Can't start Boxee

[LeovomRummelplatz]

Hi,
when I try to start Boxee (Ubuntu Hardy Heron) I get the following error:

/opt/boxee/Boxee: symbol lookup error: /opt/boxee/Boxee: undefined symbol: glXGetProcAddress

Any idea how to fix it?

[marcel]

check this thread out http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=345

[LeovomRummelplatz]

I've already checked that thread but it didn't help.

[marcel]

send me more info on your Hardware?
# glxinfo | grep -i direct what result did you get?

[LeovomRummelplatz]

glxinfo | grep -i direct
direct rendering: Yes

my video card is a ASUS V6800 Deluxe (Geforce 256 DDR) so I have to use the legacy driver

I know that this is not the newest card

[marcel]

sorry i believe this card is too old to work ..is not supported. our minimal requirements include an opengl 1.4 compatible card..

[hjeffrey]

It is likely that your video card will work just fine. The issue is really that the nvidia driver does not have glXGetProcAddress, rather it is replaced by glXGetProcAddressARB. The problem is explained very well here http://anirudhs.chaosnet.org/blog/2005.11.05.html

A work around that involves writing a simple wrapper function compiled as a library will fix this problem. This work around is explained very well by this post on the xbmc forum http://xbmc.org/forum/showpost.php?p=248010&postcount=55. I hope that helps.