Alexey Dokuchaev writes: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:51:41AM -0500, Ian Truelsen wrote: >> How can I test to see whether opengl is working on my system? > > You've probably meant "3D acceleration" here, since OpenGL is merely an > API (and you need implementation also, such as Mesa), whether or not it > operates in software more, or uses hardware acceleration, this is the > main question ;-). Under X4, it is most commonly known as Direct > Rendering (DR) Infrastructure (DRI). To check it, issue glxinfo(1) > command, if you see something like this: > Thanks for the clarification. Yes, this is what I meant.
> name of display: :0.0 > display: :0 screen: 0 > direct rendering: Yes > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > server glx vendor string: SGI > server glx version string: 1.2 > > then you have DRI (and thus can play Quake with good FPS). Alternatively, > examine your /var/log/XFree86.0.log, particularly for the line similar to > > (II) R128(0): Acceleration enabled > Okay. I don't have this. What I get is this: ian@minion ian $ glxinfo name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: No server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 server glx extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context client glx vendor string: SGI client glx version string: 1.2 client glx extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context GLX extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context OpenGL vendor string: VA Linux Systems, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 3.4.2 OpenGL extensions: GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract glu version: 1.3 glu extensions: GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x23 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x24 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slow 0x25 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x26 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x27 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x28 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slow 0x29 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x2a 16 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x2b 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x2c 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slow 0x2d 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x2e 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x2f 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x30 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slow 0x31 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x32 16 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x33 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x34 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slow 0x35 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x36 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x37 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x38 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slow 0x39 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x3a 16 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x3b 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x3c 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slow 0x3d 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x3e 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 0 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x3f 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x40 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slow 0x41 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow 0x42 16 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow I am running a Voodoo3 3000 AGP card, if that makes any difference. Now, there are notes there about Mesa extensions and such, but no dri. Now, the big question: how do I go about getting it working? I do have dri loaded in the modules section of my XF86Config file and the mode set to 660, as I have been informed i should. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ian Truelsen Masters program in Philosophy University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada BA (Wilfrid Laurier University) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
