Nvidia GLX extension loaded but failed to initialize

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#1

Hi Forum !

I have an OPTIMUS technology laptop with an NVIDIA / INTEL graphics cars combination. I use bumblebee to switch. So far, switching to the nvidia driver seems to work.
The problem is that glx-related programs (glxgears, glxinfo) fail to run:

mimis@goldberg:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Segmentation fault

but

mimis@goldberg:~$ optirun glxgears
3409 frames in 5.0 seconds = 681.616 FPS
3751 frames in 5.0 seconds = 749.982 FPS

In my /var/log/Xorg.0.log I found the following (I believe it is related) :

 80     15.696] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
 88     15.704] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
 89     15.704] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates/extensions/libglx.so
 90     15.751] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
 93     15.751] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  331.49  Wed Feb 12 20:17:10 PST 2014
 94     15.752] Loading extension GLX
368     15.794] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
/CODE]

problems also appear with the dassault/draftsight vector drawing package (I get a "dead" window)

Any help will be greatly appreciated

mimis
#2

Did you get the NVIDIA driver from the same place as bumblebee? ou can not use the generic NVIDIA driver you most use a patched one

#3

Thanks for taking the time to look into this problem of mine.

The situation is as following:


mimis@goldberg:~$ zypper se -v nvidia | grep ^i
i | dkms-nvidia                   | package    | 331.49-1.1                 | x86_64 | Overman79-12.3         
i | dkms-nvidia                   | package    | 331.49-1.1                 | x86_64 | (System Packages)      
i | nvidia-computeG03             | package    | 331.49-29.1                | x86_64 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
i | nvidia-computeG03             | package    | 331.49-29.1                | x86_64 | (System Packages)      
i | nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop     | package    | 331.49_k3.7.10_1.1-29.1    | x86_64 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
i | nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop     | package    | 331.38_k3.7.10_1.1-23.1    | x86_64 | (System Packages)      
i | nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop     | package    | 331.49_k3.7.10_1.1-29.1    | x86_64 | (System Packages)      
i | nvidia-glG03                  | package    | 331.49-29.1                | x86_64 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
i | nvidia-glG03                  | package    | 331.49-29.1                | x86_64 | (System Packages)      
i | nvidia-settings               | package    | 325.15-1.3                 | x86_64 | Packman Repository     
i | nvidia-settings               | package    | 325.15-1.3                 | x86_64 | (System Packages)      
i | x11-video-nvidia              | package    | 331.49-1.1                 | x86_64 | Overman79-12.3         
i | x11-video-nvidia              | package    | 331.49-1.1                 | x86_64 | (System Packages)      



$ zypper se -v bumblebee | grep ^i
i | bumblebee              | package    | 3.2.1-17.1 | x86_64 | Overman79-12.3   
i | bumblebee              | package    | 3.2.1-17.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)

Do you think that looks good?

mimis