Bug 6987 - GNOME (and other OpenGL) does not work when Nvidia drivers are installed
Summary: GNOME (and other OpenGL) does not work when Nvidia drivers are installed
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: MediumPrio
Assignee: Peter Åstrand
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Reported: 2017-06-08 16:22 CEST by Karl Mikaelsson
Modified: 2022-02-23 11:02 CET (History)
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Description Karl Mikaelsson cendio 2017-06-08 16:22:37 CEST 
This is an example from CentOS 7 with the default Gnome desktop, and the Nvidia drivers.

> Executing profile: gnome
> Using XDG session: gnome
> Executing XDG session command: gnome-session
> gnome-session-is-accelerated: No hardware 3D support.
> gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256
> gnome-session-is-accelerated: No hardware 3D support.
> gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256
>
> ** (process:5134): WARNING **: software acceleration check failed: Child process exited with code 1

We've also seen problems on SLES 12 with Nvidia and Gnome.
Comment 2 Pierre Ossman cendio 2017-06-13 13:00:22 CEST 
We can start by writing platform specific notes to inform customers of the problem and possible workarounds. E.g.:

 - Avoid using the Nvidia driver
 - Change desktop environment
 - Use VirtualGL

For the last point we can do some tests ourselves and ask customers for their experience running entire desktop environments through VirtualGL.
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