[PD] Does GEM need X-Server to be running

[Ingo Scherzinger]

> > Does GEM need X-Server to be running or does it connect directly to the
> > graphic card?
> >
> whether you need an X-server, depends on your platform.
> on windows, Gem uses platform dependend code to create windows and to
> establish an openGL context.
> on X-platforms (linux, bsd, irix,...) it will use X/glx, so you will
> need an X-server somewhere to display (not necessarily the machine you
> are running Pd on).
> on OSX it will use Carbon/AGL.
> on w32 it will use windows/wgl.
> 
> i don't know of any program that "directly connects to the graphics
> card" and still wants to do more than copying pixels into some legacy
> buffer.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04).
I need to display the GEM window with the machine I'm running it on.
So that means I basically have to keep the system graphics turned on I
guess.

>Try pdp_xv or if it’s build pdp_sdl

Would this allow me to turn the system graphics off and only display the GEM
window?

Ingo