[Mesa-users] What version is available on macOS?

[Ken Martin]

What driver does it say it is using? e.g. if you build vtk with testing and
run

ctest -R VBOPLY -VV

what does it report?

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Langer, Stephen A. (Fed) <
stephen.langer at nist.gov> wrote:

> Hi --
>
> I'm trying to use the vtk graphics library on macOS, with all dependencies
> (including mesa and X11 libraries) installed by MacPorts.   MacPorts
> provides mesa 17.1.6, which supports OpenGL 4.5.  vtk requires OpenGL 3.2
> or later, so all should be ok.  However, vtk says it can't find a recent
> enough version of OpenGL, and indeed glxinfo says "OpenGL version string:
> 2.1 ATI-1.68.20".   Is it possible to use OpenGL 3.2 on macOS?   If it is
> possible, can someone tell me how to change the vtk code so that it works?
> I know roughly where vtk initializes OpenGL, but I don't really understand
> what it's doing.
>
> I *can* get vtk to work if I compile it for quartz and not X11, using
> Apple's OpenGL libraries instead of mesa, but for numerous reasons it would
> be very convenient if I can get it to work on X11.
>
> I've asked on the vtk and MacPorts lists, but nobody seems to know the
> answer.  Someone suggested I try here.
>
> Many thanks,
>      Steve
>
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