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Re: croquet noob with nvidia problem

Posted by KenDickey on Feb 02, 2007; 4:49pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/croquet-noob-with-nvidia-problem-tp125604p125610.html

On Friday 2007 February 02 12:36 am, Hussayn Dabbous wrote:
> phreakys schrieb:
> > ps. im on archlinux
...

> >> I got a problem though. I tested the program on my laptop(ATI
> >> X700/centrino),
> >> and it worked fine. On my desktop(nvidia gforce 6600) i get an opengl
> >> initialization error. I checked glxgears/glxinfo and hw-acceleration
> >> should
> >> work fine.
>
> The problem probably is here:
> Whenever you upgrade your OS, or install software which updates the
> video drivers, part of the openGL installation might get corrupted.
> Dont ask me why, what, where. I dont know, but the general advice
> seems to be:
>
> Reinstall the original video drivers of your
> sound card. reinstal openGL and go ahead...
>
> I had the very same problem with Second Life and with Croquet on Windoiws
> XP. Microsoft is known to ignore open GL ;-)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Actually, XP is known to (actively) disable acceleration for Open GL.

-KenD

-KenD