GLX errors

[baza]

ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY wrote:

>On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 00:34 +0000, Baza wrote:
>  
>
>>How do I find out if the i810 module is loaded?  Modprobe i810??
>>
>>Baza
>>
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>
>Run "/sbin/lsmod" or "cat /proc/modules".
>
>In your case run the following:
>        grep 'i810\|i830\|i915' /proc/modules
>
>And to load a module, run:
>        sudo modprobe module_name
>(only root can load kernel modules, this is why you get the error
>messages you mentioned on the other mail)
>
>There is a better way: By making "hotplug" handles Video Devices, it
>will load the correct module each time you boot the system ("hotplug"
>does not handle video devices by default as, in some cases, it may cause
>the system to *hang* during boot!, so be warned/prepared).  If you are
>still willing to try it (I'm doing it my self but I have NVIDIA card):
>        Edit /etc/default/hotplug and change the line that reads:
>                IGNORE_PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY=true
>        to:
>                IGNORE_PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY=false
>
>I hope this will work with you and solve your problem!.
>Ziyad.
>
>
>  
>
Well, my system did not hang.... but glxinfo returns ...

name of 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".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 24 tc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
Segmentation fault
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