new Dapper install - X problems

[William Chapman]

On 6/1/06, Kevin C. Smith <kevin at linuxsmith.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 21:15 -0700, William Chapman wrote:
> > Just installed Dapper - upgraded Breezy system that has been working well.
> > X fails to start - get the following "X server output":
> >
> > (==)Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: ...blah...
> > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> > dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so: undefined
> > symbol: __glXLastContext
> > (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xord/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so
> > (EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (loader failed, 7)
> > (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
> > (EE) No drivers available.
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> > The nvidia driver always worked flawlessly with Breezy, and Hoary.
> >
> > The web has a number of similar, recent (early '06) complaints
> > relating to Debian-Unstable, but nothing really definitive (at least
> > to me).
> >
> > The /etc/X11/xorg.conf is totally vanilla from the Ubuntu installer; I
> > have never touched it.
> >
> > The "detailed X server output" doesn't seen too interesting.  There
> > are a few font directories that don't exist.
> >
> > Interestingly, perhaps, is that these missing FontPaths immediately
> > preceed the Section "Module" block in xorg.conf that begins with Load
> > "GLcore" (which fails to load) as the first command.
> >
> > Any hints would be appreciated.
> >
> > William J. Chapman
> >
> check to see if nvidia-glx package is installed?
>
> # apt-get install nvidia-glx
>
> If that was it reboot or
>
> # /etc/init.d/gdm restart
>
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Yo!  Kevin!  That was it!  Way to go!!  Thanks!!

The "nvidia drivers" were installed under Hoary, and have been
upgraded a couple of times; as far as I know they were still there.

So, is nvidia-glx a new package?