On 12/22/11 9:56 AM, Nathan Kidd wrote: > On 11-12-22 09:36 AM, Stefan Eilemann wrote: >> I need to detect within a C++ program whether or not I'm running under >> VirtualGL, to enable certain optimizations. What is the recommended way to >> do this? > > When VGL is running it overrides the GLX vendor strings with > "VirtualGL". Try glXGetClientString() with GLX_VENDOR. > http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/man/xhtml/glXGetClientString.xml
Forget what I said about VGL_AUTOTEST. This is a much better approach, in general, although I think that, in the OP's case, he wanted to know about VGL's presence before the display connection was created. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ VirtualGL-Devel mailing list VirtualGL-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-devel
