David, Just as a sanity check, you have run non OpenGL applications from your SGI machine using Cygwin/XFree86, right? I mean, it wouldn't make much sense to jump right into debugging complex applications if an xterm doesn't work correctly.
Just let us know that you have in fact done this. Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Komanek > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Xfree and OpenGL > > > > Dear Alan, > > thanks for your comments/advices. I tried glxgears and it works. The gears > are not rotating fluent enough on my 800MHz pentium, but I don't expect > this is related to my problem. > > I am able to start xterm, swmgr, toolchest connecting to SGI 6.5.14 box > which probably use classical X11 and Motif library only. Trying to start > i.e. "jot", it claims: > > dgl error (protocol): remote machine not DGL capable - meda:10.0 > dgl error (default init): default dglopen(meda:10.0,4) returned -13 > > Connecting to another box, running IRIX 6.2, it is even worse - swmgr > shows only the first "Wait please ...." window and then you can wait for > hours and the main window does not appear. In the xterm you can see > following message: > > WARNING: Not all colors for application icons could be allocated. Some > interface elements may have different colors. > Warning: creating new shape image > > Jot coredumps, many others too. > Toolchest starts fine, but no apps called invoked from its menus. > > When I run this apps on the local graphics console of an SGI box, it works > fine. > > Well, this problem is not connection type related (both ssh and > telnet+xhost produce same results). Probably should I install something on > the SGI boxes to translate DGL requests into the X11 protocol (rendered on > the server side, but at least working) ? > > Any ideas are appreciated. > > David > > > > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 02:43:13PM +0200, David Komanek wrote: > > > Dear Harold, > > > > > > thank you for the reply. xdpyinfo shows that both named extensions are > > > present. Is there some possibility to trace where is the problem (some > > > debug mode for Xfree or so ?) > > > > > David, > > > > There is a sample program called 'glxgears' which will draw three > > depth buffered rotating gears. If this works, you've got it all running. > > > > What's your application reporting ? > > > > Alan. > > >