(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA X driver not found)

From: IQTech (luha_61_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/21/04

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    Date: 21 Aug 2004 13:40:27 -0700

    Okay - so I am a raw newbie. After 10 years of Microsoft crashes and
    one year of SO nagging, I decided to take the plunge, 86 the XP dual
    boot and go pure Linux.
    I'm using Red Hat 9.0, kernel 2.4.20-6. I am using NVidia driver
    download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run
    I have run the file in vga mode twice - then edited the X68Config
    according to specs given in the read me file. After rebooting, I try
    to start X and get booted back to a prompt.
    The following error is seen in XFree86.0.log:

    (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA X driver not found)

    Fortunately, I had kept a backup copy of the XFree86Config file and
    was able to go back to it.

    Help me, Obi Wan - I don't want to go back to XP hell just to be able
    to unwind with my favorite games.

    Here's the whole section:

    (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xd0000000,0x8000000)
    (II) NV(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
            Screen to screen bit blits
            Solid filled rectangles
            8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
            Solid Lines
            Offscreen Pixmaps
            Setting up tile and stipple cache:
                    32 128x128 slots
                    32 256x256 slots
                    16 512x512 slots
    (==) NV(0): Backing store disabled
    (==) NV(0): Silken mouse enabled
    (**) Option "dpms"
    (**) NV(0): DPMS enabled
    (==) RandR enabled
    Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module
    /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
    Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module
    /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
    (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
    (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
    (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
    (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
    (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
    (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
    (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA X driver not found)

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