Bug 265556 – media-video/nvidia-settings fails to display OpenGL/GLX Information

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

[Description Markus Hauschild 2009-04-09 13:59:26 UTC]

The "OpenGL/GLX Information" tab of nvidia-settings only displays "Fail to query the GLX server vendor.".

This is caused by missing x11-apps/mesa-progs, because it no longer gets pulled in by media-libs/mesa-7.3-r1.

Possible solution: either have mesa or nvidia-settings pull in mesa-progs.

[Comment 1 Someone Else Who Won't Be Here 2009-04-15 18:02:16 UTC]

I'm seeing this problem also, but I do have mesa + mesa-progs both installed:

x11-apps/mesa-progs-7.4 
media-libs/mesa-7.4

x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.44
media-video/nvidia-settings-180.44

xorg-server-1.5.3-r5

Also, probably related, when I try running glxinfo, glxgears, or any gl games (e.g. games-fps/nexuiz), I get strange RGB messages and they fail to start, with no output besides:

Couldn't find RBG GLX visual or fbconfig.

My xorg log says: (II) Initializing extension GLX 

I've rebuilt most of X, mesa, mesa-progs, nvidia, nvidia-settings with no luck.

[Comment 2 Piotr Jaroszyński (RETIRED) 2009-04-24 14:55:18 UTC]

$ glxinfo | grep direct

[Comment 3 Piotr Jaroszyński (RETIRED) 2009-04-24 14:57:22 UTC]

Oops, didn't read carefully enough. If glxinfo doesn't work, check:
$ eselect opengl list

[Comment 4 Someone Else Who Won't Be Here 2009-04-25 01:03:13 UTC]

This issue resolved itself for me after removing mesa, mesa-progs, nvidia-drivers and all of xorg, then rbeuilding them all.  While it was happening, opengl was set to nvidia. any glx command failed. Running revdep-rebuild didn't help, neither did just rebuilding mesa, xorg-server, or nvidia-drivers/nvidia-settings.  

[Comment 5 Piotr Jaroszyński (RETIRED) 2009-04-25 11:35:51 UTC]

Hmm, strange, but can't really do anything w/o a way to reproduce it. Reopen if you it happens again.