problem with opengl glx kubuntu

Hi, I installed a new version of chimera in kubuntu,and after a while, I started to get the following error when I click chimera: "Missing opengl windowing protocol (glx)" I am using kubuntu version: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux nvidia and nvidia-glx are updated and installed. Any help will be highly appreciated. Best, Fabian -- Fabian Glaser, PhD Bioinformatics Knowledge Unit, The Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 32000, ISRAEL Web: http://bku.technion.ac.il Email: fglaser@tx.technion.ac.il Tel: +972-(0)4-8293701 Cel: +972-(0)54-4772396

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Fabian Glaser wrote:
Hi,
I installed a new version of chimera in kubuntu,and after a while, I started to get the following error when I click chimera:
"Missing opengl windowing protocol (glx)"
I am using kubuntu version: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
nvidia and nvidia-glx are updated and installed.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Best,
Fabian
This is probably due to a missing OpenGL package. Make sure that the libgl1-mesa-dri and libgl1-mesa-glx packages are installed. There's a chance that you will then need to reinstall the nvidia packages. - Greg
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