[zuzoa]

I've installed version 10.0 of XBMC from source code on my Slackware 13.0 64-bit linux box, kernel version 2.6.29.6.

I have an Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT, which has shader models 4.0, DX10 support, etc. I've downloaded the very latest 64-bit linux drivers from Nvidia (260.19.36) and manually installed them today, selected 'yes' to install the 32-bit compatibility drivers as well, and verified that the driver in use in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is 'nvidia', not 'nv' or 'vga'. I've rebooted my computer entirely since then, however, I'm still getting the following error when I try to run xbmc:

XBMC needs hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering. Install an appropriate graphics driver.

No logfile was created in ~/.XBMC/temp, there are no errors in the terminal from which I executed the command.

How can I resolve this error?

[zuzoa]

I found the solution to my problem here. In the version of mesa-utils that comes with Slackware 13.0, glxinfo is a symlink to glinfo. Therefore, the command "glxinfo|grep direct" provides nothing. I can only guess as the poster in the link mentioned, that the xbmc binary runs this command and gives me the error I'm getting.

I solved my issue and got xbmc to start simply by copying over the /usr/bin/glxinfo from a Slackware 12.1 install I have handy. You could also install a different version of mesa-utils, which includes the glxinfo, but I was having trouble compiling that as well, so I'll stick with my method

Good luck, all.