OpenGL applications fail for remote RHEL6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • An OpenGL application fails to run correctly when using RHEL6 remotely:
# ssh -Y rhel6
[user@rhel6 ~]% glxinfo
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
name of display: localhost:13.0
  • When displaying from a RHEL6 host to a Citrix XenApp for UNIX display (on Solaris 10):
LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 glxinfo
name of display: citrix-server:170.0
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6)
  • GUI application using OpenGL (Open Graphics Library)

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