OpenGL ATI vs NVIDIA GLSL issues

Question

4 Separate Laptops, all running Ubuntu 11.04.

One with an ATI Card, running GLX 1.4, OpenGl 3.3, GLSL 3.3, runs as expected.

GLXINFO:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: ATI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGIS_multisample, 
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
OpenGL version string: 3.3.10665 Compatibility Profile Context
OpenGL shading language version string: 3.30

One with an Nvidia Card, running GLX 1.4, OpenGL 3.3, GLSL 3.3, shows no effects of the shader.

GLXINFO:

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_multisample, 
    GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_NV_float_buffer, 
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, 
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_NV_present_video, GLX_NV_copy_image, GLX_NV_multisample_coverage, 
    GLX_NV_video_capture, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_multisample, 
    GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: Quadro NVS 140M/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 280.13
OpenGL shading language version string: 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler

Another with an Nvidia Card, running GLX 1.4, OpenGL 4.1, GLSL 4.1 runs as expected, HOWEVER there is an identical laptop that displays the same symptoms as the above laptop with no effects.

GLXINFO: Working

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_multisample, 
    GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_NV_float_buffer, 
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, 
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_NV_present_video, GLX_NV_copy_image, GLX_NV_multisample_coverage, 
    GLX_NV_video_capture, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_multisample, 
    GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: NVS 4200M/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.10 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_blend_func_extended, GL_ARB_color_buffer_float, 
    GL_ARB_compatibility, GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float, 
    GL_ARB_depth_clamp, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, 
    GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend, GL_ARB_draw_indirect, 
    GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, GL_ARB_draw_instanced, 
    GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility, GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions, GL_ARB_fragment_program, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, 
    GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GL_ARB_geometry_shader4, GL_ARB_get_program_binary, GL_ARB_gpu_shader5, 
    GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64, GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_half_float_vertex, 
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_instanced_arrays, GL_ARB_map_buffer_range, 
    GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, 
    GL_ARB_occlusion_query2, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_provoking_vertex, 
    GL_ARB_robustness, GL_ARB_sample_shading, GL_ARB_sampler_objects, 
    GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map, GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects, 
    GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding, GL_ARB_shader_objects, 
    GL_ARB_shader_precision, GL_ARB_shader_subroutine, 
    GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shading_language_include, 
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_sync, GL_ARB_tessellation_shader, 
    GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc, GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_gather, 
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_multisample, 
    GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_query_lod, 
    GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_texture_rg, GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui, 
    GL_ARB_texture_swizzle, GL_ARB_timer_query, GL_ARB_transform_feedback2, 
    GL_ARB_transform_feedback3, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, 
    GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_array_object, GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev, GL_ARB_viewport_array, 
    GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_float, 
    GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, 
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_bindable_uniform, GL_EXT_blend_color, 
    GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, 
    GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_direct_state_access, 
    GL_EXT_draw_buffers2, GL_EXT_draw_instanced, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, 
    GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, 
    GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GL_EXT_geometry_shader4, 
    GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_gpu_shader4, 
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, 
    GL_EXT_packed_float, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_provoking_vertex, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, 
    GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store, 
    GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, 
    GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_array, GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1, GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc, 
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, 
    GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888, 
    GL_EXT_texture_integer, GL_EXT_texture_lod, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, 
    GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object, 
    GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, 
    GL_EXT_texture_swizzle, GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV, 
    GL_EXT_timer_query, GL_EXT_transform_feedback2, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra, GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit, 
    GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, 
    GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_alpha_test, GL_NV_blend_minmax, 
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_complex_primitives, GL_NV_conditional_render, 
    GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_copy_image, GL_NV_depth_buffer_float, 
    GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_explicit_multisample, 
    GL_NV_fbo_color_attachments, GL_NV_fence, GL_NV_float_buffer, 
    GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_fragdepth, GL_NV_fragment_program, 
    GL_NV_fragment_program_option, GL_NV_fragment_program2, 
    GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage, GL_NV_geometry_shader4, 
    GL_NV_gpu_program4, GL_NV_gpu_program4_1, GL_NV_gpu_program5, 
    GL_NV_gpu_program_fp64, GL_NV_gpu_shader5, GL_NV_half_float, 
    GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_multisample_coverage, 
    GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint, GL_NV_occlusion_query, 
    GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object, 
    GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_pixel_data_range, 
    GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_register_combiners, 
    GL_NV_register_combiners2, GL_NV_shader_buffer_load, 
    GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_barrier, 
    GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4, 
    GL_NV_texture_expand_normal, GL_NV_texture_lod_clamp, 
    GL_NV_texture_multisample, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_texture_shader, 
    GL_NV_texture_shader2, GL_NV_texture_shader3, GL_NV_transform_feedback, 
    GL_NV_transform_feedback2, GL_NV_vdpau_interop, GL_NV_vertex_array_range, 
    GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, GL_NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit, 
    GL_NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory, GL_NV_vertex_program, 
    GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_NV_vertex_program2, 
    GL_NV_vertex_program2_option, GL_NV_vertex_program3, 
    GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, GL_OES_depth24, 
    GL_OES_depth32, GL_OES_depth_texture, GL_OES_element_index_uint, 
    GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap, GL_OES_get_program_binary, GL_OES_mapbuffer, 
    GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil, GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8, 
    GL_OES_standard_derivatives, GL_OES_texture_3D, GL_OES_texture_float, 
    GL_OES_texture_float_linear, GL_OES_texture_half_float, 
    GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear, GL_OES_texture_npot, 
    GL_OES_vertex_array_object, GL_OES_vertex_half_float, 
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, 
    GL_SGIX_shadow, GL_SUN_slice_accum

GLXINFO: Not Working

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_multisample, 
    GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_NV_float_buffer, 
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, 
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_NV_present_video, GLX_NV_copy_image, GLX_NV_multisample_coverage, 
    GLX_NV_video_capture, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_create_context, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_multisample, 
    GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: NVS 4200M/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.10 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_blend_func_extended, GL_ARB_color_buffer_float, 
    GL_ARB_compatibility, GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float, 
    GL_ARB_depth_clamp, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, 
    GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend, GL_ARB_draw_indirect, 
    GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, GL_ARB_draw_instanced, 
    GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility, GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions, GL_ARB_fragment_program, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, 
    GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GL_ARB_geometry_shader4, GL_ARB_get_program_binary, GL_ARB_gpu_shader5, 
    GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64, GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_half_float_vertex, 
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_instanced_arrays, GL_ARB_map_buffer_range, 
    GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, 
    GL_ARB_occlusion_query2, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_provoking_vertex, 
    GL_ARB_robustness, GL_ARB_sample_shading, GL_ARB_sampler_objects, 
    GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map, GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects, 
    GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding, GL_ARB_shader_objects, 
    GL_ARB_shader_precision, GL_ARB_shader_subroutine, 
    GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shading_language_include, 
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_sync, GL_ARB_tessellation_shader, 
    GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc, GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_gather, 
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_multisample, 
    GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_query_lod, 
    GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_texture_rg, GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui, 
    GL_ARB_texture_swizzle, GL_ARB_timer_query, GL_ARB_transform_feedback2, 
    GL_ARB_transform_feedback3, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, 
    GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_array_object, GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev, GL_ARB_viewport_array, 
    GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_float, 
    GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, 
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_bindable_uniform, GL_EXT_blend_color, 
    GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, 
    GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_direct_state_access, 
    GL_EXT_draw_buffers2, GL_EXT_draw_instanced, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, 
    GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, 
    GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GL_EXT_geometry_shader4, 
    GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_gpu_shader4, 
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, 
    GL_EXT_packed_float, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_provoking_vertex, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, 
    GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store, 
    GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, 
    GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_array, GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1, GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc, 
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, 
    GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888, 
    GL_EXT_texture_integer, GL_EXT_texture_lod, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, 
    GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object, 
    GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, 
    GL_EXT_texture_swizzle, GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV, 
    GL_EXT_timer_query, GL_EXT_transform_feedback2, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra, GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit, 
    GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, 
    GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_alpha_test, GL_NV_blend_minmax, 
    GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_complex_primitives, GL_NV_conditional_render, 
    GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_copy_image, GL_NV_depth_buffer_float, 
    GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_explicit_multisample, 
    GL_NV_fbo_color_attachments, GL_NV_fence, GL_NV_float_buffer, 
    GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_fragdepth, GL_NV_fragment_program, 
    GL_NV_fragment_program_option, GL_NV_fragment_program2, 
    GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage, GL_NV_geometry_shader4, 
    GL_NV_gpu_program4, GL_NV_gpu_program4_1, GL_NV_gpu_program5, 
    GL_NV_gpu_program_fp64, GL_NV_gpu_shader5, GL_NV_half_float, 
    GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_multisample_coverage, 
    GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint, GL_NV_occlusion_query, 
    GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object, 
    GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2, GL_NV_pixel_data_range, 
    GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_register_combiners, 
    GL_NV_register_combiners2, GL_NV_shader_buffer_load, 
    GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_barrier, 
    GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4, 
    GL_NV_texture_expand_normal, GL_NV_texture_lod_clamp, 
    GL_NV_texture_multisample, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_texture_shader, 
    GL_NV_texture_shader2, GL_NV_texture_shader3, GL_NV_transform_feedback, 
    GL_NV_transform_feedback2, GL_NV_vdpau_interop, GL_NV_vertex_array_range, 
    GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, GL_NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit, 
    GL_NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory, GL_NV_vertex_program, 
    GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_NV_vertex_program2, 
    GL_NV_vertex_program2_option, GL_NV_vertex_program3, 
    GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, GL_OES_depth24, 
    GL_OES_depth32, GL_OES_depth_texture, GL_OES_element_index_uint, 
    GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap, GL_OES_get_program_binary, GL_OES_mapbuffer, 
    GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil, GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8, 
    GL_OES_standard_derivatives, GL_OES_texture_3D, GL_OES_texture_float, 
    GL_OES_texture_float_linear, GL_OES_texture_half_float, 
    GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear, GL_OES_texture_npot, 
    GL_OES_vertex_array_object, GL_OES_vertex_half_float, 
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, 
    GL_SGIX_shadow, GL_SUN_slice_accum

Briefly, what I'm trying to do is take images, find the parts that are blue enough to consider them oceans, and brighten those pixels because the oceans are too dark. The package I'm using(NASA WorldWind) is written in JAVA, using JOGL, so I'm using JOGL to use a custom fragment and vertex shader to create this effect.

There are a couple of strange things happening that I believe may be signs of what is is that is causing the lack of shading.

First, if the fragment shader is changed to just color all pixels red without reason, the working machines will display a red sphere. The machines that don't work, flash the red sphere for one draw, and then the map reverts back to the original images(the whole globe can be seen, and the oceans are dark).

Second, if a change is made to the java package such that the rendering loop doesn't call glUseProgram(0), the working machines render strangely, but still close, and the machines that are not working will have a translucent sphere that is whatever color I set GL_fragcolor to in the shader. This is made even more strange by the fact that it is ignoring the discared pixels and shading them this color anyways.

Third, most of the debugging information I've gotten from turning jogl debugging on is trash, but on the ATI machine I can see it retrieving a power-of-two texture quite often, while on the nvidia machine that doesn't have an identical pair, the power-of-two texture comes up once or twice at the beginning of runtime.

The shaders are receiving a uniform sampler2D from the JOGL code, and using it to create a texture2D that the color of the pixel is retrieved through.

Fragment Shader

uniform sampler2D tile_image;
uniform float brightness;
const vec3 coef = vec3(0.2125, 0.7154, 0.0721);
uniform float saturation;
uniform vec4 hueToAdjust;

vec4 shadeTile(vec4 tile_val);

//Fragment shader. Colors every coordinate that is mostly blue to a lighter blue.
void main (void)
{

   if (gl_TexCoord[0].s < 0 || gl_TexCoord[0].s > 1) discard;
   if (gl_TexCoord[0].t < 0 || gl_TexCoord[0].t > 1) discard;
   vec4 tile_val = texture2D(tile_image, gl_TexCoord[0].st);

   //this if statement catches the majority of the ocean areas
   if(tile_val.b >= (tile_val.g+tile_val.r))
   {
        tile_val = shadeTile(tile_val);
   }
   gl_FragColor = vec4 (tile_val.rgba);
}

vec4 shadeTile(vec4 tile_val)
{
//saturation
vec4 intensity = vec4(dot(tile_val.rgb,coef));  
tile_val = mix(intensity, tile_val, saturation);

//contrast
tile_val = brightness * (1.0 - saturation) + tile_val;

//hue adjust
tile_val.rgba *= hueToAdjust;

//brightness
tile_val.rgba *= brightness;


return tile_val;
}

Vertex Shader:

void main(void) 
{

    gl_TexCoord[0] = gl_TextureMatrix[0] * gl_MultiTexCoord0; 
    gl_TexCoord[1] = gl_TextureMatrix[0] * gl_MultiTexCoord1; 
    gl_Position = ftransform();
}

Render Loop:

Public void render(DrawContext dc)
{
    if (d_doRender)
    {
        GL gl = dc.getGL();
        if (d_glsl != null && d_glsl.isShaderSupported())
        {
            d_glsl.useShaders();
            d_glsl.startShader();
            gl.glUniform1i(d_glsl.getUniformLocation("tile_image"), 0);
            gl.glUniform1f(d_glsl.getUniformLocation("saturation"),
                           d_saturation);
            gl.glUniform4f(d_glsl.getUniformLocation("hueToAdjust"),
                           d_hueToAdjust[0], d_hueToAdjust[1],
                           d_hueToAdjust[2], d_hueToAdjust[3]);
            gl.glUniform1f(d_glsl.getUniformLocation("brightness"),
                           d_brightness);
        }
        super.render(dc);
        if (d_glsl != null && d_glsl.isShaderSupported())
        {
                d_glsl.endShader();
        }
    }
}

It is also of note that the program and shader infologs give no information on the machines that are not working, while on the ATI machine they say that the shaders were successfully compiled to run on this hardware.

Answer 1

Some GLSL implementations allow writing floats without fractional part like this:

   if (gl_TexCoord[0].s < 0 || gl_TexCoord[0].s > 1) discard;
   if (gl_TexCoord[0].t < 0 || gl_TexCoord[0].t > 1) discard;

However, writing floats with fractional part makes your shaders more portable and spec-compliant. Use it as:

   if (gl_TexCoord[0].s < 0.0 || gl_TexCoord[0].s > 1.0) discard;
   if (gl_TexCoord[0].t < 0.0 || gl_TexCoord[0].t > 1.0) discard;