[ubuntu-uk] GLX problem
Hi all, I am currently having a problem with all things GLX related, i.e. screensavers that use GLX are no longer working, also a game that uses GLX. E.g. when running foobillard in terminal I get the following error: main:rgstereo=0Video mode set failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual It used to work fine, running from the main menu. But now it's failing to find the right GLX visual. I get the same thing for screensavers, Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0 This line is displayed several times on the screen instead of the screensaver, and the last bit says it exited abnormally (code 1) I wonder if this is Flash/Gnash related? I recently found that Firefox was running extremely slowly on any site with Flash elements, so I removed Flash (I have heard it is very troublesome at times to some Linux users) and installed Gnash instead. Firefox works much better, and also with Flash-blocking add ons so that I only allow certain sites to use Flash. I am not sure if the GLX problem occurred before or after this. My Desktop is XFCE on Ubuntu 12.04 Of course it might also have been a recent update that might have knocked out GLX. In using Synaptic I see that the GLX stuff is still installed. I tried reinstalling some of it, but it made no difference. I am using the Linux open source graphics driver for my graphics card, nothing proprietary. It is an AMD card. So how do I get GLX working again? David K -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.
I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong with my set up. For example I am using my web browser on space 1. Leaving the web browser running, I change to space 2 to read my email. There is a link to a web page in one of the emails so I click on it and the page that was open in space 1 appears. The web browser is Google Chrome. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.
From: Norman Silverstone workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I doubt it - i think its just like a 4 times bigger desktop with only a quarter showing, if you want to log in to two different yahoo? email accounts at the same time i think you'd have to log in as a different user or use a different browser. [george] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.
Hi Norman On 7 December 2013 13:50, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong with my set up. For example I am using my web browser on space 1. Leaving the web browser running, I change to space 2 to read my email. There is a link to a web page in one of the emails so I click on it and the page that was open in space 1 appears. The web browser is Google Chrome. Norman -- That is exactly what happens. I have my mail in space 1 and my browser in space 2. When I click on a link in an email I don't really want the system to plonk another browser window over the mail client, so I'm quite happy with this behaviour. But there are times when windows behave independently, like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only scroll through the programs running in that window. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.
I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong with my set up. For example I am using my web browser on space 1. Leaving the web browser running, I change to space 2 to read my email. There is a link to a web page in one of the emails so I click on it and the page that was open in space 1 appears. The web browser is Google Chrome. Norman -- That is exactly what happens. I have my mail in space 1 and my browser in space 2. When I click on a link in an email I don't really want the system to plonk another browser window over the mail client, so I'm quite happy with this behaviour. But there are times when windows behave independently, like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only scroll through the programs running in that window. Tony Thanks folks, I get the message. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GLX problem (solved)
I just tried booting an older kernel and all my GLX screensavers/programs are working again. I was using Kernel Linux 3.2.0-56-lowlatency and then it was updated yesterday to Kernel Linux 3.2.0-57-lowlatency and then the GLX problems started, so I have now booted into Kernel Linux 3.2.0-56-lowlatency again. Could there be a bug in the later kernel? David K On 07/12/13 11:36, David King wrote: Hi all, I am currently having a problem with all things GLX related, i.e. screensavers that use GLX are no longer working, also a game that uses GLX. E.g. when running foobillard in terminal I get the following error: main:rgstereo=0Video mode set failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual It used to work fine, running from the main menu. But now it's failing to find the right GLX visual. I get the same thing for screensavers, Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0 This line is displayed several times on the screen instead of the screensaver, and the last bit says it exited abnormally (code 1) I wonder if this is Flash/Gnash related? I recently found that Firefox was running extremely slowly on any site with Flash elements, so I removed Flash (I have heard it is very troublesome at times to some Linux users) and installed Gnash instead. Firefox works much better, and also with Flash-blocking add ons so that I only allow certain sites to use Flash. I am not sure if the GLX problem occurred before or after this. My Desktop is XFCE on Ubuntu 12.04 Of course it might also have been a recent update that might have knocked out GLX. In using Synaptic I see that the GLX stuff is still installed. I tried reinstalling some of it, but it made no difference. I am using the Linux open source graphics driver for my graphics card, nothing proprietary. It is an AMD card. So how do I get GLX working again? David K -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.
Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org escribió: I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong with my set up. For example I am using my web browser on space 1. Leaving the web browser running, I change to space 2 to read my email. There is a link to a web page in one of the emails so I click on it and the page that was open in space 1 appears. The web browser is Google Chrome. Norman -- That is exactly what happens. I have my mail in space 1 and my browser in space 2. When I click on a link in an email I don't really want the system to plonk another browser window over the mail client, so I'm quite happy with this behaviour. But there are times when windows behave independently, like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only scroll through the programs running in that window. Tony Thanks folks, I get the message. Norman I seem to recall configureing atl+tab to cycle through all programs independantly of which workspace they are in. I can look it up if useful. It should be only useful if you run a small amount of programs at the samd time. Also, if I remember correctly, you can 'tear' out a tab from a web browser and drag it to a new workspace as a new window. I think, though I have not used it, that kde (kubuntu) had the multiple desktops organized in activites which should do (if not, by tweaking) what you mentioned of 'as if it was an individual computer'. Then there is the virtual machine stuff that I know even less about. -- Enviado desde mi teléfono con K-9 Mail. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
