diff --git a/libobs-opengl/gl-subsystem.c b/libobs-opengl/gl-subsystem.c
index 05afb7f7429b9657335a8ec78edd7db290161ad7..23a303ea4f352ee62280d1201018d13c33fea2ba 100644
--- a/libobs-opengl/gl-subsystem.c
+++ b/libobs-opengl/gl-subsystem.c
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ static void GLEW_TEMP_API gl_debug_proc(
 static void gl_enable_debug()
 {
 	 /* Perhaps we should create GLEW contexts? */
-
-	if (GLEW_ARB_debug_output)
+	if (GLEW_VERSION_4_3)
 		glDebugMessageCallback(gl_debug_proc, NULL);
+	if (GLEW_ARB_debug_output)
+		glDebugMessageCallbackARB(gl_debug_proc, NULL);
 	else {
 		blog(LOG_DEBUG, "Failed to set GL debug callback as it is "
 		                "not supported.");
diff --git a/libobs-opengl/gl-windows.c b/libobs-opengl/gl-windows.c
index cf04c62c1c707cc69ac75d2cc0386a87b0f6bc14..0937b57651d7df2d15d8dfff5742a46bc13a2399 100644
--- a/libobs-opengl/gl-windows.c
+++ b/libobs-opengl/gl-windows.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static inline void required_extension_error(const char *extension)
 
 static bool gl_init_extensions(device_t device)
 {
+	glewExperimental = true;
 	GLenum errorcode = glewInit();
 	if (errorcode != GLEW_OK) {
 		blog(LOG_ERROR, "glewInit failed, %u", errorcode);
diff --git a/libobs-opengl/gl-x11.c b/libobs-opengl/gl-x11.c
index d1eebd6c06b122c98856881dfda74eba42bd497e..046676acd776bc3827e980bb1e72bf5f568cd53b 100644
--- a/libobs-opengl/gl-x11.c
+++ b/libobs-opengl/gl-x11.c
@@ -26,19 +26,7 @@ static const GLenum ctx_attribs[] = {
 	None, 
 };
 
-static const char* __GLX_error_table[] = {
-	"Success",
-	"Bad Screen",
-	"Bad Attribute",
-	"No Extension",
-	"Bad Visual",
-	"Bad Content",
-	"Bad Value",
-	"Bad Enumeration"
-};
-
-#define GET_GLX_ERROR(x) \
-	__GLX_error_table[x]
+#define ERROR_TEXT_LEN 1024
 
 struct gl_windowinfo {
 	uint32_t id;
@@ -52,7 +40,11 @@ struct gl_platform {
 
 static int GLXErrorHandler(Display *disp, XErrorEvent *error)
 {
-	blog(LOG_ERROR, "GLX error: %s\n", GET_GLX_ERROR(error->error_code));
+	char error_buf[ERROR_TEXT_LEN];
+	
+	XGetErrorText(disp, error->error_code, error_buf, ERROR_TEXT_LEN);
+	blog(LOG_ERROR, "GLX error: %s\n", error_buf);
+	
 	return 0;
 }