From: Fowler (fowler at domain indigo.ie)
Date: Sat 15 Jul 2000 - 12:04:48 IST
kevin lyda wrote:
>
> how would i, the graphics moron (and not keen to change that[0]) install
> opengl so that opengl apps will work. let's pretend that i have no clue
> what my graphics card is and that even if i did know i severely doubt
> it's supported very much[1].
>
Find out - Its important - Mesa is a good but
software rendering is _damn_ _slow_
utah-glx.sourceforge.net do Accelerated drivers for OpenGL
for some cards. I believe they do a daily RPM from their CVS.
altho you may want to patch the kernel to support agp-gart
for best results...
If its an NVIDIA card -go to www.nvidia.com and hit the drivers
link and download your RPMS
> i have an x server - how do i get an opengl driver to support it?
>
Mesa doesnt require an X server config at all. For the Harddware accel openGL
youll need to add Load "glx" to Section module in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
> extra bonus points to the answer that begins with "download $file.rpm
> and type rpm -ivh $file.rpm"...
>
download gcc-2.95.2-i386.rpm, binutils, glibc-devel and make RPMS
rpm -Uvh *rpm.
tar zxvf source.tar.gz
./configure && make && make install ;)
hey it DID begin with download an RPM.... :)
Colin Fowler
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