Hi John,> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:13:12 -0400> From: John.M.Martin at
Sun.COM> Subject: Re: [xwin-discuss] remote display and OpenGL> To: ebaklund at
hotmail.com> CC: xwin-discuss at opensolaris.org> > Erik Baklund wrote:> > Hi,>
> I have experienced the same defect running the Xming.> >> > A dirty
workaround is to write an interposer library on Solaris that replaces
glXChooseVisual() and glXGetConfig().> > I did that and made ogl_install_check
run and display between two different cities: running ogl_install_check on
Solaris 10 in Stavanger and displaying output on Xming in Bergen.> >> > The
trick I used was to hardcode the visual I wanted ogl_install_check to use in
the interposer glXChooseVisual() , and to hardcode the GLX_RGBA attribute value
to true in the interposer glXGetConfig().> > > I missed the original thread.
I have run ogl_install_check with> stock OpenGL on SPARC and x86 on systems in
California with the> display output in Detroit, so you shouldn't need
interposed libraries to> render across WANs.Good to hear that stock software
works for you. That may also explain why this thread has been dead for half a
year.
> If you need to change the selected visual, there may be an incompatablity>
> between the OpenGL client software on the system running ogl_install_check>
> and the GLX software on the system hosting the remote display. In your>
> case, what is the software on each system?I was surprised that my connection
> did not work. I did a similar test some weeks ago and if my memory serves me
> right (do not trust it), remote connection worked fine back then. The only
> thing I know of is that the OGL patch 120812-19 were installed in the mean
> time.I admit that Xming 6.9.0.18 is not the freshes X server I can have on my
> machine, but the newest XWin did not work either.glXChooseVisual() did not
> want to select any visual for ogl_install_check, so for me the solution was
> to force its hand.> > Of course, the output does not display smoothly due to
> the WAN.> >> > > I'm getting 140FPS on a "ssh -X" connection from
> Detroit,MI to Menlo Park,CA> and the weakest link is the Comcast cable modem
> on my side. What do you see> and what is the slowest hop in the path.>
> yeahwathdoyouknow, I am sitting on the end of a 2Mb line.Kind regards,Erik
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