Re: Linux Performer - Plans to use XFree86 4.0

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From: Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Date: 03/30/2000 11:39:42

The main extension used is the depth mapped texture with test against
projected r.

From memory, everything else is fairly vanilla.

Cheers,Angus.

Joseph Spann wrote:
>
> Hi Allan,
>
> It's been a month since this came up last and I see that XFree86 4.0 came
> out last week.
> Has anyone tried it out yet?
>
> "03/24/00 XFree86 4.0 is the first official release of the new XFree86 4.
> XFree86 4 represents a significant redesign of the XFree86 X server. It
> integrates OpenGL (Mesa), the open source GLX extenstion form SGI, and the
> Direct Rendering Infrastructure, to provide OpenGL hardware acceleration
> under most UNIXs."
>
> FYI: We're running RedHat6.1 & V770 with the XFree3.3.3.1 stuff as Performer
> would flake out with the 3.3.5.
>
> We're very interested in support for a lot of _SGIX so we can do UAV demo
> type things. Did any of that make it in?
>
> Thanks
>
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