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Date:      Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:35:06 -0500
From:      Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu>
To:        Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
Cc:        freebsd@schlossadler.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues
Message-ID:  <4664150A.2000709@cs.okstate.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20070604114351.3df9b5b3@localhost>
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Written by Norberto Meijome on 06/03/07 20:43>>
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:11:26 +1000
> Alex R <freebsd@schlossadler.net> wrote:
> 
>>> it's in the archives of the list - you need to install the mesa-demos
>>> port.  
>> Installed it.
>>
>> [alex@desktop ~]$ glxinfo
>> Error: unable to open display
>>
>> But thats because I am ssh'd into the box from work, I dare say it will work when I get home and test from within X.
> 
> ( X forwarding over ssh to your local display ..? I am just not sure whether glxinfo calculations would be based on your remote display or your local one....)
> 

glxinfo over X-forward will report on the display the client is drawing 
on - X clients are not aware of any other displays unless explicitly 
instructed (e.g. glxinfo -display localhost:0), and even then you'll 
have to fight xauth.

Incidentally, you can never do direct rendering over remote X connection 
because the client (which is executed on a remote system) does not have 
direct access to the memory of the display.



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