direct context rendering

[samseed]

Ok, sorry to be a nuisance, but I think this will be my last question for awhile. Everything is working, except when running the sample apps using the OpenGL GUI Renderer I get this message:

-- CEGUI Sample Application Framework --
Please select a renderer:
1. OpenGL GUI Renderer.
1
freeglut (SampleApp): Unable to create direct context rendering for window 'Crazy Eddie's GUI Mk-2 - Sample Application'
This may hurt performance.


Well it definitely hurts performance as the samples are running very sloooowwwwwly. Is this because I'm using freeglut?

[CrazyEddie]

Hmmm. Not sure if it's a freeglut issue. Definitely sounds like you're getting software rendering - does other OpenGL stuff run at full speed? If so, it would definitely seem like a freeglut thing.

If I get time tomorrow, I may switch to freeglut and see if I get the same issue

[samseed]

Hmmm... I had run one other opengl program and it looked good so I thought that things were ok. However, I just ran some other examples - tutorials on nehe.gamedev.net - and they are running pretty slow. Well I'll take this question to a standard linux forum, it's not your problem I think. Thanks and sorry!

Just in case though - my graphics card is a MSI G3Ti200-TD w/64 MB of RAM and on Windows those tutorials I mentioned above run perfect. I went to MSI's site and they don't have driver downloads for Linux. My display setting is showing the card as an NVIDIA GeForce 3 (generic) so I would think that would be good.

[samseed]

Ok good news!

All I had to do was go to nvidia's site and download their driver and install it. It's a one driver fits all download. A bit of configuration to do, still not working exactly right, but Crazy Eddy's stuff is working beautifully.

[CrazyEddie]

Cool. Now I do not have to install freeglut

CE