OpenGL support with LiveUSB?

Mzg · 2009-09-19 22:43:44

Might be wrong forum section, but this seemed the most logical place. Forgive me if it's totally wrong.

Simple question: Can I have OpenGL support on my LiveUSB? That is, without installing drivers and doing lots of config every time I take it to a new computer?

I'd like to have Openbox + xcompmgr, but the latter seems to require OpenGL.

tavianator · 2009-09-20 00:15:41

As long as you have mesa+libgl+<driver>-dri installed on your liveusb, and the appropriate default xorg.conf/no xorg.conf, it should work.

Mzg · 2009-09-20 15:05:50

But doesn't that mean that I'd need the drivers for the specific cards of the computers I take the usb drive to? Would be kinda troublesome to install and configure new drivers and stuff every time..

Dheart · 2009-09-20 16:42:38

You could keep in /var/pkg/pacman/cache all the necessary drivers and when you arrive at the computer just pacman -R and pacman -U the desired files and restart xorg.

tavianator · 2009-09-20 21:25:01

Um, why not just install mesa, libgl, the group xorg-video-drivers, and all the -dri's:

ati-dri
intel-dri
mach64-dri
mga-dri
r128-dri
savage-dri
sis-dri
tdfx-dri
trident-dri
unichrome-dri

Assuming your live USB has no xorg.conf file, everything should be properly auto-detected, as composite, dri, glx etc. are all default now.

Last edited by tavianator (2009-09-22 03:58:08)

Mzg · 2009-09-20 21:50:29

Ok guys, thanks for your suggestions, I'll read up on them more closely before doing any drastic stuff

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#1 2009-09-19 22:43:44

OpenGL support with LiveUSB?

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Re: OpenGL support with LiveUSB?

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Re: OpenGL support with LiveUSB?

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