[indiana-discuss] svn111 display issues

[Alan Coopersmith]

Al Slater wrote:
> Also compiz visual effects won't start.  It looks like the Nvidia GLX
> extensions are not loading.  Running
> /lib/opengl/ogl_select/nvidia_vendor_select and restarting gdm fixed
> that until I rebooted.

Known issue, documented in the build 111 release notes at
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=99516&tstart=0 :

> > 6822628 constype returns unexpected value for nvidia card, ogl-select picks
> > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6822628
> >
> > Systems with NVIDIA graphics have a non-accelerated OpenGL,
> > rendering Compiz and other 3-D applications inoperable.
> >
> > Work-around: Explicitly set the "vendor" property in the
> > "ogl-select" service and restart the "ogl-select" service
> >
> > $ svccfg -s application/opengl/ogl-select \
> > setprop options/vendor = nvidia
> > $ svcadm restart application/opengl/ogl-select
> >
> > Then, select the "Log Out" menu item from the "System" menu and
> > log back in again.


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