Re: Remote OpenGL applications
pright@lanl.gov writes:
| A co-worker is installing Debian alongside NT on his new machine.
| He has asked if Debian (in X11R6) can display a remote application
| from an SGI machine that uses the OpenGL library. When we tried
| to do such a thing on my machine (up-to-date hamm), it would fail
| with many - Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display "shroom.lanl.gov:0.0".
| errors. I do have the mesa2g package installed, but I am not sure
| that has anything to do with the solution to this problem.
| Can such a thing be done?
|
| Thanks very much for any assistance,
|
| Paul Rightley
Well, not easily, completely, or freely, and what free capability
there is isn't available as a Debian package, as far as I know.
The free GLX project is spearheaded by Steve Parker. Take a look at
www.cs.utah.edu/~sparker/xfree86-3d.
On the commercial side you can look at Metrolink (www.metrolink.com)
and Xi Graphics (www.xig.com). They both claim to have GLX extensions
in their X Servers.
None of them, as far as I know, have any support for hardware
acceleration.
Some of these issues are covered in the Linux 3Dfx HOWTO
(http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/HOWTO/3Dfx-HOWTO.html).
Unfortunately I haven't had time to seriously look into this but if
you do please keep me (and the list) up to date!
Gary Hennigan
(glhenni@cs.sandia.gov)
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