glxgear works fine but gives me the following warning: libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5b
Trying to install libgl1-mesa-swx11 would remove the following packages so I am sceptical about it. libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx x-window-system-core xorg Malte J. Wetz schrieb: > Am Dienstag, 10. April 2007 schrieb Markus Lutzer: >> The OpenGL option is deselected so I don't know why the problem happens. >> >> I have installed the (Ubuntu) packages libglu1-mesa, libgl1-mesa-glx, >> libgl1-mesa-dri. What about libgl1-mesa-swx11, do I need it? > > Hmm... > > ,---- > | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show libgl1-mesa-swx11 > | [...] > | Description: A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- runtime > | Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to > | that of OpenGL. To the extent that Mesa utilizes the OpenGL command > | syntax or state machine, it is being used with authorization from > | Silicon Graphics, Inc. However, the author makes no claim that Mesa > | is in any way a compatible replacement for OpenGL or associated with > | Silicon Graphics, Inc. > | . > | This library provides a pure software rasteriser; it does not provide > | a direct rendering-capable library, or one which uses GLX. For that, > | please see libgl1-mesa-glx. > | . > | On Linux, this library is also known as libGL or libGL.so.1. > `---- > > I'd say: Yes, you'll need it. Your card cannot support direct rendering, so > you need a library that does in software what your card can't do in > hardware. But that's only a guess based on the packet description. > > How about running some simple OpenGL apps, like glxgears from mesa-utils > package? Does this software work or do you get an error there as well? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
