Posted by Wade Walker on Mar 07, 2011; 4:09pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Textures-program-works-on-one-machine-but-not-on-another-tp2566528p2646691.html

Check out http://forum.jogamp.org/Texture-Issue-Again-td2646111.html#a2646679 -- it looks like Haroogan has a similar problem with a similar card.

Can you try running etc/test.sh on your Mac to see if you see the extension? This would at least confirm that it's visible to JOGL.