ongoing graphics problem in [feisty]

[Jim Smith]

Samuel Thurston, III wrote:
> Since shortly after i upgraded to feisty a few months ago, I have not
> been able to run any 3D applications.
>
> My chipset is intel 855gm, and whenever i try, from the console, to
> run any game or enable desktop effects (which used to work) i get the
> following error:
>
> symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libGL.so.1: undefined symbol: drmCloseOnce
>
> If i click on said application in the menu I get no error, just nothing happens.
>
> I could live with this for a while, but honestly now that feisty is
> "released" I am severely disappointed that this is not working.  I've
> not gotten any response to the few other messages I've posted about
> this; does anyone have a workaround?  Is this a known problem?  I
> don't even know how to tell what package /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 comes
> from so I could try to downgrade the package to one that worked.  am I
> the only person on the planet that is having this problem?
>
> I also have a /usr/lib/libgl.so.1.2 so I am wondering if I have a bad
> symlink somewhere. Please I am getting desparate here... I have to
> spend all my gaming time in WinXP and it's really not making me happy.
>
> Any help at all would be very much appreciated.
>
>   
I am having the same problem with my Intel 915 chipset. Try running the
7.04 liveCD. The liveCD 3d graphics work for me, just not off the HD
installed system.

YMMV

Jim