VLC in OpenGL mode works fine on my laptop, and I just found the reason for the
glx[info|gears] issue on this computer (the desktop).
Somehow, it decided to use libGL.so.0 from /usr/X11R6/lib, a directory not
changed since 2006-11-10, which suggests edgy was the last to use it (this
computer
I get the same error (in Hardy).
However, I also get that error when I run glxinfo or glxgears, and
glxinfo tells me I have no direct rendering even though glxgears is
rendering at a speed that wouldn't be possible without direct rendering,
the same speed it had before I upgraded to Hardy RC
