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Re: no opengl with intel HD2000 on jessie

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> baldyeti wrote:
>
>> I have noticed quite a few symlinks under /etc/alternatives
>> pointing to some nvidia files and directories
>> Ideally I'd like to fix this without purging the system from
>> working nvidia drivers (i may transfer my graphics card later)
>> How would one make the links under alternatives point to intel
>> (or mesa...) files instead of nvidia's and do i need to install
>> additional deb packages ?
>>
>>
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> as i often do, i have cloned a working partition onto a new system
>>> the source system has an nvidia adapter with its proprietary driver
>>> the target system has sandy-bridge HD2000, and apparently no opengl
>>> (glxinfo reports "extension GLX missing")
>>> can someone help diagnose and fix ?
>>>
>>> tx!
>>>
> deloptes wrote on 2016-10-05 09:25:
>
> AFAIR the GL support is added by the driver via alternatives. I don't recall
> how I fixed this few years ago on one PC with NVidia, but you can have a
> look into update-alternatives. I read the manuals some time ago to setup
> custom firefox installation and it looked like this.
>
> update-alternatives --install /etc/alternatives/firefox
> x-www-browser /opt/custom/firefox/firefox 300
> update-alternatives --set x-www-browser /opt/custom/firefox/firefox
>
> It could be more work though as you have more symlinks for NVidia for sure.
>
> I think the proper way would be to purge/remove the package with its
> configuration and setup again or new one properly.
>
>
Thank you for the hint. I am not sure that is all there is to it,
but "update-alternatives --set glx /usr/lib/mesa-diverted" seems to
have done the trick (glxinfo now works and kde uses some transparency)

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no opengl with intel HD2000 on jessie baldyeti <e_fax_t@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-04 23:30 +0200
  Re: no opengl with intel HD2000 on jessie baldyeti <e_fax_t@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-04 23:50 +0200
    Re: no opengl with intel HD2000 on jessie deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 09:30 +0200
      Re: no opengl with intel HD2000 on jessie baldyeti <e_fax_t@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-05 18:30 +0200

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