OpenGL problems on Sun Sparc

[Thorsten Dowe]

If the system supports OpenGL you have to have at least a libGL.* in /usr/lib or
somewhere. I don´t know if the problem has something to do with X, I´d give Mesa
a  try if you don´t find any libGL* on your machine.

Thorsten

M.Schrijver at el.utwente.nl wrote:

> Hello vtk users,
>
> I have used vtk on Windows NT machine for some weeks now, without any
> problems. But I also tried to run it on a Sun Sparc Ultra-5_10, with a
> Solid Impact graphics board, running SunOs 5.5.1.
>
> Using the XGL Renderer, I get X error: BadMatch, Major opcode 141
> (X3D_PEX), Minor opcode 24 (PEX_BeginRendering).
>
> I thought: no problem, I will use OpenGL, which is also supported
> (according to configure). But then I get: ERROR in
> vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx (line 146): Could not find a decent visual.
> This is the same error I've seen with other application using OpenGL. It
> seems to me that the system pretents to support OpenGL, but if you try
> to use it, it freaks.
>
> Now, my question is: can this be solved by using the MESA OpenGL
> package, or do I have to buy another graphics card, or maybe patches, or
> ....
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Kind regards, Marc Schrijver
>
> ir. Marc Schrijver
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> University of Twente
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