>> I can now start X via the
>> nouveau driver.  The only problem I see in Xorg.0.log is:
>>
>> (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so failed
>> (/usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No
>> such file or directory)
>> (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
>
> According to the freedesktop.org documentation, AIGLX has to do with
> 3D acceleration and is still under development, not supported for use
> by the general public.  They recommend for users of 2D acceleration
> to put this in xorg.conf to get rid of the error message:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>    Option         "AIGLX"        "false"   <--------
>
> If you want to try 3D accel at your own risk, they say, you need to run
> their latest development libraries from git.  I don't do that, so I don't
> know if the gentoo packages include that stuff.  Maybe someone else knows?

Thanks Walt.  I don't need 3D so if that's what the error refers to I
won't worry about it.  The system is running great on Nouveau now.

- Grant

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