Re: [Mesa3d-dev] sources.lst files

[Brian P. <br...@va...>]

de...@ko... wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> I've reported every bug in the past that I've been able to isolate to a simple
> >> test case (and they've all been fixed quickly).  Unfortunately, this one isn't so simple,
> >> we use a large number of features, and the application itself is a very large, complex
> >> application that takes several hours to compile and just getting the compile to work is
> >> a bit hard (it's C++, needs a very recent version of gcc, STLport, etc etc), and we're
> >> not yet distributing the source in a general manner.
> >
> >Would sending me a binary be practical?
> 
> Sure, in fact, with the next release or so, any user will be able to download the binary
> from the website without a password (right now it's password protected and you
> have to make a formal request).

OK.  Let me know when it's available, give me the steps to reproduce the
problem and I'll look at it.


> Right now I'm struggling with getting the Linux port to work again now that the main
> programmer changed some source and it's causing g++ to report an internal compiler error
> (urk).
> 
> >
> >Could you send me a screenshot of the problem?  That might give me a hint.
> 
> Sure: see page http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/dek/mesa_bug

Thanks.


> >> Here's some of the features we're enabling : lighting, fog, arbitrary clip planes, stippled lines,
> >> alpha blend modes, material properties, depth test, line width, point size, scissor, color logic op, vertex
> >> arrays, polygon offset, stencil, along with tons of texture options including 3D textures
> >> when available.
> >
> >Can you enable/disable these different OpenGL features in order to narrow
> >down or characterize the circumstances under which the problem appears?
> 
> We'll see.  It's tricky because those modes are activated and deactivated numerous
> times during a frame render, and not all of them are applied when the bonds are drawn.
> Certainly,lighting, fog, clip planes, alpha blending, material properties, depth testing,
> scissor, and color logic op are applied during bond rendering.

Are the bonds drawn as polygons or lines?  It's a bit hard to tell.  If you can
say what OpenGL features are used when rendering the bonds that would help too.

Thanks.

-Brian