[gentoo-user] Re: nvidia driver problem

[Pingveno <pingveno@comcast.net>]

I am by no means an expert on this subject, but any time you have an X 
server problem, you run "startx -- :1" from a shell. This starts the X 
server up on virtual terminal 8. The X server starts dumping out 
information, which might be helpful for diagnostics.

-Pingveno

sempsteen wrote:
> Hi,
> I've installed the nvidia drivers by the walkthrough of "Gentoo Linux 
> nVidia Guide". Emerge installed "nvidia-glx v1.0.6629-r6" and 
> "nvidia-kernel v1.0.6629-r4" with no problems and i did the necessary 
> changes in the "xorg.conf" file. Then i tested my card with "glxinfo | 
> grep direct" and "glxgears" and i got errors:
> 
> glxinfo | grep direct
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> 
> glxgears
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> glxgears: Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual.
> 
> Also after a restart gdm couln't start with a X server error:
> Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely 
> that it is not set up correctly...
> 
> I searched the net but couldn't find a solution yet. Please help me to 
> solve this problem, thanks.
> 

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