How to fix "OpenGL GLX extension not supported by display" error?

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Hi,
I use Linux Mint 19.3 xfce edition. I have an old laptop with Nvidia GeForce 330m gpu. I have just installed proprietary Nvidia driver using driver manager. And Steam suddenly displays error shown in caption when I attemp to start it.
Anyone knows how do I solve thsi problem?
thx

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You can do a lot with a blinking cursor... :)

Yeah, watching it is truly fun for the whole family :D

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Ok the easiest thing to do with hybrid graphics I've found is to use Manjaro. So the steps:

1. Install Manjaro obviously (select non-free drivers before booting into the Live Environment - really important).
2. Enable AUR.
3. Download Optimus Manager and Optimus Manager QT.
4. If you installed KDE use this[github.com] guide (do NOT install from there just read the guide).
5. Use the Optimus Manager QT utility (launch it for the start menu first time) to enable the Optimus manager and set the NVidia GPU as the startup GPU.

You're good to go. You can switch between GPUs now with a GUI. Note that when switching GPUs you will log out and back in again (or for Steam games you can just enable "NVIDIA Prime render offload", you can actually do that since the beginning after installing Manjaro with the non-free drivers).

If you need any other help with Manjaro just hit me up. :D

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Escrito originalmente por QushAes:

Ok the easiest thing to do with hybrid graphics I've found is to use Manjaro. So the steps:

1. Install Manjaro obviously (select non-free drivers before booting into the Live Environment - really important).
2. Enable AUR.
3. Download Optimus Manager and Optimus Manager QT.
4. If you installed KDE use this[github.com] guide (do NOT install from there just read the guide).
5. Use the Optimus Manager QT utility (launch it for the start menu first time) to enable the Optimus manager and set the NVidia GPU as the startup GPU.

You're good to go. You can switch between GPUs now with a GUI. Note that when switching GPUs you will log out and back in again (or for Steam games you can just enable "NVIDIA Prime render offload", you can actually do that since the beginning after installing Manjaro with the non-free drivers).

If you need any other help with Manjaro just hit me up. :D

Hmmm... that sounds cool. I'll try that, hopefully that will finally work. I wasn't able to get this fully to work on any distro yet. Thanks a lot for help!
I'll maybe post here if anything goes wrong. :D

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Escrito originalmente por QushAes:

Ok the easiest thing to do with hybrid graphics I've found is to use Manjaro. So the steps:

1. Install Manjaro obviously (select non-free drivers before booting into the Live Environment - really important).
2. Enable AUR.
3. Download Optimus Manager and Optimus Manager QT.
4. If you installed KDE use this[github.com] guide (do NOT install from there just read the guide).
5. Use the Optimus Manager QT utility (launch it for the start menu first time) to enable the Optimus manager and set the NVidia GPU as the startup GPU.

You're good to go. You can switch between GPUs now with a GUI. Note that when switching GPUs you will log out and back in again (or for Steam games you can just enable "NVIDIA Prime render offload", you can actually do that since the beginning after installing Manjaro with the non-free drivers).

If you need any other help with Manjaro just hit me up. :D

Hmmm... that sounds cool. I'll try that, hopefully that will finally work. I wasn't able to get this fully to work on any distro yet. Thanks a lot for help!
I'll maybe post here if anything goes wrong. :D

Manjaro is the best distro for noobs. Remember after enabling the AUR every Linux program (and I mean EVERY) is at your disposal. Just remember to install Timeshift and create backups and check the forums before updating cause it's a rolling release distro. :D

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Hmmm... that sounds cool. I'll try that, hopefully that will finally work. I wasn't able to get this fully to work on any distro yet. Thanks a lot for help!
I'll maybe post here if anything goes wrong. :D

Manjaro is the best distro for noobs. Remember after enabling the AUR every Linux program (and I mean EVERY) is at your disposal. Just remember to install Timeshift and create backups and check the forums before updating cause it's a rolling release distro. :D

Huh, I tried a lot of distros, but from not Manjaro for some reason. I am installing it now and it looks pretty ok so far.

Yeah, although I don't use Linux for that long I consider Timeshift a must-have..saves a lot of time if something goes wrong. Hopefully I won't have any reason to use it this time. :D

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Manjaro is the best distro for noobs. Remember after enabling the AUR every Linux program (and I mean EVERY) is at your disposal. Just remember to install Timeshift and create backups and check the forums before updating cause it's a rolling release distro. :D

Huh, I tried a lot of distros, but from not Manjaro for some reason. I am installing it now and it looks pretty ok so far.

Yeah, although I don't use Linux for that long I consider Timeshift a must-have..saves a lot of time if something goes wrong. Hopefully I won't have any reason to use it this time. :D

Yeah Manjaro is the best, just do what I told you and let me know how it goes :D

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Yeah Manjaro is the best, just do what I told you and let me know how it goes :D

So...I did everything as you said. But Optimus manager wasn't able to switch to the nvidia gpu. There was some kind of error, but I got around that with the help of internet and then set the optimus manager to set the gpu to nvidia one on boot. Aaaaand well, I got to same result as with all the distros. Black screen upon boot.

Do you have any idea how to get it to work?
bwt I see that you had some problems with this as well :D
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/optimus-manager-gives-black-screen-on-manjaro-kde-1-8-4/115488

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Yeah Manjaro is the best, just do what I told you and let me know how it goes :D

So...I did everything as you said. But Optimus manager wasn't able to switch to the nvidia gpu. There was some kind of error, but I got around that with the help of internet and then set the optimus manager to set the gpu to nvidia one on boot. Aaaaand well, I got to same result as with all the distros. Black screen upon boot.

Do you have any idea how to get it to work?
bwt I see that you had some problems with this as well :D
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/optimus-manager-gives-black-screen-on-manjaro-kde-1-8-4/115488

Are you on KDE? If so you need to follow the guide I sent you on the previous post. So the exact steps:

1. When the black screen comes up hit Ctrl+Alt+F3 to go a to a TTY and login.
2. Pu in the following commands:

 
sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager 

sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf
(Put a # before the line starting with DisplayCommand and the one starting with DisplayStopCommand)

sudo systemctl enable optimus-manager

sudo reboot

It should work this way. After you login just use Optimus Manager QT to enable the Nvidia GPU on startup if it is not already enabled.

if you get a black screen again and want to login just got to a TTY again follow the reverse procedure:

sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf
(Remove the # before the line starting with DisplayCommand and the one starting with DisplayStopCommand)

sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager

sudo reboot

I think you didn't modify the

/etc/sddm.conf

file that's why you're getting a black screen.

IMPORTANT: These steps work on KDE only. If you have something else please let me know. :D

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Escrito originalmente por QushAes:

Escrito originalmente por Tricam:

So...I did everything as you said. But Optimus manager wasn't able to switch to the nvidia gpu. There was some kind of error, but I got around that with the help of internet and then set the optimus manager to set the gpu to nvidia one on boot. Aaaaand well, I got to same result as with all the distros. Black screen upon boot.

Do you have any idea how to get it to work?
bwt I see that you had some problems with this as well :D
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/optimus-manager-gives-black-screen-on-manjaro-kde-1-8-4/115488

Are you on KDE? If so you need to follow the guide I sent you on the previous post. So the exact steps:

1. When the black screen comes up hit Ctrl+Alt+F3 to go a to a TTY and login.
2. Pu in the following commands:

 
sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager 

sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf
(Put a # before the line starting with DisplayCommand and the one starting with DisplayStopCommand)

sudo systemctl enable optimus-manager

sudo reboot

It should work this way. After you login just use Optimus Manager QT to enable the Nvidia GPU on startup if it is not already enabled.

if you get a black screen again and want to login just got to a TTY again follow the reverse procedure:

sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf
(Remove the # before the line starting with DisplayCommand and the one starting with DisplayStopCommand)

sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager

sudo reboot

I think you didn't modify the

/etc/sddm.conf

file that's why you're getting a black screen.

IMPORTANT: These steps work on KDE only. If you have something else please let me know. :D

I don't have the KDE but Xfce version.

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Escrito originalmente por Tricam:

Escrito originalmente por QushAes:

Are you on KDE? If so you need to follow the guide I sent you on the previous post. So the exact steps:

1. When the black screen comes up hit Ctrl+Alt+F3 to go a to a TTY and login.
2. Pu in the following commands:

 
sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager 

sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf
(Put a # before the line starting with DisplayCommand and the one starting with DisplayStopCommand)

sudo systemctl enable optimus-manager

sudo reboot

It should work this way. After you login just use Optimus Manager QT to enable the Nvidia GPU on startup if it is not already enabled.

if you get a black screen again and want to login just got to a TTY again follow the reverse procedure:

sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf
(Remove the # before the line starting with DisplayCommand and the one starting with DisplayStopCommand)

sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager

sudo reboot

I think you didn't modify the

/etc/sddm.conf

file that's why you're getting a black screen.

IMPORTANT: These steps work on KDE only. If you have something else please let me know. :D

I don't have the KDE but Xfce version.

Ok were you able to get back in with the commands I provided? Just disable the Optimus Manager service, meaning run:

sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager 

sudo reboot

You should be able to log in after that. If it's just for games that you want the NVidia GPU enabled,I'll tell you how to do that via Lutris without messing with anything else.
So after you login, install Lutris and go to the top right,there should be a "three lines" button press it and select "Preferences", go to system Options and enable the NVidia Prime Render Offload.
Now any game you launch via Lutris should use the dedicated GPU. That is if you selected non-free drivers when installing the OS. Otherwise you will need to go to Manjaro Settings and install the Nvidia drivers for your machine from there.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance. The steps I provided above for KDE indeed work just fine on my Dell laptop with Intel and NVidia combo, so something else is going on. Do you remember what error you got when trying to switch GPUs?

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Escrito originalmente por Tricam:

I don't have the KDE but Xfce version.

Ok were you able to get back in with the commands I provided? Just disable the Optimus Manager service, meaning run:

sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager 

sudo reboot

You should be able to log in after that. If it's just for games that you want the NVidia GPU enabled,I'll tell you how to do that via Lutris without messing with anything else.
So after you login, install Lutris and go to the top right,there should be a "three lines" button press it and select "Preferences", go to system Options and enable the NVidia Prime Render Offload.
Now any game you launch via Lutris should use the dedicated GPU. That is if you selected non-free drivers when installing the OS. Otherwise you will need to go to Manjaro Settings and install the Nvidia drivers for your machine from there.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance. The steps I provided above for KDE indeed work just fine on my Dell laptop with Intel and NVidia combo, so something else is going on. Do you remember what error you got when trying to switch GPUs?

Yeah, I need it just for gaming.
I tried the lutris thing now and well...IT WORKS!
finally can launch stuff properly with the dedicated gpu :D

I am really thankful, cause I wasn't able to get this to work for quite some time now.

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Escrito originalmente por Tricam:

Escrito originalmente por QushAes:

Ok were you able to get back in with the commands I provided? Just disable the Optimus Manager service, meaning run:

sudo systemctl disable optimus-manager 

sudo reboot

You should be able to log in after that. If it's just for games that you want the NVidia GPU enabled,I'll tell you how to do that via Lutris without messing with anything else.
So after you login, install Lutris and go to the top right,there should be a "three lines" button press it and select "Preferences", go to system Options and enable the NVidia Prime Render Offload.
Now any game you launch via Lutris should use the dedicated GPU. That is if you selected non-free drivers when installing the OS. Otherwise you will need to go to Manjaro Settings and install the Nvidia drivers for your machine from there.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance. The steps I provided above for KDE indeed work just fine on my Dell laptop with Intel and NVidia combo, so something else is going on. Do you remember what error you got when trying to switch GPUs?

Yeah, I need it just for gaming.
I tried the lutris thing now and well...IT WORKS!
finally can launch stuff properly with the dedicated gpu :D

I am really thankful, cause I wasn't able to get this to work for quite some time now.

NICE! :D

That's awesome! :D Hope you have an amazing time gaming then! :D