On 01/06/16 05:13, Thomas Lübking wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 08:33:14AM -0700, L. A. Walsh wrote: >> Glynn Clements wrote: >>> L. A. Walsh wrote: >>> >>>> I have sometimes gotten some GLX programs to work for a short while, >>>> but more often than not, I don't get them to work at all. >>> >>> The most likely reason for this is that the program needs a later >>> version of OpenGL than Cygwin's X server provides. >> ---- >> Hmmm....what does this mean, then? >> OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation >> OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 590/PCIe/SSE2 >> OpenGL version string: 1.4 (4.5.0 NVIDIA 355.98) > > Indirect GL is confined to GL 1.4 (ie. fixed function path, notably no > glsl) > The driver and GPU support 4.5, but only on direct contexts. > > You should check whether indirect GL works generally (there're somet > pitfalls), ie. whether glxgears works. > If so, you best contact the authors of the failing GL clients and ask > whether they provide a fixed function path (and how to select it) > > If everything else fails, you'll have to resort to eg. VNC (afair > only x11vnc will work for you) FWIW: xpra + virtualgl works very well and is often considerably faster than doing GL over a remote display connection. More info here: https://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Usage/OpenGL
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