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Date:      Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:35:45 -0600
From:      Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlist2@HotPOP.com>
To:        Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: opengl and XFree86.
Message-ID:  <20040304093545.56683275@vixen42.>
In-Reply-To: <20040304143311.GB62780@kierun.org>
References:  <20040304143311.GB62780@kierun.org>

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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:33:11 +0000
Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org> wrote:

> Maybe slightly off topic but...  I am trying to run some opengl code
> including glut and gl and get the error:
>         Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> with the opengl window opening but no graphics in it.  
> 
> Odd since DRI is neither loaded by XFree86 nor should it be as it
> does not support the Riva TNT2 card.
> 
> Any idea what could be the problem?

You need the nvidia driver... it has two parts a XF86 driver module
and a kernel module... just install it from x11/nvidia-driver or
whatever... then just reconfig X... and have loader.conf load the
driver upon boot



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