HW-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
Ekkehard Beier
I'm looking for a hardware-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
SuSE 6.0/6.1.
The supported graphics card should be an Elsa Gloria Synergy
or another board with Per media 2 chip set. However, I could
use another chip set (VOODOO) if necessary.
- Where can I get a corresponding OpenGL implementation?
(commercial or free, does MESA support HW?)
- Do I need special X servers (commercial or free)?
[In case of commercial tools, German distributors are preferred.]
Please respond by email to:
Ekkehar...@EasternGraphics.com
I will post a summary if necessary.
Thank you very much in advance.
Yours,
Ekki.
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Ekkehard 'Ekki' Beier
Technical University of Ilmenau, Dep. of Computer Science
jl...@duke.begone.spam.edu
> I'm looking for a hardware-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
> SuSE 6.0/6.1.
> The supported graphics card should be an Elsa Gloria Synergy
> or another board with Per media 2 chip set. However, I could
> use another chip set (VOODOO) if necessary.
Xi Graphics sells one, although it's pricey and looks to have limited
distribution at this point. Check out
http://www.xig.com/Pages/3D%20AX%20Page.html
> Please respond by email to:
Nope -- followup posted to newsgroup for all to see.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Jeremy L. Buchmann
: Hello anybody,
: I'm looking for a hardware-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
: SuSE 6.0/6.1.
: The supported graphics card should be an Elsa Gloria Synergy
: or another board with Per media 2 chip set. However, I could
: use another chip set (VOODOO) if necessary.
: - Where can I get a corresponding OpenGL implementation?
: (commercial or free, does MESA support HW?)
Look for Mesa. I hear it is pretty much a perfect copy of the real OpenGL.
: - Do I need special X servers (commercial or free)?
You'll need the appropriate X-server for your card, of course.
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Jeremy Buchmann "Those who trade freedom for safety deserve
jlbu...@scs.unr.edu neither freedom nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
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Josh Stern
>In comp.os.linux.x Ekkehard Beier <ek...@prakinf.tu-ilmenau.de> wrote:
>: Hello anybody,
>
>: I'm looking for a hardware-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
>: SuSE 6.0/6.1.
>: The supported graphics card should be an Elsa Gloria Synergy
>: or another board with Per media 2 chip set. However, I could
>: use another chip set (VOODOO) if necessary.
>: - Where can I get a corresponding OpenGL implementation?
>: (commercial or free, does MESA support HW?)
>
>Look for Mesa. I hear it is pretty much a perfect copy of the real OpenGL.
But, it's not, in general, hardware-accelerated (only for special
cards).
See this faq for more info:
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna/XFree86-3D-status.html
>: - Do I need special X servers (commercial or free)?
>
>You'll need the appropriate X-server for your card, of course.
And whether the server has hardware accelerated OpenGL depends
of the server and the effect also depends on the client library.
- Josh
Lev
Ekkehard Beier wrote:
> Hello anybody,
>
> I'm looking for a hardware-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
> SuSE 6.0/6.1.
>
> The supported graphics card should be an Elsa Gloria Synergy
> or another board with Per media 2 chip set. However, I could
> use another chip set (VOODOO) if necessary.
>
> - Where can I get a corresponding OpenGL implementation?
> (commercial or free, does MESA support HW?)
>
> - Do I need special X servers (commercial or free)?
>
> [In case of commercial tools, German distributors are preferred.]
>
> Please respond by email to:
>
Lothos_
(not likely)
ohh, and cross posts are evil ;)
Lev <le...@gmx.net> wrote in message news:371E3E1D...@gmx.net...
jedi
>Not unless the MESA programmers can get their hands on the chipset specs
>(not likely)
They do, by way of Daryll.
The information for the 2D just plain publicly accessable.
I have a copy sitting at home (paper) and at work (pdf).
Lothos_
here's a cut'n'paste from www.mesa3d.org explaining
>>Supporting the 3Dfx hardware was relatively simple because of the 3Dfx
Glide library. In order to support other 3D hardware we need: Detailed
technical specifications which often must be obtained under NDA. <<
Chip manufacturers dont just give out specs on their hardware. The MESA
programmers were lucky on glide because they could use an existing library
as a gateway to the hardware. There is no paralell with other chipsets, but
i wouldnt call that a disadvantage, it would just add another layer to go
though.
jedi <je...@dementia.mishnet> wrote in message
news:slrn7hsne...@dementia.mishnet...
Jan-Frode Myklebust
>Hello anybody,
>
>I'm looking for a hardware-accelerated OpenGL for LINUX
>SuSE 6.0/6.1.
>
>The supported graphics card should be an Elsa Gloria Synergy
>or another board with Per media 2 chip set. However, I could
>use another chip set (VOODOO) if necessary.
>
>- Where can I get a corresponding OpenGL implementation?
> (commercial or free, does MESA support HW?)
>
There's a patch for hardware accelerated mesa for the permedia II at
http://www.suse.de/~sim/
I've tested the patch and it works quite nice, but it's still in the alpha
stage. You *might* be better off waiting for the commercial implementations
from Metrolink <http://www.metrolink.com/> og XiG <<http://www.xig.com/>.
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