the following from the latest glx.h are obviously all wrong
and should provide the real size of the gl system
for instance GLX_RED_SIZE and GLX_GREEN_SIZE and GLX_BLUE_SIZE
should all be 8 and GLX_BUFFER_SIZE should be the sum of these 3 values.

/*
 * Tokens for glXChooseVisual and glXGetConfig:
 */
#define GLX_USE_GL		1
#define GLX_BUFFER_SIZE		2
#define GLX_LEVEL		3
#define GLX_RGBA		4
#define GLX_DOUBLEBUFFER	5
#define GLX_STEREO		6
#define GLX_AUX_BUFFERS		7
#define GLX_RED_SIZE		8
#define GLX_GREEN_SIZE		9
#define GLX_BLUE_SIZE		10
#define GLX_ALPHA_SIZE		11
#define GLX_DEPTH_SIZE		12
#define GLX_STENCIL_SIZE	13
#define GLX_ACCUM_RED_SIZE	14
#define GLX_ACCUM_GREEN_SIZE	15
#define GLX_ACCUM_BLUE_SIZE	16
#define GLX_ACCUM_ALPHA_SIZE	17