[Mesa-dev] Fwd: [Mesa-users] Surfaceless mesa 20.3.X?

[Tapani Pälli]

Hi;

On 27.1.2021 15.01, Brian Paul wrote:
> Forwarding to mesa-dev where you may get more help.  There was talk of 
> changing software rendering but I'm not sure what's changed.  What 
> version of Mesa are you using?
> 
> -Brian
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     [Mesa-users] Surfaceless mesa 20.3.X?
> Date:     Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:59:03 +0100
> From:     Sophonet <mesa3d at kant.sophonet.de>
> To:     mesa-users at lists.freedesktop.org
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I would like to compile mesa for a surfaceless system (server, software 
> rendering, no GPU). This was possible earlier with the „surfaceless“ 
> platform.
> 
> The recent versions do not allow surfaceless as a platform option 
> anymore. The build info which is listed for building osmesa 
> (https://docs.mesa3d.org/osmesa.html) does not list a platform, and in 
> that case, wayland is required, which is not available on our server.

Surfaceless option was removed because it is now compiled always (see 
commit a38e21d6683 "egl: always compile surfaceless"). It is compiled 
always and is supported.


> I could build osMesa with the x11 platform, but rendering does not work 
> if there is no (remote) X connection (DISPLAY missing etc.).
> 
> What is the recommended approach now?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> sophonet
> 
> 
> 
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