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#1 2006-03-04 20:58:47
- Freaky T
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Stepmania and XGL
I just got XGL working, and I *think* hardware acceleration works. It there a way to check for certain?
Unfortunately, Stepmania won't run; I get this error.
Error: There was an error while initializing your video card.
PLEASE DO NOT FILE THIS ERROR AS A BUG!
Video Driver: OpenGL
Initializing OpenGL...
Your system is reporting that direct rendering is not available. Please obtain an updated driver from your video card manufacturer.
I'm running XGL/Compiz when I run it. Does anyone know if it's possible to get it working without disabling XGL?
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#2 2006-03-04 22:13:51
- elasticdog
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Re: Stepmania and XGL
You should be able to run <code>glxinfo</code> to double check and see if direct rendering is enabled or not...
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#3 2006-03-05 00:51:31
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Re: Stepmania and XGL
I don't seem to have anything called glxinfo.
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#4 2006-03-05 01:42:35
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Re: Stepmania and XGL
Ohh...both <code>glxinfo</code> and <code>glxgears</code> have been put in a package called mesa-apps (intuitive ehh?). This should get you going:
# pacman -Sy mesa-apps--==EDIT==--
In case you've never run it before, <code>glxgears</code> is a handy program that will draw a set of moving gears on your screen using OpenGL and then report your FPS (frames per second) to the console. It can be used as a very basic benchmark to see if things are running properly. Just hit <code><Esc></code> to exit the program...
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#5 2006-03-05 02:16:30
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Re: Stepmania and XGL
OK, that worked, I ran glxinfo, and got
$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: No
How can I enable it?
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#6 2006-03-05 03:51:32
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Re: Stepmania and XGL
What video card do you have (ATI/NVIDIA, model)? What video driver are you running? How is the device setup in your <code>xorg.conf</code> file?
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#7 2006-03-05 04:50:17
- Cam
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Re: Stepmania and XGL
glxinfo will report direct rendering to be off in Xgl when normal X says it's on. It's drunk, there is a technical reason but I don't know it off the top of my head. Ask around for someone who uses it, they should know more.
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