Re: render to a file

From: Marcin Romaszewicz (marcin++at++asmodean.engr.sgi.com)
Date: 05/23/2001 18:07:04

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You have to have a connection to X. You need GLX to obtain an OpenGL
visual or a pbuffer.

-- Marcin

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Anthony Migliore wrote:

> Is there any way to render a 'flt' model and save the image to a file
> without displaying the image on a screen. I'm trying to create a
> performer render application that can run as a cron job and process a
> directory of 'flt' files creating an image for each model. I've
> modified simple.c with a pfuSaveImage call and this works from a login
> shell; however, it fails as a cron job somewhere in the X11 library
> calls. I assume think it's trying to create the window with no X-server
> running.
>
> -- Mig
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