On Wed, 8 May 2002, Richard Fillion wrote:
... Snip > While im listing my problems, may aswell make the list complete. Has > anyone here gotten OpenGL going on an Alpha? I am using a PCI ATI 32Meg > Radeon card, its a nice card and X runs great with it. The only > problem/complaint i have is that i cant get OpenGL because of the lack > of the GLX extension for the card. For x86 users its as simple as > telling make menuconfig for the kernel that you want DRI support for the > Radeon. Unfortunately for me, that option doesnt come up unless i add > support for AGP which i dont have/use. I'm considering ditching the > card for another so suggesting another card is a possibility. > I have a pci Radeon in my LX and it does OpenGL quite well. As far as I recall, you do need to enable AGP to build the correct modules. The performance is fairly good. No one on the list seemed to be interested, but I reported success running a Quake2 in OpenGL mode after the source was released. > Video playback, mpegs are fun and all, but well, does anyone know how I > could view different formats of video? Possibly asf, maybe divx? I > know im asking much here, but it woudl be fun. > I believe that xine works fine on alpha for this. I've been playing videos mainly on my dual xeon box lately, so I'm not quite sure which video players I got to compile on my alpha machine. I'll try to check this out later and send the results to the list. -Eric Christy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
