Terry, If the vendor is listed as ATI on the Help Menu->About OpenGL you appear to have the correct OpenGL libraries.
John On Jun 8, 2010, at 5:58 AM, Terry Sewards wrote: > Hi John, > > I checked my OpenGL32.dll files, and they are all Microsoft versions, > including the one in the system32 folder. The version number is > 5.1.2600.2180. On the v5.61 Help Menu -> About OpenGL it says that the > vendor is ATI, and the OpenGL version from library is 2.0.6390. The > graphics do seem a little slow, especially when compared with v5.2. If I > get the ATI version of OpenGL32.dll, will that improve the graphics? > > Terry Sewards > > > > > > > > > > > > > John Harwell wrote: >> I checked the current release of Caret5 for Windows, version 5.613. I have >> only one PC on which to test it, and the graphics are responsive and Direct >> Rendering is on (with ATI as the OpenGL vendor). >> >> In the caret distribution is a directory named >> "lib_windows_software_opengl". These are software OpenGL libraries and, if >> they are used, the graphics will be slow and Direct Rendering will be listed >> as Off. These libraries should only be used when there is a problem with >> the computer's OpenGL libraries. If these libraries are being used, the >> "OpenGL vendor" is listed as Microsoft. >> >> When you view Help Menu->About OpenGL, what is listed for the "OpenGL >> vendor"? It should be ATI or NVIDIA. If the vendor is anything else, you >> probably are getting the wrong OpenGL libraries. If so, search your >> computer for the file "OpenGL32.dll". For any found, right click the >> OpenGL.dll file and select Properties from the menu. Select the Version tab >> in the dialog and it will list the creator (vendor) of the library. >> >> John >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > caret-users mailing list > caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu > http://brainvis.wustl.edu/mailman/listinfo/caret-users > _______________________________________________ caret-users mailing list caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu http://brainvis.wustl.edu/mailman/listinfo/caret-users
