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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] OpenGL not there, don't know where to find it (running noegnud-nethack)
From:       "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman () gmail ! com>
Date:       2004-09-04 0:33:07
Message-ID: 9acccfe504090317337d94d5f4 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Okay, "lspci" is helpful.  Among other things, it shows

0000:07:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)

Now what?

++ kevin



On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 01:56:54 +0200, Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl> wrote:
> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > Okay, I feel foolish but I'm not sure how to tell about the video stuff.
> > The video is on the mainboard, which is a Super Micro P4DPE.
> > I don't know how to get at any messages that come from X as it's starting
> > up, so I don't know what it's using.
> >
> >>From the markings on the drivers CD that came with the motherboard,
> > it may have an ATI Rage built in, but I'm not certain.
> >
> > How to I find out?
> >
> > ++ kevin
> >
> 
> You could try lspci in a terminal (as root), to start with. You could
> also go to the Super Micro homepage and look up the specifications of
> your board, download the manual pdf file if available (which should have
> detailed specs, if the site doesn't), or put "Super Micro P4DPE spec"
> into a Google search bar to find a retailer or review that mentions the
> video chip in their specifications.
> 
> But you definitely need to know this, as from what you've said, X is not
> "really" configured (hard to do if you don't even know what video chip
> you have), and if X is not "really" configured, but works anyway, you
> must be using the VESA drivers, which do not allow for or contain 3D
> hardware (OpenGL) acceleration, which would explain why it's not working.
> 
> What we're after now is finding out how to get it, which relies on your
> video card (to know what drivers that do provide OpenGL are available to
> you).
> 
> Holly
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:14:03 +0200, Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl> wrote:
> >
> >>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 $
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>--
> >>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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> 
> 



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