oh yes, update: the screen no longer goes black, but instead as Sergio pointed out, it freezes which I suppose might sound like progress, except that the system reboots itself after a few seconds and the problem still renders OpenGL useless.
oh yes, update: the screen no longer goes black, but instead as Sergio pointed out, it freezes which I suppose might sound like progress, except that the system reboots itself after a few seconds and the problem still renders OpenGL useless.