Re: openGL in KDE

From: Bas v.d. Wiel (beetjebrak78_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:36:47 +0200

Sven wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I recently posted something concerning libGL that wouldn't install.
> Nobody replied to it by now, so I guess I could re-phrase or generalise
> the problem that I am facing.
>
> I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1 with KDE 3.2.2. I'd like to be able to use
> openGL in certain applications such as Povray, but these display that I
> don't have openGL installed.
>
> OpenGL wasn't in the compile options menu when I installed KDE from the
> ports, so I am wondering what other way there is to get it working. btw,
> my graphics card is an ATI Rage 128 pro (sorry, quite ancient) which
> according to some sites has M$ windows drivers that support openGL - so
> guess there must some sort of equivalent in the bsd world.
>
> Any tips on how I can get this working would be much appreciated.
>
> Sven.
>
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Just out of curiosity, what happens when you add libgl to a working KDE
from a package instead of ports? This looks like something the ports
maintainers need to battle out among themselves.. Something is indeed
conflicting. Have you tried Google for information on how libGL and
XFree interact? Maybe this is a known issue somewhere..

If a package doesn't work, you could always try resorting to compiling
the libGL source yourself and forcing it into place. This will either
miraculously make it work, or it'll screw up your system big time. I'd
say compiling it yourself should be your very last option since it'll
break FreeBSD's package management.

Bas

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