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Logitech Cordless Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath    "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load        "glx"
    Load        "dri"
    Load        "record"
    Load        "extmod"
    Load        "dbe"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "DefaultServerLayout" "nVidia TwinView"
    Option        "Xinerama" "0"
    Option        "AutoAddDevices" "false"
    Option        "AllowEmptyInput" "false
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Logitech Cordless Keyboard"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Logitech Cordless Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Logitech_USB_Receiver-mouse"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Samsung SyncMaster 223BW"
    VendorName    "Samsung"
    ModelName    "223Bw"
    Gamma        0.8
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Samsung SyncMaster 931B"
    VendorName    "Samsung"
    ModelName    "931B"
    Gamma        0.8
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "LCD TV"
    VendorName    "Philips"
    Gamma        0.8
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "nVidia GeForce GTS 250"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "nVidia Corporation"
    Option        "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option        "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "SyncMaster 223BW and nVidia"
    Device        "nVidia GeForce GTS 250"
    Monitor        "Samsung SyncMaster 223BW"
    SubSection    "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth        24
        Modes        "1690x1050"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "SyncMaster 931B and nVidia"
    Device        "nVidia GeForce GTS 250"
    Monitor        "Samsung SyncMaster 931B"
    SubSection    "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth        24
        Modes        "1280x1024" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "LCD TV and nVidia"
    Device        "nVidia GeForce GTS 250"
    Monitor        "LCD TV"
    SubSection    "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth        24
        Modes        "1920x1080"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "TwinView Screen"
    Device        "nVidia GeForce GTS 250"
    Monitor        "Samsung SyncMaster 223BW"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option        "TwinView" "1"
    Option        "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
    Option        "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1680x1050_60 +0+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024_60 +1680+0;DFP-0: 1680x1050_60 +0+0, DFP-1: NULL" 
    SubSection    "Display"
        Depth    24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option        "Composite" "true"
    Option        "Render" "true"
EndSection

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: NVIDIA OpenGL version not recognised properly

it should report

OpenGL version string: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.24

unless you messed around with the nvidia installer and didn't used the nvidia packages from our repos. i guess the soname that provides libgl is linking to mesa

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KDH

Member

From: Kansas

Registered: 2009-07-23

Posts: 8

Re: NVIDIA OpenGL version not recognised properly

Okay, it's working right since I reinstalled the package. I still don't know what could have messed it up though.

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