[PLUG] GLX support problem

Seth Heckard sdh@purdue.edu
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 13:23:21 -0500


Charles Allen wrote:
> Inspired by the recent mass of Loki messages, I decided to check out
> their website for myself.  I downloaded the demo program that works
> great... I must say I was REALLY impressed with how much the games
> resembled their windows counterparts.  My problem came when I had to use
> games that needed 3d acceleration.  They ran SLOW!  Horribly, horribly
> slow... so I decided to upgrade my drivers from my manufacturer (NVIDIA).
> Now the problem is that it gives me an error: "Xlib:  extention 'NV-GLX'
> missing on display '0.0'"  Did I miss a simple setup step in configuring
> the new driver?
> 
> thanks,
> -chuck

Make sure you go by the installation FAQ on the NVidia website
line-by-line.  You need to remove all the MesaGL stuff from your system
and replace it with the NVidia stuff.

Seth Heckard / sdh@purdue.edu