Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:49:32 -0500 From: anonymous <johnandsara2@cox.net> To: Eax Melanhovich <afiskon@devzen.ru> Cc: "Michael B. Eichorn" <ike@michaeleichorn.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD support OpenGL 3.3? Message-ID: <56C6669C.1080002@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20160214194906.5b1d6f6b@fujitsu> References: <20160115103123.097be7d9@fujitsu> <5698A68D.8080202@dumbbell.fr> <20160115214315.4ee47348@fujitsu> <56B5434E.8070907@dumbbell.fr> <20160214131056.773c9f87@fujitsu> <1455456349.1203.3.camel@michaeleichorn.com> <20160214194906.5b1d6f6b@fujitsu>
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Eax Melanhovich wrote: > Hello, Michael > >> The WIP kernel driver instructions are here: >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%20Linux%203.8 > > It works! I have OpenGL 3.3 now. But there is a problem. > > Here is a program I used to test OpenGL support: > > https://github.com/afiskon/c-opengl-text > > This is how it looks on Ubuntu, Windows and MacOS: > > http://eax.me/files/2016/02/opengl-text.jpg > > And this is how it looks on FreeBSD: > > http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6271/UrwLLK.png > > All DXT textures are rendered either black or white. I recognize this > behaviour because I observed it recently when I tried to run OpenGL > examples on VMWare: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/730536/vmware-workstation-doesnt-render-dds-dxt-textures > > Also note suspicious output from libGL. > OpenGL 1.0 - 1.3 by Silicon Graphics (i know you said 3.3) were release full source "compile it yourself", i did so in linux and (win95 before i boycotted ms products for a ton of consumer attacks reasons). the glut glx were also full source AND WORKING (no "depends lists", no broken compile environment harassment, etc) SO: if it is an "OpenGL" product it will work (it will work in software mode - if you want "all in silicon OpenGL" to work by drivers: then DONT buy any common commercial card i'd think; and you need drivers not OpenGL 3.3 if it does NOT work: then it's become a phony and itself is under attack by hackers it is that simple
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