OpenGL doesn't work, nvidia does

Xx r3negade · #1 8th March 2008, 09:37 PM

A recent auto-update "updated" my NVIDIA drivers, and by "update" I mean completely screwed everything up.

-Whenever I try to enter runlevel 3 or any other low-res text based mode, the screen goes blank and stays that way, forcing me to shut down my computer.
-OpenGL doesn't work. At all. I can go to the NVIDIA control panel and adjust OpenGL settings; I can use the command

Code:

# lspci | grep VGA

to get

Code:

 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go] (rev a2)

. Also the NVIDIA logo is present when I first boot up. So it's pretty clear that NVIDIA works. But when I try and use some screensavers that previously worked, they won't show. When I go Preferences->Look and Feel->GL Desktop->Enable GL Desktop it "works" (e.g. it doesn't give me any error messages), but desktop effects won't work and nothing changes appearance-wise.

Vansolrick · #2 8th March 2008, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xx r3negade

A recent auto-update "updated" my NVIDIA drivers, and by "update" I mean completely screwed everything up.

-Whenever I try to enter runlevel 3 or any other low-res text based mode, the screen goes blank and stays that way, forcing me to shut down my computer.
-OpenGL doesn't work. At all. I can go to the NVIDIA control panel and adjust OpenGL settings; I can use the command

Code:

# lspci | grep VGA

to get

Code:

 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go] (rev a2)

. Also the NVIDIA logo is present when I first boot up. So it's pretty clear that NVIDIA works. But when I try and use some screensavers that previously worked, they won't show. When I go Preferences->Look and Feel->GL Desktop->Enable GL Desktop it "works" (e.g. it doesn't give me any error messages), but desktop effects won't work and nothing changes appearance-wise.

What's the output of :

Code:

 glxinfo

and

Code:

 cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Xx r3negade · #3 8th March 2008, 11:16 PM

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Error: glXCreateContext failed

   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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x24 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x25 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x26 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x27 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x28 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x29 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x2a 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x41 32 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 Ncon

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder26)  Fri Jan 11 14:26:48 PST 2008

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Synaptics"
    Driver         "synaptics"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Vansolrick · #4 8th March 2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xx r3negade

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Error: glXCreateContext failed

   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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x24 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x25 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x26 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x27 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x28 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x29 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x2a 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x41 32 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 Ncon

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder26)  Fri Jan 11 14:26:48 PST 2008

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Synaptics"
    Driver         "synaptics"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Hmm try adding

Code:

Load      "dri"

to the "Module" section and then do ctrl+alt+backspace

***Hlingler*** · #5 9th March 2008, 01:03 AM

You may also need to append the following section at the end of the file, otherwise, only root user can load the drivers:

Code:

Section "DRI"
        Mode         0666
EndSection

Make sure that there's a blank line at the end of the file, just in case....

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Xx r3negade · #6 9th March 2008, 04:56 AM

Sorry, but nothing changes, it still gives me the black screen of death in low-res mode (this includes when I press CTRL+ALT+Backspace), and it will not activate GLdesktop. glxinfo is still the same as well. Would it be possible to revert back to the older kernel so I could re-install the older driver?

***Hlingler*** · #7 9th March 2008, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xx r3negade

Sorry, but nothing changes, it still gives me the black screen of death in low-res mode (this includes when I press CTRL+ALT+Backspace), and it will not activate GLdesktop. glxinfo is still the same as well. Would it be possible to revert back to the older kernel so I could re-install the older driver?

Yes, of course. Just reboot to the previous kernel. If you do not already have your bootloader set up to show the splash screen and boot choices, you need to do that first. If the "update" to the nvidia driver was only the install of a kmod for the new kernel, you should not need to uninstall the driver itself - the kmod for the previous kernel should still be installed and functioning when you boot the older kernel. If you did indeed get a new version of the nvidia driver too, hopefully it works with the previous kernel. Otherwise, you will have to uninstall the nvidia driver first. If so, you may also want to move/rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf to something like xorg.conf.backup, which will force a default file to be generated using the built-in 2D open-source video driver (named "nv").

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