On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:56:19 +1100 (EST) Dave Horsfall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, was the question too hard, and I should be asking it on XPert? [...] > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Ted Spradley wrote: > > > > XFree86 4.2.0 on Mandrake 8.1. > > > X-engine is NCD Xplora, running NCDware 5.1. > > > > Do I understand this right? You're running clients on the Mandrake > > box connected to the NCD X server? > > Yes. > > > > name of display: dave:0.0 > > > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display "dave:0.0". > > > > So is "dave" the NCD machine, or the Mandrake machine? The GLX > > extension would have to be installed in the server, wouldn't it? > > Tweaking XFree86 on the Mandrake box isn't going to change the > > Xserver in the NCD box. > > Sorry; "dave" is the NCD X-term (yes, mine :-). My understanding, > such as it is, is that GLX is done in software if the server does not > support it. My understanding, which is probably no better than yours, is that GLX, even when done in software, is done in the server, not in the client. > In fact, a previous version of XFree86 (4.0.1) has no problem, well, > not this problem (it segfaults somewhere in the rendering, which is > why I tried upgrading) and "glxinfo" happily reports GLX extensions. Are you saying that "glxinfo -display dave:0.0" reported GLX extensions for the glxinfo in XFree86 4.0.1, but the glxinfo in 4.2.0 does not? -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
