Broken symlink in GL packages after installation of mesa packages.

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Issue

  • After install of the various GL packages(mesa), the lib64 version libGL has a broken symlink:

    lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root   14 Dec 11 18:00 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2.0
    lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root   15 Dec 10 18:34 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.352.63
    
    # ls -lh libGL.so.1.2.0
    ls: cannot access libGL.so.1.2.0: No such file or directory
    
  • Getting liibGL error messages when trying to execute via an ssh tunnel.

    # glxgears
    libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
    libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
    X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) <-----------------
      Major opcode of failed request:  153 (GLX)
      Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
      Value in failed request:  0x0
      Serial number of failed request:  35
      Current serial number in output stream:  37
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Nvidia Proprietary driver

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