server, client and general GLX extensions and version numbers

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 20:42 +0000, Ioannis Nousias wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 08:51 -0700, Brian Paul wrote:
> >   
> >>> the reason I'm asking this is because I have a problem with the 
> >>> GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap. It appears in the "server" and "client" 
> >>> section, but not in the general one, causing compiz to fail.
> >>>       
> >> Not sure about the GL_EXT_texture_from_pixmap stuff.  Ian was the last 
> >> person to work on that.
> >>     
> >
> > These symptoms usually occur when trying to use direct rendering.
> > GL_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is only supported with indirect rendering
> > with AIGLX.
> >
> >
> >   
> is this a current limitation/bug or a design decision for AIGLX?

It's just not implemented yet for direct rendering. The TTM was an
important prerequisite that's now in place.

> I've seen some talks about this on the compiz mailing list and a patch 
> for compiz to ignore the fact that the TFP is not advertised in the 
> global GLX extensions and make compiz run anyway.

That would be useless, as it really doesn't work in that case.


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