Re: [Bino-list] linux patches for 0.9.2

[Jürgen Löb]

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On 08.03.2011 20:33, Jürgen Löb wrote:
>
> Hi Martin,
> On 08.03.2011 19:48, Martin Lambers wrote:
> > Hello Jürgen!
>
> > On 08/03/11 12:39, Jürgen Löb wrote:
> >> bino did not work for me with linux. It failed to verify the GL
> >> context and the OpenAL context.
>
> > Regarding the GL format patch:
>
> > As you suggested, I disabled Alpha in the GL format, because we are
> > currently not using it:
> >
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bino.git/commit/?id=1bae185ccbb12a166788cdb8d70ea158e5e08dea
>
> > However, the problem you are seeing is most likely a limitation of
> your
> > particular OpenGL implementation/driver, and we may have to re-enable
> > alpha later when/if we implement subtitles or an on-screen display.
>
> OpenGL implementation is from nvidia-drivers-260.19.36, so most
> probably others have the same problem. However there are probably not
> that many people using a quadro board with stereo enabled X server.
> Configuration may also be a matter. Perhaps it?s best to use an alpha
> visual when available but fall back to a non alpha one and print a
> warning if it is not available .
Hi,

I just found out the reason for not having the alpha visual available.
My X server only had 16 bits of colour depth. When using 24 bits it
works without the patch. Well, the fallback variant seems to be the
best solution since there may be others using a similar configuration.

regards

Jürgen
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