Nvidia 32bit driver issue when starting steam

Question

When ever I start steam I get this error.
OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems.
For more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art … -EYZB-7457.
I decided to run it from terminal to see what was happening when it was starting and I got this.
libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
This lead me to looking through loads of forums and it seems to be that swrast is some kind of fallback driver, so I installing every 32bit library for my graphics card(Nvidia gtx 970) and the error still perists.
then looked at some more forums and they and the post i found said it was a path issue and that i need to add the path to a config file in this folder /etc/ld.so.conf.d the config file taked about in the post wasnt there but there was a config file which i checked and it had the correct path.
Also when i use the glxinfo command I get:
glxinfo
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
But when i use the 32bit version I get:
glxinfo32
name of display: :0
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
Need any more information just ask.
Edit: decided to give up and reinstall.
Last edited by Duck-tective (2014-12-29 13:25:05)

Answer 1

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