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Have latest Nvidia drivers on FF8 for Linux but WebGL not working

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I downloaded Firefox 8 for my Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit desktop, which has (according to about:support):

  • Adapter Description: NVIDIA Corporation -- GeForce 8800 GTS/PCI/SSE2
  • Driver Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09WebGL
  • Renderer: Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version NVIDIA 257.21 or newer.
  • GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1. Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version NVIDIA 257.21 or newer.

Those drivers are the latest straight from Nvidia's website. Yet if I go to any WebGL page, it tells me my browser doesn't support WebGL. What's wrong? OpenGL, Compiz effects, etc. all otherwise work. Thanks in advance for any help.

I downloaded Firefox 8 for my Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit desktop, which has (according to about:support): * Adapter Description: NVIDIA Corporation -- GeForce 8800 GTS/PCI/SSE2 * Driver Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09WebGL * Renderer: Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version NVIDIA 257.21 or newer. * GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1. Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version NVIDIA 257.21 or newer. Those drivers are the latest straight from Nvidia's website. Yet if I go to any WebGL page, it tells me my browser doesn't support WebGL. What's wrong? OpenGL, Compiz effects, etc. all otherwise work. Thanks in advance for any help.

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Try to reset all gfx.blacklist prefs.

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cor-el
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Try to reset all gfx.blacklist prefs.

yaaang
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Wow, that did it. Thanks. Why in the world was "NVIDIA 257.21" the default value? Ridiculous.

cor-el
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You're welcome

It may have been a remnant from the past when you still had an older driver.