[vbox-dev] Shared OpenGL support on Linux host

[Alexander Eichner]

Nvidia crashes because the stack size of the service thread is too
small.
The patch fixes this and cleans up the linux implementation.

Alexander

Am Donnerstag, den 19.07.2007, 16:35 +0200 schrieb 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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