DRM problem with X-terminal

[Felix Kühling]

Am Samstag, den 03.12.2005, 15:30 +0200 schrieb Simo Kauppi:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to use DRM in a thinclient configuration? If so, what am
> I missing?
> 
> I have a 64-bit Debian server (hostname server) with xdm and the
> necessary xclients. Then I have a 32-bit host (hostname terminal) with
> Xorg 6.8.2.
> 
> In the server I have "terminal" in the Xaccess-file and I start Xorg in
> the terminal with X -query server.
> 
> I have the
> Section "DRI"
>   Mode 0666
> EndSection
> in the xorg.conf in the terminal.
> 
> X in the terminal seems to be working fine, except e.g. glxinfo tells
> me that direct rendering is not working. According to the Xorg.0.log in
> the terminal, DRM is working.
> 
> $ glxinfo

Am I correct in assuming that glxinfo is running on the server? In that
case direct rendering can't work. Direct rendering means that the OpenGL
application has direct access to the graphics hardware. If the OpenGL
application is running on a remote server that is impossible. What you
really want for your thin-client configuration is accelerated indirect
rendering. People are working on making this possible, but they are not
there yet. So you're stuck with software indirect rendering for now.

Regards,
  Felix

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