Re: Nvidia or Xorg Problem with GLX [Solved]

On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 12:27 -0500, Frank Peters wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:56:40 -0500
> Frank Peters <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module;
> >
> 
> It seems that the order of the module paths in xorg.conf
> makes all the difference.
> 
> By placing the nvidia GLX directory before the xorg GLX
> directory the problem disappears and the nvidia GLX drivers
> are loaded correctly.
> 
> Before (in xorg.conf):
> 
> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia"
>  
> After:
> 
> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia"
> ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> 
> Now things work as expected.
> 
> Apparently this path ordering was not necessary before some
> change was made either to either to xorg-server or nvidia-drivers.
> I had not experienced the problem until very recently even though
> my xorg.conf contained the reverse ordering.
> 
> This is the proper solution that I was seeking.  Now there is no
> need for deleting/renaming files as a workaround.
> 
> Frank Peters
> 
> 
IMHO, whoever is assigned to maintain the eselect-opengl ebuild has been
having trouble for about 3 months now. Your solution to your problem is
lovely.