[GEM-dev] GEM: Unable to create window - Mac OS X on an AppleTV

[chris clepper]

It appears there is no GL video hardware to use on the AppleTV.  This is not
surprising given the intended purpose of the box.

On Jan 5, 2008 5:43 PM, Jonathan J. Davis <davis at snickers.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been playing around with PD + GEM for a bit, and have setup a very
> straight-forward delay for live video from a webcam.
>
> The problem comes when I try and use it on an AppleTV that I've gotten to
> boot OS X 10.4.8 from an externa USB drive. I don't even get past creating
> a GEM window. The following is what I get:
>
> [import] loaded library: Gem
> GemwinMac: width - 500 height - 500
> MAC: no info.context
> error: GEM: Unable to create window
> error: [gemwin]: GEM: gemwin: no window made
>
> At first I thought it might have been x11 due to not having installed it
> and errors when I opened GEM, but thats not the case as I've added it. GEM
> now opens without any errors but I still get the error.
>
> I'm using PD-extended 0.39.3
>
> Any advice? Are there components in OS X that have no loaded under the
> AppleTV hardware that are causing me this problem?
>
> Cheers, and thanks in advance for any assistance,
>
> Jonathan
>
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