Yes, it failed with an error about Python not being able to initialize GLX.
Unfortunately, I didn't record the error and I will not be able to test it
again until later this week.

I will provide an update as soon as I am able.

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 1:53 PM Ulrich Sibiller <ul...@gmx.de> wrote:

> I am not sure. Did you try to run chimerax with the workaround?
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 8:57 PM Eric Shell <esh...@ucsc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ulrich,
> >
> > Thank you for continuing to look into this.
> >
> > I ran into another problem with GLX today, with a tool called chimerax
> which requires GLX 1.4 or greater. I read the page on getting GLX 1.4
> working on the wiki (
> https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/wiki:development:glx-xlib-workaround) and
> I was wondering if it meant that the wrappers do not work with the NVIDIA
> drivers. I take it that means that if an application won't run with the
> >
> > __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 <your application>
> >
> > workaround, there's not much else to try?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 10:49 AM Ulrich Sibiller <ul...@gmx.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, as said before I do not have any Nvidia hardware. But today I
> >> played a bit with that stuff with Firefox 78.7.0-esr on Debian wiht
> >> Intel graphics and I see the same errors you see inside NX. So maybe
> >> this is not all linked to nvidia but simply firefox failing some
> >> checks in an NX session. firefox does not even load libGL here.
> >> Investigating further...
> >> Uli
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 5:54 PM Eric Shell <esh...@ucsc.edu> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Did you reinstall the same nvidia drivers or a newer version?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Right now I'm again running the original drivers (460.73.01)
> installed from the .run file.
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> IIRC there once was the necessity to chmod /dev/nvidia or similar to
> >> >> make it available to all users. Not sure if that's still required.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > The permissions look correct. There are /dev/nvidia0 and /dev/nvidia1
> devices for the 2 GPUs:
> >> >
> >> > # ll /dev/nvidia*
> >> > crw-rw-rw-. 1 root root 195,   0 Oct 19 09:58 /dev/nvidia0
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Just to be sure: are you connecting to the local X server (a so
> called
> >> >> shadow session) or are you starting a NEW mate desktop in addition to
> >> >> X server?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I don't think so but how can I tell? I am not connecting with
> X2Go/X11 Desktop Sharing if that's what opens a shadow session, but rather
> starting a MATE session.
> >> >
> >> >> > WebGL creation failed:
> >> >> > * Refused to create native OpenGL context because of blacklist
> entry: FEATURE_FAILURE_OPENGL_1
> >> >> > * Exhausted GL driver options.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Running "__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
> firefox" didn't get WebGL working, either, but did change the about:support
> output:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > WebGL creation failed:
> >> >> > * Refused to create native OpenGL context because of blacklist
> entry: FEATURE_FAILURE_GLXTEST_FAILED
> >> >> > * Exhausted GL driver options.
> >> >>
> >> >> Does this call work with glxinfo/glxgears?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Yes, it does. glxgears runs without crashing the session and glxinfo
> reports it is using direct rendering. It appears to be using my client's (a
> VM) X server for OpenGL rendering, is that right?
> >> >
> >> > $ __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=mesa LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 glxinfo
> >> > ...
> >> > OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
> >> > OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0, 256 bits)
> >> > OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 18.3.4
> >> > OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Any idea how I can get WebGL rendered in an X2Go session again? I
> would assume that there wasn't a solution using X2Go if I hadn't used it
> successfully myself mere days ago. I intend not to use VNC if at all
> possible.
> >> >>
> >> >> I am a bit puzzled about that blacklist entry. Maybe that is
> >> >> modifiable in about:config. I have checked my firefox88 and it does
> >> >> NOT seem to have this blacklist entry in about:config.
> >> >>
> >> >> Also check/disable the hardware acceleration setting in firefox.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I tried setting webgl.force-enabled to true and got different output
> from about:support:
> >> >
> >> > WebGL creation failed:
> >> > * tryNativeGL
> >> > * Exhausted GL driver options.
> >> >
> >> > I've tried toggling hardware acceleration on/off but it doesn't seem
> to make a difference.
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Uli
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Eric Shell
> >> > PBSci Technical Staff
> >> > esh...@ucsc.edu
> >> > 831 459 4919
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Eric Shell
> > PBSci Technical Staff
> > esh...@ucsc.edu
> > 831 459 4919
>


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