[vbox-dev] Shared OpenGL support on Linux host

[Alexander Eichner]

This really fixes SharedOpenGL with Mesa/DRI.
Nvidia doesn't work (my setup was broken and it used software rendering
thatswhy i thought it worked)

Alexander

Am Mittwoch, den 18.07.2007, 17:21 +0200 schrieb Alexander Eichner:
> This is the new version of the patch.
> It removes the need for a global display variable and replaces the
> PixelFormat to XVisualInfo conversion code with one which uses
> GLXFBConfig. All demos are now working with nvidia drivers.
> 
> Alexander Eichner
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 11.07.2007, 12:59 +0200 schrieb Alexander Eichner:
> > there were some things left in the Makefile.kmk from a previous attempt
> > to get Display variable via global qApp object.
> > Prevents VirtualBox from building on other Distros like Fedira 7.
> > Removed it. Updated patch attached.
> > 
> > Alexander
> > 
> > Am Mittwoch, den 11.07.2007, 11:51 +0200 schrieb Alexander Eichner:
> > > the attached patch adds basic Shared OpenGL support for Windows guests
> > > on Linux hosts.
> > > It currently works with the mesa software renderer.
> > > tests with the accelerated but proprietary nvidia driver resulted in a
> > > segmentation fault.
> > > Another problem is that it needs a global Display variable which is
> > > defined in the VirtualBox frontend.
> > > The patched is released under the MIT license
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Alexander Eichner
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