On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 17:01 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 15:04 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: > >> I don't really know enough about how all this works to comment on it, so > >> are you saying that without the ALWAYS_INDIRECT workaround that > >> applications other than compiz will be affected? Or is it that the patch > >> will not work with *all* pure AIGLX implementations (and thus free > >> drivers as you mention above)? > > > > It'll try to use GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap when it doesn't work, e.g. > > when the server supports it but libGL doesn't. > > Ahh OK, so this would affect ATi users running under fglrx+Xgl or Older > nvidia users + Xgl then? Does it affect other classes of user too? I > guess I'm asking under what circumstances would the server support it, > but libGL not support it? > > I may be completely out of date now, but I was still under the > impression that for when we run compiz under Xgl, we need to issue a bit > of an LD_LIBRARY_PATH hack to run it against Mesa's libGL... > > In such scenarios, the libGL /would/ support tfp no?
The specific scenarios don't really matter. The server (or client) string just doesn't say anything about an extension actually being usable, so checking it makes no sense. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer _______________________________________________ compiz mailing list compiz@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/compiz
