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[Steam Client] OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering with Steam Linux beta.

steamclosed NVIDIA driversreviewedSteam client
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#2929 · opened 2013-10-17 by ghost · updated 2013-11-03 · 13 comments · github
?ghost 2013-10-17 github

I wrote a thread on the Steam beta discussion forum regarding this issue, but seeing the lack of comments, I figured I would post it here as well just to be sure.

Since the last two beta update, I'm told that direct rendering is not enabled and I'm given the following url when starting Steam: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-7457 (Error: OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems.)

I tested a few games, FTL works, L4D2 does not, Mark of the Ninja does not.

If I opt-out of the Steam beta, everything works perfectly fine again. I've tried various things, including switching Nvidia drivers, exporting libraries path and what not to get the beta running but nothing worked. I followed the instructions given in the url and I dit not see anything wrong with my system. Beside, everything works fine if I'm not using the beta.

System Information:

Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
CPU Family: 0x15
CPU Model: 0x1
CPU Stepping: 0x2
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3310 Mhz
6 logical processors
6 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.8.0-31-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11303000
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2013-09-28

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  2.1.2 NVIDIA 313.30
OpenGL Version: 2.1
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0xe22
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1680 x 1050
Desktop Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Primary Display Size: 18.66" x 11.65"  (21.97" diag)
                                        47.4cm x 29.6cm  (55.8cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 0 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC887-VD

Memory:
RAM: 15967 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_CA.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 426176 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 6608 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

Output from glxinfo:

:~$ ldd /usr/bin/glxinfo
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xf7706000)
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib32/nvidia-313-updates/libGL.so.1 (0xf75d8000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0xf74a0000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xf72e8000)
libnvidia-tls.so.313.30 => /usr/lib32/nvidia-313-updates/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.313.30 (0xf72e0000)
libnvidia-glcore.so.313.30 => /usr/lib32/nvidia-313-updates/libnvidia-glcore.so.313.30 (0xf5598000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0xf5580000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0xf5578000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0xf5550000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf76e0000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0xf5508000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0xf5500000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xf54f8000)

:~$ glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2
GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_compute_program5, GL_NV_conditional_render,
GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_path_rendering,
GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info,

Jjohndrinkwater 2013-10-17 github

I recently got this message after an update to the beta, and it helpfully pointed out an error I had in my setup.

Would you run steam in a terminal and supply the output as a gist please. What I found was that the nvidia driver was complaining of a mismatched version (the driver had put in an extra /lib/modules/kernelversion-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia-version.ko file), but your issue may be different.

Jjohndrinkwater 2013-10-17 github

Extra information that could be handy, run these in a terminal and provide the output: sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia and sudo update-alternatives --get-selections | grep gl

TTele42 2013-10-17 github

@salamanderrake the OP reads:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)
?ghost 2013-10-18 github

I am running Kubuntu 13.04. The console output from Steam doesn't seem to say anything else than what's been said through the pop-up regarding OpenGL. Still, here is all the requested information:

Output from "sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia":

libkwinnvidiahack4 install
nvidia-310-updates deinstall
nvidia-313-updates install
nvidia-common install
nvidia-experimental-310 deinstall
nvidia-settings-310-updates deinstall
nvidia-settings-313-updates install
nvidia-settings-experimental-310 deinstall

Output from "sudo update-alternatives --get-selections | grep gl":

global-assembly-cache-tool auto /usr/bin/gacutil
i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf auto /usr/lib/nvidia-313-updates/alt_ld.so.conf
x86_64-linux-gnu_egl_conf auto /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa-egl/ld.so.conf
x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf auto /usr/lib/nvidia-313-updates/ld.so.conf

Output from starting Steam through a terminal:

Running Steam on ubuntu 13.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1382035714_client)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1382035714_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1382035714_client)
[1017/201223:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(958)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation
Error: OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems.

For more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-7457.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1382035714_client)
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(steam:4003): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "oxygen-gtk",

(steam:4003): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "oxygen-gtk",
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`menu_proxy_module_load': /home/user1/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam: undefined symbol: menu_proxy_module_load

(steam:4003): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: (null)

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migrating temporary roaming config store

** (steam:4003): WARNING **: replace_settings: error updating connection /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/3 settings: (1) type

** (steam:4003): WARNING **: replace_settings: error updating connection /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 settings: (1) type

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ExecCommandLine: "/home/user1/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam"
System startup time: 8.03 seconds
Running Steam on ubuntu 13.04 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME has been set by the user to: /home/user1/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime
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ExecCommandLine: "/home/user1/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam steam://open/driverhelperready"
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SSkiski 2013-10-18 github

I'vz got the same problem using Fedora 19 64bit since a few days. I've tried opting out of the beta and I still got the problem. I can also confirm that Mark of the ninja is not running anymore.

I've got the following error when I try to run Mark of the Ninja:

libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
Game removed: AppID 214560 "Mark of the Ninja", ProcID 13780

Here are some infos:

$ rpm -qa | grep nvidia
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-325.15-1.fc19.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.11.2-201.fc19.x86_64-325.15-1.fc19.1.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-325.15-1.fc19.1.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.11.3-201.fc19.x86_64-325.15-1.fc19.2.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64-325.15-1.fc19.3.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-325.15-1.fc19.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-325.15-1.fc19.x86_64

When I launch Steam, I get the following:

Couldn't find dpkg, please update steamdeps for your distribution.
Running Steam on fedora 19 64-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1381282832_client)
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1381282832_client)
unlinked 0 orphaned pipes

(steam:13659): Gtk-WARNING **: Impossible de trouver le moteur de thème dans module_path : « adwaita »

(steam:13659): Gtk-WARNING **: Impossible de trouver le moteur de thème dans module_path : « adwaita »
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:1137: error: unexpected identifier `direction', expected character `}'
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1381282832_client)
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 70: non-double matrix element
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 78: saw unknown, expected number
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-0-lohit-bengali.conf", line 32: unknown element "langset"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-gnu-free-sans.conf", line 24: unknown element "langset"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-gnu-free-serif.conf", line 24: unknown element "langset"
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libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
Error: OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems.

For more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-7457.
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System startup time: 5,69 seconds
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
Running Steam on fedora 19 64-bit
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ExecCommandLine: "/home/fedoski/.steam/root/ubuntu12_32/steam steam://open/driverhelperready"
ExecSteamURL: "steam://open/driverhelperready"
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(steam:13659): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.

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(steam:13659): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.

(steam:13659): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent.
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?ghost 2013-10-18 github

@Skiski,

What is your output when you execute:

ldd /usr/bin/glxinfo (It may be a different path on your system, I use Kubuntu)
glxinfo | grep render
SSkiski 2013-10-19 github

I've tried the Humble Bundle version of Mark of the Ninja. The 64bit version works fine but the 32bit version produces the same error:

$ ./ninja-bin32 
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
X Error of failed request:  GLXUnsupportedPrivateRequest
  Major opcode of failed request:  152 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  16 (X_GLXVendorPrivate)
  Serial number of failed request:  34
  Current serial number in output stream:  35

So I wonder if it's not a bug in the i386 version of the nvidia library.

Edit:
I've installed glxinfo32 and I got the same problem:

$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo32 | grep renderlibGL: screen 0 does not appear to be DRI2 capable
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/tls/swrast_dri.so
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so
libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/fedoski/.drirc: No such file or directory.
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

So it seems to be a problem with the 32bit versions of the nvidia drivers.

And for the additional informations:

$ ldd /usr/bin/glxinfo64
    linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fffefe3c000)
    libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/nvidia/libGL.so.1 (0x0000003c2ac00000)
    libX11.so.6 => /lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x0000003c02200000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000003bfea00000)
    libnvidia-tls.so.325.15 => /usr/lib64/nvidia/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.325.15 (0x0000003c2b000000)
    libnvidia-glcore.so.325.15 => /usr/lib64/nvidia/libnvidia-glcore.so.325.15 (0x0000003c40c00000)
    libXext.so.6 => /lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x0000003c03600000)
    libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x0000003bfee00000)
    libxcb.so.1 => /lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x0000003c02600000)
    /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003bfe600000)
    libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x0000003bff600000)
    libXau.so.6 => /lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x0000003c02a00000)

$ ldd /usr/bin/glxinfo32
    linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf775c000)
    libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0xf76e3000)
    libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4ea03000)
    libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x4e53d000)
    libglapi.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglapi.so.0 (0x4f200000)
    libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4eb3f000)
    libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0x4eb99000)
    libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x4e9bd000)
    libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x4e8e0000)
    libxcb-glx.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-glx.so.0 (0xf76c9000)
    libxcb-dri2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-dri2.so.0 (0x4f2b1000)
    libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x4e7cd000)
    libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0xf76c2000)
    libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdrm.so.2 (0x4f28d000)
    libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x4e705000)
    libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x4e74a000)
    libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4e6fe000)
    libselinux.so.1 => /usr/lib/libselinux.so.1 (0x4ff8a000)
    /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4e51a000)
    libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x4e7f1000)
    libpcre.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1 (0x4ffaf000)

$ glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, 
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_compute_program5, GL_NV_conditional_render, 
    GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_path_rendering, 
    GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, 
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_compute_program5, GL_NV_conditional_render, 
    GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_path_rendering,
?ghost 2013-10-19 github

I tried Mark of the Ninja from Humble Bundle, both 32 bit and 64 bit version starts without problems. We may have a different issue here. Opting out of the Steam beta still fixes everything for me.

SSkiski 2013-10-21 github

I've search a little more and my problem seems to come from my $LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

For the moment mine is:

$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/home/fedoski/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu/

And if I try:

$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/home/fedoski/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/lib/i386-linux-gnu/ glxinfo32 | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, 
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_compute_program5, GL_NV_conditional_render, 
    GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_path_rendering, 
    GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, 
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_compute_program5, GL_NV_conditional_render, 
    GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_path_rendering,

The problem seems to come from /usr/lib.

Launching steam with "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH='' steam" seems to solve the problem, even with steam beta.

Can someone give me its $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, just to check ?

Thanks.

TTheSentry 2013-10-25 github

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.3 and I've got the same problem.

Opting out of the Beta solved the problem. Do you need more information on my system, if it helps?

?ghost 2013-11-02 github

Here are two relevant thread that helped me fix this problem on my system:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/5/828939163894026239/?l=english#p1
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/810938082694091222/?tscn=1383404856

The short answer is this:

sudo rm /usr/lib/libGL.so.304.84
sudo rm /usr/lib32/libGL.so.304.84

sudo ln -s -T /usr/lib32/nvidia-331/libGL.so.331.17 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.331.17
sudo ln -s -T /usr/lib32/libGL.so.331.17 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1

sudo ln -s -T /usr/lib/nvidia-331/libGL.so.331.17 /usr/lib/libGL.so.331.17
sudo ln -s -T /usr/lib/libGL.so.331.17 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1

The code needs to be modified with the proper Nvidia version folder. Basically, make sure that libGL.so.1 is pointing to the right driver.

In my case, this is what it looks like with Steam beta working:

ls -la /usr/lib/libGL*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 656 May 11 00:47 /usr/lib/libGL.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 May 11 00:47 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  43 Nov  2 13:13 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> /usr/lib/nvidia-313-updates/libGL.so.313.30

ls -la /usr/lib32/libGL*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 11 00:47 /usr/lib32/libGL.so -> libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Nov  2 13:11 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1 -> /usr/lib32/libGL.so.313.30
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Nov  2 13:06 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.313.30 -> /usr/lib32/nvidia-313-updates/libGL.so.313.30

That's it. The Steam beta client loads without any error about OpenGL, Mark of the Ninja and L4D2 work again for me.

Jjohndrinkwater 2013-11-03 github

nVidia driver update doesn’t correctly clean up older drivers, read above comment to repair your install.
[closing as fixed for you, we cant/dont track external issues]

TTheSentry 2013-11-03 github

I'm pretty sure I did all of the above and it didn't fix the problem until I switched back to the regular client. But i will try tomorrow to confirm this.

Nothing extracted yet.