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Re: enableing GL overlays

From: Alexander Gottwald <Alexander dot Gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:41:01 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Re: enableing GL overlays
References: <1074201974.25360.81.camel@famine> <02f101c3dbb5$8b56f040$4d1f1cac@THEODOLITE>
Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com

Bruce Dobrin wrote:

> Hi,
>  I'm just getting back into cyg/xfree after doint other things for a bit.
> I'm wondering how to turn on Overlays? I know on Linux I just turn them on
> in the Graphics Device Section in the XF86Config file (Option "Overlay"
> "on"), I understand the cyg/xfree is driver independent, using Direct Draw
> or somesuch thing.  I made sure that Overlays were enabled in the windows
> driver,  but I still get errors such as this one
>
> AppWindow::createWindow > could not create overlay visual (try `glxinfo' to
> check for availability on your graphics hardware), (sev = 5)

Cygwin/X has no hardware accelerated OpenGL.

bye
    ago

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References:
- Crash in xserv 4.3.0-40
  - From: Øyvind Harboe
- enableing GL overlays
  - From: Bruce Dobrin

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