How to enable software rendering via X server

[drago01]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Neeraj N T <neerajnt at tataelxsi.co.in> wrote:
> Hi All,
> By using the environment variable LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 my glxinfo showed
> the following:
>
> direct rendering: No
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) IGDNG_M GEM 20091221 2009Q4
>
> My research showed that the Xclient is actually using indirect rendering
> where as the Xserver is inturn using the DRI path.
> Instead of the above how can I get the below output, so that I can ensure
> graphics flow is using software rendering ?
>
> direct rendering: Yes
> OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer

You'd have to set LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1  ... indirect rendering does
NOT mean software rendering.