glxinfo problem

[cmjesz]

So I just installed Kubuntu with KDE 4 and I'm trying to install WOW following this tutorial:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wo...roubleshooting

When I run the first command I get the error below it:

$ glxinfo | grep rendering
Error: unable to open display

I have already tried running

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

and

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

but neither has helped. Any advice, I'm pretty new to Linux.

[mjtolsma]

Re: glxinfo problem

If you are new to Kubuntu/Linux, then I suggest you first try the adept manager, which is a graphical installer.

In the manager, search for "nvidia" and/or "glrx", and see what packages have been installed. Could you list them for us, so we can give better information.
And can you give us specifics about your system (CPU, Videocard etc).
Perhaps you can see in the manager if there is a package which is not installed.

[cmjesz]

Re: glxinfo problem

At work currently so working on it via SSH but specs are

Nvidia 7600 GT
AMD 64 (can't remember speed offhand)
2Gb Ram

As for packages installed, I did the updated that kubuntu recommended at first boot and I installed an iTunes type program and an SSH server. Don't think there was anything else. Is there a way to get that info through the command line?

[cmjesz]

Re: glxinfo problem

Also getting an error now when trying to install/remove packages:

$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
 libroken18-heimdal liboop4 libhx509-1-heimdal libasn1-8-heimdal
 libkrb5-22-heimdal
The following packages will be REMOVED:
 libasn1-8-heimdal libhx509-1-heimdal libkrb5-22-heimdal liboop4
 libroken18-heimdal nvidia-glx-new
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 30.0MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 86380 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-glx-new ...
dpkg-divert: error checking `/usr/lib32/libGL.so.1': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx-new (--remove):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Removing libkrb5-22-heimdal ...
Removing libhx509-1-heimdal ...
Removing libasn1-8-heimdal ...
Removing liboop4 ...
Removing libroken18-heimdal ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-glx-new
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[mjtolsma]

Re: glxinfo problem

It looks like your "driver" wasn't properly installed.

try

apt-get -f install

and then try apt-get autoremove again.

By the way, there is also the "normal" nvidia-glx (and not the -new version). Perhaps an alternative?

I don't own a Nvidia card now so I don't have an environment in which to test it, but I see that there are also 2 different configuration GUI's:
nvidia-xconfig
nvidia-settings

Perhaps you can try them?

[cmjesz]

Re: glxinfo problem

Same error:

$ sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for cmjesz:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
 nvidia-glx-new
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 28.3MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 86346 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-glx-new ...
dpkg-divert: error checking `/usr/lib32/libGL.so.1': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing nvidia-glx-new (--remove):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-glx-new
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)