Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote on Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:40 AM:: > horacioemilio wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to use a remote program which is installed on a remote >> linux machine. In these situations I usually do; >> >> 0) on my windows machine I start cygwin and afterwards use >> startxwin.sh >> >> 1) ssh -X name-of-the-gateway-machine >> >> 2) ssh -X name-of-the-linux-machine-inside-the-remote-network >> >> 3) program-name & >> >> and programs like emacs or firefox appear on my desktop. >> >> But for some other program which uses more advanced graphics it does >> not work, I get the following error message; >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display >> "localhost:10.0" . Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display >> "localhost:10.0". > > <snip> > >> >> Do you know how could I overcome this situation ? > > This is more appropriately directed to the Cygwin X list. I've reset > the "Reply-To" there. Please send any follow-up the the Cygwin X > list. > > From the above, it's clear the application you're trying to use wants > to access the underlying hardware (via OpenGL). This is not supported > in the current Cygwin X server. I believe there is a MinGW version > which has some support for this though. You may want to investigate > that. > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 429-6305 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746
There is an experimental, but (in my experience) very stable, version of XWin with GLX support. This is in package xorg-x11-xwin-gl and installs the executable XWin_GL.exe. You would need to alter your startxwin.sh to run this instead of XWin.exe. It works, just don't expect great performance. Phil -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
