Simon, on 2019-06-02: > The following test setup: > (A) linux machine running ubuntu (Nvidia GPU) > (B) BBB running jessie > (C) BBB running stretch > > I connect from (A) -> (*) by ssh -X x@host > > When I connect from (A) to (B): > > export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1; glxinfo|head > name of display: localhost:10.0 > display: localhost:10 screen: 0 > direct rendering: No (LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT set) > server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation > server glx version string: 1.4 > server glx extensions: > > When I connect from (A) to (C): > > export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1; glxinfo|head > Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig > name of display: localhost:10.0
Good Day Simon, At first I was thinking that could have to do with remote GLX support of your X server, which requires to be explicitly enabled on Debian Stretch using Xorg option +iglx for instance. However, your setup and your symptoms do not match this situation. I vaguely recall having seen this "couldn't find RGB GLX visual" message a couple of times when working on hardware accelerated remote direct rendering though, but can't recall the exact situation. Here is an attempt to reproduce your issue, except that my setup is: (A) Amd running Sid (C) Eeepc running Stretch If I start X on (A) without "+iglx", then ssh -X to (C), I get: $ glxinfo | grep '^direct rendering:' direct rendering: Yes $ LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 glxinfo | grep '^direct rendering:' X Error of failed request: GLXBadContext Major opcode of failed request: 152 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 6 (X_GLXIsDirect) Serial number of failed request: 34 Current serial number in output stream: 33 $ glxdemo /* Redrawing the window is clunky. */ $ glxgears 50 frames in 5.1 seconds = 9.875 FPS If I start X on (A) with "+iglx", then ssh -X to (C), I get: $ glxinfo | grep '^direct rendering:' direct rendering: Yes $ LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 glxinfo | grep '^direct rendering:' direct rendering: No (LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT set) $ glxdemo /* Redrawing the window is clunky. */ $ LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 glxdemo /* Redrawing the window is smooth. */ $ glxgears 35 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6.953 FPS $ LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 glxgears /* Can't get performances output because my X server... * erm... * dies instantly of a segmentation violation. */ Anyway, error messages are not the same as yours, so there may be something else in play in your setup that might have been missed. For instance my architecture was different from yours, the X server is run on Debian instead of Ubuntu, the graphic card is an Amd instead of an Nvidia, etc. Perhaps someone else with a better knowledge of X internals might pop-up with better insights. Kind Regards, -- Étienne Mollier <etienne.moll...@mailoo.org> Off-topic, for the curious mind, the Xorg log says: Backtrace: 0: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (OsLookupColor+0x139) [0x55a034a102c9] 1: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (funlockfile+0x50) [0x7fa380c9b77f] 2: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (ResetCurrentRequest+0xb) [0x55a034a0f34b] 3: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (DRI2WaitSwap+0x56) [0x55a0349dc766] unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (?+0x0) [0x7fa3803e1a50] unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (?+0x0) [0x7fa3803da040] unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10] 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (?+0x0) [0x7fa3803d5ff0] 7: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (dri3_send_open_reply+0xe0a) [0x55a0349e112a] 8: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (_CallCallbacks+0x34) [0x55a0348b6c24] 9: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (CloseDownClient+0x5f) [0x55a0348b0d0f] 10: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (SendErrorToClient+0x39b) [0x55a0348b1a0b] 11: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (InitFonts+0x3b6) [0x55a0348b5956] 12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xeb) [0x7fa380aea09b] 13: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (_start+0x2a) [0x55a03489f67a] Segmentation fault at address 0x8 Not sure if I should open a bug about this; I'm running a kernel with a custom enough config to wonder if the issue came from the thing between the chair and the keyboard in the first place.