From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A49A5138A1A for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:47:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 16305E0A01; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:47:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from resqmta-ch2-11v.sys.comcast.net (resqmta-ch2-11v.sys.comcast.net [69.252.207.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 722CAE09BA for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from resomta-ch2-01v.sys.comcast.net ([69.252.207.97]) by resqmta-ch2-11v.sys.comcast.net with comcast id iHmf1p00226dK1R01HndWq; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:47:37 +0000 Received: from fx8150.donahues.us. ([50.139.201.59]) by resomta-ch2-01v.sys.comcast.net with comcast id iHnd1p0041HPovE01HndWb; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:47:37 +0000 Message-ID: <1421776056.2880.15.camel@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Nvidia or Xorg Problem with GLX [Solved] From: Drake Donahue To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:47:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20150120122704.dae8c9dde1866a603c095799@comcast.net> References: <20150119135640.fdd9ba2ceb30c931034454d8@comcast.net> <20150120122704.dae8c9dde1866a603c095799@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.8 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20140121; t=1421776057; bh=WNItUrFyIhVn61DTdDsLR6YWR6z8tS3VVZXNhEfiQlY=; h=Received:Received:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:Content-Type: Mime-Version; b=tt1ROqVxesV+DT3agnHvWNSavMQ7eiBw9NPWHlh1ne6ulBKnoGvRt+EqI38QLW9xd vtLt5XwdPCh/NhZsEcFO/0u2Odi27QeVvaP5MUGvF9F8DOQkmA95toqavRT3/SPw8t RUxafLqJaOmcZmtsCxHkqWtnVfmkOlTUPwBer81nUviN7i81bMc0og8F3IX7Pqd94m 9LMdXWWakwVH/G2L58o3GyIMhm2tFbLRODzRulZhBu+/8Tox1cqFyX7cL/Cb8K1piq yihW6xikGSrjf5pgQv1x7G4ma6pJLirkfwJCvmeKi0N6rkACaEP4knYOjCdRL872jk qJj5kQbcvEV5A== X-Archives-Salt: bb5b5d0f-0f6f-468d-a823-800f04fc01f1 X-Archives-Hash: a079c835c71f4687ff06ceea23fb1f21 On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 12:27 -0500, Frank Peters wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:56:40 -0500 > Frank Peters wrote: > > > > > NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; > > > > It seems that the order of the module paths in xorg.conf > makes all the difference. > > By placing the nvidia GLX directory before the xorg GLX > directory the problem disappears and the nvidia GLX drivers > are loaded correctly. > > Before (in xorg.conf): > > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia" > > After: > > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia" > ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" > > Now things work as expected. > > Apparently this path ordering was not necessary before some > change was made either to either to xorg-server or nvidia-drivers. > I had not experienced the problem until very recently even though > my xorg.conf contained the reverse ordering. > > This is the proper solution that I was seeking. Now there is no > need for deleting/renaming files as a workaround. > > Frank Peters > > IMHO, whoever is assigned to maintain the eselect-opengl ebuild has been having trouble for about 3 months now. Your solution to your problem is lovely.