32-bit graphics/GLX error

I'm running Debian stable (2.6.8-2-686 kernel) on a Lenovo 3000 C100 laptop, and my output from the SL client is almost identical to the above.

glxinfo says:

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.2
client glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color, 
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x22 24 tc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
0x23 24 tc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
0x24 24 tc  1 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
0x25 24 tc  1 24  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
$

I downloaded dri-i915_v1.1-20041218_i386.deb from the manufacturer website and ran dpkg -i on it, but that didn't seem to do anything.

What do I need to do to make the client run?

If you don't have an nvidia or an ATI graphics card, you are out of luck. If you do have one of these, you need to install the accelerated drivers.

SL requires nVidia or ATI?

I have just found out that some people have had some luck with intel gfx chipsets.. see:

/263/c3/129644/1.html

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Building

I have no experience with this though, so you are on your own here!

I'm not sure if dri and mesa-glx coming with most distros will work, or if you need to compile from source..

Jinsar Eponym has had some success, so you might see if (he?) could help?

If you do get it working, a step by step guide would help.

It doesn't strictly care, it's just that the Linux drivers for anything else usually suck so badly that SL doesn't really run reasonably on them. Some other card+driver combos do seem to strike it lucky though.

Okay. Thank you for your input, guys.