[GEM-dev] still not able to use gem...

[Gerald Leier]

thanks for the support.

>
>> i was wondering if there is any hardware requirements (gfx hardware)
>> for getting gem running under linux with software openglrendering.
>> (glxgears works just fine)
>
>if you seriously want to use gem then u need hardware accelleration.
>in linux this is done via DRI modules. u have to have a look at
>dri.sourceforge.net if your card is supported.
>if u have a nvidia card then u should install the nvidia driver from
>nvidia website as the linux natice drivers do not support DRI.
>
>you can test if u have hardware acceleration with:
>glxinfo
>it should give u something like:
>direct rendering: yes
>and a lot od supported opengl extensions
> 
>> after hiting the gemhead button on any demopatch a blackbox with
>> nothing inside appears. got some "cant create double bufferd...."
>> error and thats it.
>
>thats because u have no hardware rendering

ok, so gem requires hardwarerendering. well nice to know.
thats it for me and gem for the moment. if i only had asked that
question 2 weeks earlier.... ;)