problems running OpenGL code

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Sun Dec 13 14:09:55 UTC 2015


On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 07:59:27 -0553.75, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> On 12/13/15 01:40, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 21:30:59 +0200, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:
> >> On 12.12.2015 19:27, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> >>> 41    1 0xffffffff81c91000 963a67   nvidia.ko
> >> Can you try disabling this kernel module and deinstalling nvidia-driver
> >> package? It does THINGS to make rendering work like substituting
> >> original GL libraries with nVidia ones.
> > Correct. It only works with the nVidia cards or chips listed as
> > being compatible. For the specific hardware in question, it will
> > probably _not_ work. I have this problem here first hand. :-)
> >
> > A re-installation of the original GL libraries should then fix
> > this problem.
> 
> 
> I did follow the above recommendation & behavior changed a bit, but 
> still nogo. When you say reinstall, is that pkg reinstall, or recompile 
> ?

Doesn't matter - any of those will make sure that nVidia's GL
libs (which usually only work with nVidia GPU + X driver) will
be overwritten with the default ones supplied by typical X
installations.



> I have used pkg almost exclusively here, notably including the libGL 
> stuff ....

That should be fine.



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