[Openchrome-users] Curious GL problem

[Thomas Hellström]

Barry Scott wrote:

>John Robinson wrote:
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>>Check what version of libGL you're using by looking in /usr/X11R6/lib - 
>>1.2 uses hardware acceleration and 1.5 is software-only. Check your 
>>environment variables to make sure LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT isn't set, as 
>>it is by default in some distros.
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>Why are newer (1.5) libGL less capable then older (1.2) ones?
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>Barry
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The software-only libGL enables more GL extensions than the unichrome 
DRI driver does. Hardware drivers mostly enable only those extension 
supported by the hardware.
 
MESA automatically returns the openGL version corresponding to the 
enabled extensions.

Try
glxgears -info

/Thomas




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