Does it work with direct hardware rendering from J?

There may also be a threading issue. The current OpenGL
context is typically maintained per thread. Here is
some discussion about threading on Mac:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Reference/1.4.2/appledoc/api/com/apple/eawt/CocoaComponent.html


--- Eric Iverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Normally the 64 bit libs would be in /usr/lib64. It is likely that you have 
> a 32 bit mesa, but for some reason it doesn't like our calls. The 
> development was done with mesa 6.4.1 and I plan to switch to 6.4.2. My 
> current guess is that 6.4 doesn't work with the kind of off screen buffer we 
> require and that it will work when you install 6.4.2.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Miller, Raul D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Beta forum" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:58 PM
> Subject: RE: [Jbeta] k beta and amd64
> 
> 
> My install isn't quite normal, because I copy the .so files to
> /usr/local/lib/ and then run ldconfig.  Other than that...
> everything is normal.  I have the j files under a user's account
> in a j601 directory.
> 
> jconsole and jw work fine.  I'm using a 32 bit sun jdk (version
> 1.4.2.10, if I recall correctly).
> 
> opengl doesn't work from J (though it works fine running glxgears),
> but I believe that's because /lib/libOSMesa.so.4.0 (which is what
> /lib/libOSMesa.so.4 is a symlink to) is a 64 bit library.  cd doesn't
> support passing 64 bit arguments from a 32 bit system, and basically
> opengl doesn't work for me.
> 
> Once I get more time, I'll try building a 32 bit version of libOSMesa,
> and then I'll see if I can figure out how to get J to find that
> in preference to the 64 bit copy I'm using.  Worst comes to worse,
> I'll make a chroot system to run J from (but that's unpleasant
> for other reasons).
> 
> I don't have access to the machine right now, but tomorrow I'll look
> at Mesa 6.4.2.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Raul
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Eric Iverson
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:26 PM
> To: Beta forum
> Subject: Re: [Jbeta] k beta and amd64
> 
> I run the linux k beta on a Suse 9.1 64 bit system. It runs as a 32 bit
> app.
> We have not done the builds and beta release yet of the 64 bit J Engine
> and
> related bits and pieces.
> 
> Did you do a normal install of the linux k beta? If so, does jconsole
> run
> properly? If not, sort that out first. Do you have a 32 bit Java
> installed
> for running the j.jar? Note you need a 32 bit Java (not the new 64 bit
> versions) as j.jar uses the the 32 bit libjnative.so and libj601.so.
> 
> Building the 6.4.1 Mesa for 32 bit opengl had a number of rough edges.
> There
> is a newer 6.4.2 that claims to have a smoother build and install. If
> you
> are not already comitted to a certain path I suggest getting 6.4.2.
> Comments
> back to the forum on build problems and workarounds would be
> appreciated.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Miller, Raul D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:55 AM
> Subject: [Jbeta] k beta and amd64
> 
> 
> Any recommendations on getting the k beta to work on a 64 bit
> system?
> 
> (At the moment, I'm trying to figure out how to build 32 bit
> opengl support for this system.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Raul
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