On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 04:50:52PM -0500, Stephen Fromm wrote: > There's an application I want to run that needs GLX. Can I run it over VNC? > > I get errors when I try. If I type glxinfo, I get a bunch of output, > including this error (occuring many times): > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing in display ":1.0". > > A google search indicates that some versions of VNC allow glx, others don't. > (a) How do I tell which version of the vnc server I'm running?
When you start Xvnc directly, it should print out a few lines giving its name and version number. > (b) Which versions of VNC out there allow glx? I don't know that much about other VNC versions, but I was able to get RealVNC to support GLX. It runs glxinfo and glxgears at least. > (c) Can 3D rendering over a VNC connection be done with reasonable speed, > or is it hopeless? With software/indirect rendering. Obviously hardware accelerated OpenGL won't be available though. > > TIA, > > SJF > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [email protected] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
