OpenGL without using X

Hi

Is there a way to use OpenGL without using X/GLX? My guess is the answer is no but I thought I’d ask here anyway. It sure would be nice to be able to use OpenGL through SDL without the large memory overhead of the X server.

Thanks,
Scott----
Scott Friedman
UCLA

The answer is yes if you have an old 3dfx Voodoo2.

The practical answer is no. =)On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 03:48:15PM -0800, Scott A. Friedman wrote:

Is there a way to use OpenGL without using X/GLX? My guess is the answer
is no but I thought I’d ask here anyway. It sure would be nice to be
able to use OpenGL through SDL without the large memory overhead of the
X server.


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well what about using svgalib (http://www.svgalib.org/) ?
instead of glx there would be vgagl (part of svgalib)
with functions to create the gl context etc.

Scott A. Friedman wrote:> Hi

Is there a way to use OpenGL without using X/GLX? My guess is the answer is no but I thought I’d ask here anyway. It sure would be nice to be able to use OpenGL through SDL without the large memory overhead of the X server.

Thanks,
Scott


Scott Friedman
UCLA


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I think I read somewhere that vgagl and opengl are NOT related. COuld be
wrong…> ----- Original Message -----

From: zordan@leetworld.net (Zordan Ehrwald)
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Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: [SDL] OpenGL without using X

well what about using svgalib (http://www.svgalib.org/) ?
instead of glx there would be vgagl (part of svgalib)
with functions to create the gl context etc.

Scott A. Friedman wrote:

Hi

Is there a way to use OpenGL without using X/GLX? My guess is the answer
is no but I thought I’d ask here anyway. It sure would be nice to be able to
use OpenGL through SDL without the large memory overhead of the X server.

Thanks,
Scott


Scott Friedman
UCLA


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