Re: [Mesa3d-users] Help in basics of Mesa/OpenGL

[physic <ph...@te...>]

> I recently upgraded to Xfree86 4.0, and I noticed the GL architecture has
> changed...
> I had Mesa 3.0 installed in /usr/lib, and now, X has it's own installed in
> /usr/X11R4/lib.

This was a mistake in xf4.  Should be fixed for the next release.

> I understand the libGL.so that comes with X4 is Mesa 3.3beta? Yet, I cannot
> find Mesa3.3anything, even under the Mesa CVS. I would just use the libGL

The 3.3 branch is the default cvs branch.  No official beta was released
expect the code dump that went into the xf4 release.

> My question is, what can I do to get Mesa/GL working under X4?

Have a little more patience I think.  Its still a bit difficult.  Check
the dri list archive for all the recent people trying ot get it to work.

> - I would try upgrading to Mesa3.3beta if I could find it, but I was
> recently informed that it's not stock mesa that comes with X4, but an
> altered version....

It is the 3.3 branch compiled a certain way.  You really wad to visit the
dri people at dri.sourceforge.net.  They are integrating mesa into xf4.

> I was also interested if/when the GLX project will be incorperated in Mesa?
> I understand they have support for the agp module in the new kernel...

The utah-glx code is separate from the dri priject, but many developers
contribute to both.  My feeling is that the dri stuff will get working and
everyone will just start using and developing with that since it works
well with xf4.  Who knows for sure though.  I dont think the utah-glx
people even know what they want to do yet.

--physic
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