Problem enabling OpenGL with nvidia driver

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Issue

  • Problem enabling OpenGL in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with the proprietary NVIDIA driver.

  • The glxgears command shows the error:

    Error:glz create Context failed
    
  • System suddenly gets logged out while running applications such as glxgears or firefox.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Vendor provided NVIDIA driver

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