[vtkusers] Help: OpenGL error - Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0"

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Wenjia Bai wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
> 
> I am a debian and vtk user. After I upgraded my debian sid system 
> yesterday, I found that my program written in vtk could not work. 
> However, it was OK before I upgraded my system.
> The prompt after running my program is as follows,
> Would anyone kindly give me any clue or solution? Thanks for your help.
> 
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> ERROR: In /usr/local/VTK/VTK-5.0.2/Rendering/vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, 
> line 219
> vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x8064558): Could not find a decent visual
> 
> ERROR: In /usr/local/VTK/VTK-5.0.2/Rendering/vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, 
> line 391
> vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x8064558): GLX not found. Aborting.


What does `glxinfo` returns ?

Thanks,
Mathieu