On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:45 AM, Eitan Goldshtrom <thesource...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. I'm new to this mailing list, so I apologize if this question is > inappropriate for this list, but I've been looking for a solution to this > problem for weeks and I've had no luck. > > I am trying to write a program with HOpenGL and freeglut, but I can't seem > to get it to render. I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 on a DELL 1555 with an ATI > Radeon HD 4500. Right now my program just creates a window with a black > background. However, when I try to run the program I get the following > error: > > "Unable to create direct context rendering for window 'IGL' > This may hurt performance." > > I've read that this is because of the fglrx driver. The driver uses indirect > rendering for OpenGL, but freeglut requires direct rendering? Is there a way > to force freeglut to function with indirect rendering? > > -Eitan
If I'm not mistaken, lack of "Direct Rendering: yes" in the output of `glxinfo` means you do not have hardware acceleration because fglrx is not installed correctly. Suggest you seek help from your distro's support forum. Jeff _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe