Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++bitch.reading.sgi.com)
Wed, 1 May 1996 19:54:33 +0100
On May 1, 10:31am, Simon Hayhurst wrote:
> Subject: Re: Texture problem on RE with PF2.0
> On Apr 22, 12:17pm, Veraart wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Texture problem on RE with PF2.0
> > > I have a visual simulator developed on an Indigo2 High Impact with
> > > Performer 2.0 compiled with OpenGL libraries. Now i want to run same
> > > executable on a Onyx RE, it runs fine, but textures apears with all
colors
> > > changed, like RGBA components was swaped or something like this. All
frames
> > > appears like they was on false colors.
> > >
> > > I want to know if i must compile my simulator with IRIS GL, or there
> > > is another solution with actual OpenGL makefile.
> >
> > You must recompile with the IRISGL libraries. Take a look at the
> > makefile of the example programs like simple and complex.
> > OpenGL uses a different color component order than IRISGL.
> >
> > Mario
> >-- End of excerpt from Veraart
>
> Shout if I'm wrong, but I say, you can use the OpenGL libraries, but you have
> to install the relevant patches. Note that these patches are thought to be
> stable but not necessarily guaranteed to be supported when you find bugs. ;-)
>
>
> Patch 154 First Open GL patch.
>
> Patch 918 New improved Open GL patch, supercedes 154, but
> pre-reqs
> Patch 1116, which is an XFS roll-up.
>
>
>
> For what its worth, I run with these patches :-
>
> 426 uipc 3 panic
> 738 hinv command for ASO/SAMZ, new IBM tape drives, & PCMCIA
> 797 race condition with uipc_vnlist[] causes system panic
> 865 fixes xfsdump large extent bug
> 917 EFS Filesystem roll-up patch (efs.a for XFS)
> 918 RE OpenGL Extensions, Aux Buffers, and Bug Fix Rollup
> 996 XFS rollup patch
> 1115 5.3 Development Headers.
> 1116 5.3 XFSData Management Interface (DMI) roll up and libc patch
> 1120 XLV rollup including multiple IO4's
>
>
> Someone else might wish to confirm / deny, but I believe you will get better
> performance from recompiling with Iris GL, however, if you stick to Open GL
> libraries then you will be IR ready ;-)
>
>
> Simon
>
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>-- End of excerpt from Simon Hayhurst
-- Angus Dorbie, The Reality Centre, Silicon Graphics Ltd, UK dorbie++at++reading.sgi.com
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