Hello All, I am going to work on a project that will rely heavily on OpenGL and Wine. I wanted to get some of your opinions on which Linux distribution has the easiest setup and install for dealing with OpenGL and Wine. I will make a fresh install of the best latest version and build on it. did try Mandrake once but the OpenGL did not seem to work with my NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Lonnie __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash
Hey, I've had no troubles with Wine and OpenGL while developing my 3d modelling tool. I've used both Red Hat (8/9) and Mandrake (9.x). Keep in mind you'll need to install the NVidia OpenGL drivers as the generic X drivers suck for 3D. =D When coding with OpenGL/Wine you cannot initialize OpenGL into a static window or any non-fullsize window because of an issue in Wine. One work around I've done is initialize GL to the main window of the program (so it renders full screen), draw your gui windows, then using glViewport change the viewport size to be your originally intended size. This will give the illusion that the rendering area is smaller than it really is, without having to really hack something together. Although it sounds complicated, it's dead simple and works like a charm! If you need a better explanation, let me know. Chris Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
Hello All,
I am going to work on a project that will rely heavily on OpenGL and Wine.
I wanted to get some of your opinions on which Linux distribution has the easiest setup and install for dealing with OpenGL and Wine.
I will make a fresh install of the best latest version and build on it.
did try Mandrake once but the OpenGL did not seem to work with my
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Lonnie
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And what about their claim that they will "incorporate the OS into a browser", meaning that "an OS will become virtually useless?". :-S. Robert
When coding with OpenGL/Wine you cannot initialize OpenGL into a static window or any non-fullsize window because of an issue in Wine.
From what I remember on my investigations on this issue, if you want windowed OpenGL working in Wine, you need to add the WS_CLIPSIBLINGS flag to the window (or DC) that should be used for GL rendering. Otherwise, there is a 'bug' in Wine's GL driver which makes the GL drawable invisible.
Lionel -- Lionel Ulmer - http://www.bbrox.org/
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