How do I fix the glxinfo BadValue error on Ubuntu 18.04?

18.04 nvidia graphics xorg

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I had a similar problem on Ubuntu 20.04, but adding the user to the video group as suggested in the other answer did not help for me.

Instead, I needed to install the correct drivers using the method described here.

ubuntu-drivers devices to detect graphics card and recommended drivers
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall to install recommended drivers
sudo apt autoremove to remove redundant packages
reboot
glxgears worked for me.

Hope that helps.

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Cpp Hey

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Cpp Hey over 1 year
I am getting the following error but have no idea how to fix it.

Error
```
glxinfo
name of display: :0
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  152 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  24 (X_GLXCreateNewContext)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  96
  Current serial number in output stream:  97
```
Packages
```
i  libnvidia-gl-440 - NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
i  libnvidia-gl-440:i386 - NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
```
I have tried downgrading the drivers but did not work. Most solutions on the web involve putting a 32-bit driver, but I already have one. I have the same problem when I run glxgears too.
- guiverc almost 4 years
  
  Ubuntu 18.10 is EOL (end-of-life) thus off-topic on this site (refer askubuntu.com/help/on-topic), but that's also your problem. Being EOL, mirrors can drop the release, and the main archive moves to old-releases. Your tested & supported release-upgrade path is now also gone, as 18.10 upgraded to 19 04 which now too is EOL. Refer help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades fridge.ubuntu.com/2019/07/19/…
- Cpp Hey almost 4 years
  
  Its actually 18.04 per ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle
- Thomas Ward over 3 years
  
  Reviewers: Ubuntu 18.10 is End of Life. However, at the original time of posting, the OP referred to 18.10 and not 18.04. **Please do not flag comments on this post as "Not accurate" regarding guiverc's post about 18.10 being End of Life.