Jeremy, any ideas as to why this would have stopped working out of the blue? Is this a problem with Nvidia? or is this something only XQuartz would be able to fix (assuming you had the man-power)
Also any chance for a work around? I also work in healthcare and this is crucial... Many thanks, Eli On 05/12/2016 01:40 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote: >> On May 12, 2016, at 11:30, Magda Tsintou <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Similar case here. I have also asked in the bugzilla for xquartz reporting >> this and they did reply to me >> (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93953#c6) but the response was >> basically that if I am not a coder or a developer does not step up there is >> not a chance that someone will be looking into that problem for a fix to be >> developed. I asked again there to what end the problem lies, meaning whom I >> should be bothering about this because it is clearly something that relates >> to Mac computers (i.e. apple, xquartz, etc). I am still waiting for that but >> will get but to you with any updates. I doubt it though if they will say >> anything helpful. If anyone knows something about that please share! Thanks! > Yeah, as I mentioned in the bug report, there's not much chance of things > like this getting fixed soon because there aren't many people working on the > project. I have maybe 2-3 hours every month or so, which is about just > enough time to pull in security fixes, do some testing, and send out an > update. Adding support for OpenGL Core in our direct rendering path is more > work than I can sign up for. What you are asking for is adding it to the > indirect rendering path, and that's even less likely to ever happen. Xorg is > actively deprecating AIGLX and even removing it from the default > configuration, so I suspect the solution there will be to just remove support > for AIGLX completely. > >> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Rockers, Elijah D. >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Strange, I can SSH and get graphics from a separate UNIX machine (Also >> Ubuntu 12.04, but with a AMD card instead of NVidia)., it's only the Mac >> that seems to have the problem. I have also posted to Nvidia support but so >> far no response. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Eli >> >> >> On 05/12/2016 12:19 PM, Magda Tsintou wrote: >>> Thanks a lot for the reply. That seems like a reasonable explanation but >>> does anyone know any way to fix that thing? I really do not know whom I >>> should be turning to as well for that issue. Thanks. >>> >>> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Rockers, Elijah D. >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It appears to be trying to use NV-GLX which suggest it may be trying to use >>> the NVidia driver for rendering. >>> >>> The NVidia driver package on Linux apparently replaces libGL with one that >>> is NVidia-specific, instead of using Mesa's libGL with its backend plugin >>> interface. Quite possibly recent versions fail to fallback to the old one >>> when being used remotely or on a non-NVidia framebuffer. >>> >>> -- >>> brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates >>> [email protected] [email protected] >>> unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/magda.tsintou%40gmail.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >>> >> Houston Methodist. Leading Medicine. >> >> Houston Methodist is ranked by U.S.News & World Report as one of America's >> "Best Hospitals" in 11 specialties and designated as a Magnet hospital for >> excellence in nursing. Houston Methodist has also been named to FORTUNE® >> Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For®" list for 10 years in a row. >> Visit us at houstonmethodist.org. Follow us at twitter.com/MethodistHosp and >> facebook.com/HoustonMethodist. >> >> ***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*** This e-mail is the property of Houston >> Methodist and/or its relevant affiliates and may contain restricted and >> privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any >> review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If >> you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the >> recipient), please contact the sender and delete all copies of the message. >> Thank you. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/jeremyhu%40freedesktop.org >> >> This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
