NOTE: You also need to run vglcygsetup from a Cygwin Bash shell, as the User's Guide instructs.
On 4/18/19 6:20 PM, marcus wrote: > Thanks for the information! I see why this step is needed previously. > Now I am able to continue and MIT-SHM does appear in the xdpyinfo output. > > For the next part, connecting to the VirtualGL server, I tried to use > the command: > > /opt/VirtualGL/bin/vglconnect /user/@/server/ > > > but vglconnect does not exist in that location. There's no /opt > directory to start with. I'm only able to find vglconnect in > ./cygdrive/c/Users/username/AppData/Local/Packages/MirrorName/LocalState/rootfs/opt/VirtualGL/bin/. > Also running it gives me > > ./vglconnect: line 111: ./vglclient: cannot execute binary file: > Exec format error > [VGL] ERROR: vglclient failed to execute. > > > Did I install it wrong or is it something else? Thanks in advance! > > > > Here is the output when I ran vglcygsetup script: > > $ ./vglcygsetup > Fetching setup.ini ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.3.3-20131014.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.3.90-20140717.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.4-20150126.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.4.1-20150612.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.4.90-20151027.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.5-20160215.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.5.1-20161001.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.5.2-20170302.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.5.90-20180425.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.6-20180824.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching x86_64/VirtualGL-2.6.1-20190101.tar.bz2 ... > Fetching Cygwin setup ... > Launching Cygwin setup ... > note: Hand installation over to elevated child process. > > and I followed the setup window to install VirtualGL. > > > > On Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 8:08:07 AM UTC-7, DRC wrote: > > The CYGWIN environment variable is used to tweak the behavior of > Cygwin's Unix emulation layer. It has nothing to do with the PATH. > However, according to the documentation > (https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html > <https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>), setting > CYGWIN=server is apparently no longer necessary. It was necessary at > one time in order to fully enable shared memory emulation. > > On 4/18/19 2:17 AM, marcus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to VirtualGL and encounter a problem when configuring the > > windows client. In ver 2.6.1 doc, there is a step that I got stuck: > > > > 5. Add |server| to the |CYGWIN| system environment variable > (create > > this environment variable if it doesn’t already exist) > > > > > > I'm not very familiar with cygwin so I'm wondering what the 'server' > > path is in this scenario. (I believe 'CYGWIN' variable refers to PATH > > and i could add it through 'export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/server') > > > > Thank you! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VirtualGL User Discussion/Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/e4b6b002-c270-408a-b41b-3a96b346232c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/e4b6b002-c270-408a-b41b-3a96b346232c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VirtualGL User Discussion/Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/6a0b09c4-c299-9a35-3575-300c6391c811%40virtualgl.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
