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
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