Svilen wrote: > Nicolai Hähnle wrote: >> Am Donnerstag 07 August 2008 01:48:07 schrieb Svilen: >> >>>> I'm having troubles obtaining GLX visual with accumulation buffers. It >>>> happens only on Fedora 9. Attached is glxinfo log. >>>> Problem never appears with fglrx drivers, but as you know it's not >>>> available for FC9. >>>> >>>> I'm really looking forward for your comments. >>>> >>>> Here is my platform: >>>> X1600 Mobility Radeon >>>> Linux, Fedora 9 >>>> Xorg 7.4 (unofficial) >>>> Mesa 7.1 (unofficial) >>>> >>>> xorg.conf >>>> ... >>>> Section "Device" >>>> Identifier "Videocard0" >>>> Driver "radeon" >>>> EndSection >>>> ... >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >> I don't think we have acceleration for accumulation buffers. You may still >> be >> able to obtain a GLX visual with accum buffers by what Michel said, but >> don't >> expect too great results. >> >> To be honest, you're the first person I've ever seen complaining about >> missing >> accumulation buffers, so I have no idea whether that will change any time >> soon. >> > I'm certainly not a great expert in OpenGL, but accumulation buffers can > be quite handy. It seems highly unlikely that I'm the only one using > them. Besides you can find a simple tricks with the accumulation buffers > in every openGL book. > It is certainly a surprise that I'm the first complaining about it. It > certainly took me some time until I found the right place to ask the > question. Maybe this is one of the reasons?
I agree that a GLX visual with an accum buffer should be present. Accum is always implemented in software with Mesa, but it's trivial to support. -Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
