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akatz712

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Registered: 2013-04-11

Posts: 12

How do I get support for Open GL 2 with my hardware

I am trying to run a game, and it is not initializing, and in a forum someone said the person's chipset does not support OpenGL 2, which seems to be needed.

I am wondering if I can determine what Open GL I have now, and if I can upgrade it by installing a driver.

I have a Asus Eee 901 with the following hardware (lspci) :

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet (rev b0)

blackout23

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Registered: 2011-11-16

Posts: 781

Re: How do I get support for Open GL 2 with my hardware

OpenGL is not something you install and upgrade. If your GPU isn't capable of OpenGL 3 for example having the newest driver won't help you. It's the same on Windows. You won't be able to play a Direct X10 only game with a DX9 card.

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,605

Re: How do I get support for Open GL 2 with my hardware

Mesa 9.2 will provide OpenGL 2.1 on this graphics chip. But don't expect miracles, this thing is oooooooooold, and wasn't particularly good even when it was new.

akatz712

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Registered: 2013-04-11

Posts: 12

Re: How do I get support for Open GL 2 with my hardware

Mesa 9.2 will provide OpenGL 2.1 on this graphics chip. But don't expect miracles, this thing is oooooooooold, and wasn't particularly good even when it was new.

andrew@andrew-901 /run/media/andrew/PuppyLinux/extraSpace/out-of-order-1.0 $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 9.1.1
OpenGL extensions:

How do I get Mesa 9.2 ?

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,605

Re: How do I get support for Open GL 2 with my hardware

You compile it. Or you wait until it's actually released and then Arch will package it.