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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] OpenGL not there,
From:       Holly Bostick <motub () planet ! nl>
Date:       2004-09-03 22:14:03
Message-ID: 4138ECAB.1020705 () planet ! nl
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Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> For the sake of nostalgia, I've started to dabble again in hack and nethack.
> So I tried noegnud-nethack for its GUI features.  It emerged okay, but won't
> start.  I get the impression things like "SDL" (whatever that is) 

Simple DirectMedia Layer, needed for many games.


> and "GLX" (whatever
> that is) 

Open GL extensions for X

> and OpenGL itself are missing or misconfigured.  However, I don't
> even know where to look for opengl, 

In your video card drivers (or in extensions to the X server enabled in 
the kernel)-- but you haven't told us what video card you're using, or 
what drivers it is using, so we can't go much further with this ;-).

Holly

> after "emerge -s opengl' failed to find
> anything but OpenGL clients.
> 
> Here's the output:
> 
> kevin@treat kevin $ noegnud-nethack
> =========================  noeGNUd Entry  ==========================
> loading config from: ../global.config
> loading config from: /home/kevin/.noeGNUd/noeGNUd-0.8.2.config
> loading sub-config(tomb) from: ../data/tomb/theme_traditional.inf
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> [WARNING] failed to set video mode 1024x768x32 swiching to 640x480x16...
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> 
> 
> [ERROR] Failed to create primary rendering surface.
>     You have a recent version of SDL ???
>     Your OpenGL is configured correctly ???
>     ..Aborting
> 
> 
> saving config to: /home/kevin/.noeGNUd/noeGNUd-0.8.2.config
> =========================  noeGNUd Actual Exit  ==========================
> kevin@treat kevin $
> 
> 
> 


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