Try the pre-release build, which has full support for compiz (note: you may 
have to run it with 'vglrun +wm'.)  Interested to hear your feedback on it, 
since it's still in the experimental phase.

On Aug 17, 2013, at 9:12 PM, "Bob B." <b...@halebob.net> wrote:

> Thank you.  Switching to proprietary drivers did the trick.  I also 
> upgraded to a much more recent graphics card (nvidia).
> 
> What I'm really trying to do is use the graphics card for local gnome 3 
> compositing for remote desktop sessions with VNC.  I'm now running into 
> a problem with GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, which appears to be a known 
> issue.  Are there any plans for VirtualGL to support 
> GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap?
> 
> [VGL]   glXCreatePbuffer (dpy=0x09065280(:0) config=0x0000010d(0x10d) 
> attrib_list=[0x8041=0x0001 0x8040=0x0001 0x801b=0x0001 ] pb=0x01c00002 ) 
> 33.141068 ms
> [VGL] glXMakeCurrent (dpy=0x09072348(:20) drawable=0x00000000 
> ctx=0x00000000 config=0x00000000(0x00) drawable=0x00000000 renderer=NULL 
> ) 0.230930 ms
> [VGL] glXDestroyContext (dpy=0x09072348(:20) ctx=0x090a35e8 ) 0.467062 ms
> [VGL] XDestroyWindow (dpy=0x09072348(:20) win=0x00a00002
> [VGL]   glXDestroyPbuffer (dpy=0x09065280(:0) pbuf=0x01c00002 ) 0.483990 ms
> [VGL] ) 1.422030 ms
> gnome-session-is-accelerated: No GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap support.
> [VGL] XCloseDisplay (dpy=0x09072348(:20) ) 0.294950 ms
> gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256
> 
> 
> Thanks so much for your time.
> 
> 
> On 8/17/2013 12:03 AM, DRC wrote:
>> Install the proprietary Catalyst (fglrx) drivers from ATI/AMD.  We don't
>> currently support Mesa.  There generally isn't much impetus to do so,
>> because if you're using software rendering, you might as well use Mesa
>> directly-- either through the built-in version that TigerVNC supplies
>> via its GLX extension, or by using Mesa in-process
>> (http://www.virtualgl.org/Documentation/Mesa).
>> 
>> There are certain scenarios under which using Mesa with a DRI back end
>> might be marginally beneficial-- for instance, using Intel's DRI driver
>> can improve performance on Intel GPUs by 10x over software rendering,
>> but a 10x improvement still puts them at a 10x deficit relative to even
>> a 3-year-old low-end nVidia or ATI workstation-class GPU (~3 million
>> polys/sec for software, ~30 million for Intel, ~400 million for a Quadro
>> 600.)  You can get a Quadro 600 or FirePro V4900 for less than $200, so
>> it's not as if the barrier to entry is particular high.
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/16/13 10:33 PM, Bob B. wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I get the following error when trying to run glxgears through virtualgl
>>> to tigervnc xserver.  Anyone know why?  I have followed the instructions
>>> in the VirtualGL user guide for installing and configuring VirtualGL
>>> server.
>>> 
>>> I can't undertstand why the VGL is trying to load the sw rendering
>>> driver after it has successfully loaded the radeon driver.  I also can't
>>> understand why the glxgears application is trying to query the Xproxy
>>> (:20) for DRI2 and Xfree86-DRI extensions.  That doesn't make sense to me.
>>> 
>>> Test platform:
>>> Fedora 19 on x86 PC
>>> Radeon X300 Video Card
>>> My 2D Xserver (X proxy) is tigervnc (:20). version 1.3.0-3.fc19.i686
>>> Mesa: 9.2-0.14.20130723.fc19.i686
>>> VirtualGL: 2.3.2-5.fc19.i686
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [bob@sherpa ~]$ vglrun +v +tr -- glxgears
>>> [VGL] Shared memory segment ID for vglconfig: 491522
>>> [VGL] XOpenDisplay (name=NULL [VGL] VirtualGL v2.3.2 32-bit (Build
>>> 20130506)
>>> [VGL] Opening local display :0
>>> 
>>> [VGL]   XQueryExtension (dpy=0x09789610(:20) name=XKEYBOARD
>>> *major_opcode=136 *first_event=88 *first_error=137 ) 0.123033 ms
>>> [VGL] dpy=0x09789610(:20) ) 4.379883 ms
>>> [VGL] glXChooseVisual (dpy=0x09789610(:20) screen=0 attrib_list=[0x0004
>>> 0x0005 0x0008=0x0001 0x0009=0x0001 0x000a=0x0001 0x000c=0x0001 ] [VGL]
>>> dlopen (filename=libGL.so.1 flag=258[VGL] NOTICE: Replacing
>>> dlopen("libGL.so.1") with dlopen("librrfaker.so")
>>>   retval=0xb77816d8)
>>> libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/tls/r300_dri.so
>>> [VGL] dlopen (filename=/usr/lib/dri/tls/r300_dri.so flag=258
>>> retval=0x00000000)
>>> libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/r300_dri.so
>>> [VGL] dlopen (filename=/usr/lib/dri/r300_dri.so flag=258 retval=0x0979f858)
>>> [VGL] dlopen (filename=libtxc_dxtn.so flag=257 retval=0x00000000)
>>> libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/bob/.drirc: No such file or
>>> directory.
>>> libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/bob/.drirc: No such file or
>>> directory.
>>> 
>>> [VGL]   XQueryExtension (dpy=0x09789610(:20) name=GLX *major_opcode=149
>>> *first_event=97 *first_error=155 ) 0.067085 ms
>>> [VGL]
>>> [VGL]   XQueryExtension (dpy=0x09789610(:20) name=DRI2 *major_opcode=0
>>> *first_event=0 *first_error=0 ) 0.072050 ms
>>> [VGL]
>>> [VGL]   XQueryExtension (dpy=0x09789610(:20) name=XFree86-DRI
>>> *major_opcode=0 *first_event=0 *first_error=0 ) 0.065908 ms
>>> [VGL] [VGL] dlopen (filename=libGL.so.1 flag=258[VGL] NOTICE: Replacing
>>> dlopen("libGL.so.1") with dlopen("librrfaker.so")
>>>   retval=0xb77816d8)
>>> libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/tls/swrast_dri.so
>>> [VGL] dlopen (filename=/usr/lib/dri/tls/swrast_dri.so flag=258
>>> retval=0x00000000)
>>> libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so
>>> [VGL] dlopen (filename=/usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so flag=258
>>> retval=0x097bb160)
>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>> [bob@sherpa ~]$
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite!
>>> It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production.
>>> Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead.
>>> Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes.
>>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> VirtualGL-Users mailing list
>>> VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite!
>> It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production.
>> Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead.
>> Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes.
>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
>> _______________________________________________
>> VirtualGL-Users mailing list
>> VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite!
> It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production.
> Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. 
> Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. 
> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
> _______________________________________________
> VirtualGL-Users mailing list
> VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite!
It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production.
Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. 
Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. 
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
_______________________________________________
VirtualGL-Users mailing list
VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users

Reply via email to