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When I load a WebGL website on Firefox 5 in my Ubuntu 11.04 system, I get a grey screen and a warning on the terminal like this:

[GLX] your GL driver is currently blocked. If you would like to bypass this, define the MOZ_GLX_IGNORE_BLACKLIST environment variable.

Acceleration works fine on Google Chrome. How can I enable back acceleration for Firefox?

719016
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  • Not all Nvidia cards support hardware acceleration, perhaps this is why you get the warning. How many Nvidia driver do you have installed and what are they? – mikewhatever Jul 17 '11 at 21:16

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I don't know why the driver is on the blacklist, but you can do what's suggested: try running MOZ_GLX_IGNORE_BLACKLIST=1 firefox.

If this works, you can modify the .desktop file /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop and change the line

Exec=firefox %u`

to 

Exec=env MOZ_GLX_IGNORE_BLACKLIST=1 firefox %u
htorque
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Have you installed the proprietary drivers or are you using the default ones that come with Ubuntu. Nouveau for what I know does not support the requirements for WebGL... yet. But if you install for the time being the nvidia Proprietary ones you will get full support. If i may ask, what video card are you using. You only need one that support OpenGL ES 2.0. Test here: http://doesmybrowsersupportwebgl.com/ to see what support you have and if you can install the proprietary ones if not yet installed.

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  • i've got the nvidia proprietary drivers installed. google-chrome on the website shows a YAY, Firefox shows a NAY – 719016 Jul 17 '11 at 16:05
  • Are you SURE you have Firefox 5. Go to Help -> About in Firefox because right now am writing this on Firefox 5.0. Make sure is not some Beta/Alpha/Omega something. It should say only 5.0 in the version number. – Luis Alvarado Jul 17 '11 at 17:58