Bug#630579: nvidia-glx: glx cannot be utilised

Sophoklis Goumas olspookishmagus at gmail.com
Wed Jun 15 11:34:16 UTC 2011 

Package: nvidia-glx
Version: 270.41.19-1
Severity: important

Following a recent dist-upgrade glx does not get utilised.

-- glxinfo output:
glxinfo: 
name of display: :0
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

-- Package-specific info:
uname -a:
Linux sojourn 2.6.39-2-686-pae #1 SMP Wed Jun 8 11:33:14 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

/proc/version:
Linux version 2.6.39-2-686-pae (Debian 2.6.39-2) (ben at decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.4.6 (Debian 4.4.6-3) ) #1 SMP Wed Jun 8 11:33:14 UTC 2011

/proc/driver/nvidia/version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  270.41.19  Mon May 16 23:31:36 PDT 2011
GCC version:  gcc version 4.4.6 (Debian 4.4.6-6) 

lspci 'VGA compatible controller [0300]':
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] [10de:0e22] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	Region 1: Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	Region 3: Memory at e4000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
	Region 5: I/O ports at bc00 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at f7b00000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

OpenGL and NVIDIA library files installed:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       24 Jun 15 11:49 /etc/alternatives/libGL.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 Nov 28  2010 /etc/alternatives/libGL.so.1 -> /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 Jun 15 11:50 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> /etc/alternatives/libGL.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       28 Nov 28  2010 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> /etc/alternatives/libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 May 24 23:23 /usr/lib/libnvidia-cfg.so.1 -> libnvidia-cfg.so.270.41.19
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   131944 May 17 09:52 /usr/lib/libnvidia-cfg.so.270.41.19
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24182932 May 17 09:48 /usr/lib/libnvidia-glcore.so.270.41.19
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     4504 May 17 09:51 /usr/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.270.41.19

/usr/lib/nvidia:
total 4660
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root    4096 Jun 15 12:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 317 root root  131072 Jun 15 11:51 ..
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root    1338 May 16 04:01 check-for-conflicting-opengl-libraries
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    4096 Jun 14 21:36 diversions
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      26 Jun 15 11:49 libGL.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      18 May 24 23:23 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.270.41.19
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  781540 May 17 09:48 libGL.so.270.41.19
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      19 May 24 23:23 libglx.so -> libglx.so.270.41.19
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 3827376 May 17 09:51 libglx.so.270.41.19
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root     441 May 16 04:01 pre-install

/usr/lib/nvidia/diversions:
total 328
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jun 14 21:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   4096 Jun 15 12:47 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    189 Mar 22 08:38 dummy.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 315608 Jun 14 16:10 libglx.so

Files from nvidia-installer:


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-686-pae (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages nvidia-glx depends on:
ii  dpkg                1.16.0.3             Debian package management system
ii  libc6               2.13-7               Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx [ 270.41.19-1          NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries
ii  libglx-nvidia-alter 270.41.19-1          simplifies replacing Xorg module l
ii  nvidia-installer-cl 20110515+1           Cleanup after driver installation 
ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.3 270.41.19-1+2.6.39-2 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Li
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms  270.41.19-1          NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
ii  nvidia-support      20110515+1           NVIDIA binary graphics driver supp
ii  xserver-xorg-core [ 2:1.10.2-1+b1        Xorg X server - core server

Versions of packages nvidia-glx recommends:
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver          270.41.19-1 NVIDIA vdpau driver

Versions of packages nvidia-glx suggests:
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-k 270.41.19-1 NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
ii  nvidia-kernel-source         270.41.19-1 NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii  nvidia-settings              270.41.06-1 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA gr

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms                          2.1.1.2-6  Dynamic Kernel Module Support Fram
ii  nvidia-kernel-common          20110515+1 NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor

nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends no packages.

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii  debhelper                     8.1.6      helper programs for debian/rules
ii  make                          3.81-8.1   An utility for Directing compilati
ii  quilt                         0.48-7     Tool to work with series of patche

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source recommends:
ii  kernel-package               12.036+nmu1 A utility for building Linux kerne
ii  module-assistant             0.11.3      tool to make module package creati
ii  nvidia-kernel-common         20110515+1  NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor

nvidia-kernel-source suggests no packages.

Versions of packages nvidia-glx is related to:
ii  linux-headers-2.6-686 [lin 2.6.38+34     Header files for Linux 2.6-686 (me
ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 2.6.32-31     Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-68
ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 2.6.32-31     Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-68
ii  linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686 2.6.38-5      Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-68
ii  linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686 2.6.38-5      Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-68
ii  linux-headers-2.6.39-1-686 2.6.39-1      Header files for Linux 2.6.39-1-68
ii  linux-headers-2.6.39-2-686 2.6.39-2      Header files for Linux 2.6.39-2-68
ii  nvidia-glx [nvidia-glx]    270.41.19-1   NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii  nvidia-kernel-common       20110515+1    NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia 270.41.19-1   NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
ii  nvidia-kernel-source       270.41.19-1   NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.6+7       X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core          2:1.10.2-1+b1 Xorg X server - core server

-- no debconf information

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