openGL probglem

[Matt Graham]

On 2014-01-06 10:59, Michael Havens wrote:
>   XBMC needs hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering.
>   Install an appropriate graphics driver.
> this suggests I uninstalled the driver because it WAS working. how
> did that happen? what should I install?

The error message above means that the appropriate X module and kernel 
module for your video card is either not installed or not configured 
properly.  What does "/sbin/lspci | grep VGA" tell you?  I get "00:02.0 
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE 
Chipset" on this old computer; old card but it can do some accelerated 
things with appropriate options.

The vast majority of Intel, ATi, and nVidia graphics cards should have 
hardware-accelerated 3D available in some form or another.  nVidia cards 
are a bit more difficult IME, but all are possible, and 3D on Intel 
cards should be supported out of the box on just about any distro.

It would also be useful to see your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

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