On Jan 3, 2008 7:08 AM, Phil Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
That's interesting... Last time I checked, there was no maintainer for X in Cygwin, but I do admit that was some time ago. So, I'm very curious to learn about this newer XWin version. If you don't mind, I'd like to ask a couple of questions: 1. Is this package available through setup.exe? Or do we need to recompile it for Cygwin ourselves? 2. What do you mean by "don't expect great performance."? Is it a GLX issue or something related to this particular version of XWin, as compared to the older ones? Thanks a lot! Gustavo. -- 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/
