Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] GL_VENDOR

[René D. <re...@gm...>]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Mads Ipsen <mp...@co...> wrote:
> How come glGetString(GL_VENDOR) returns None if I don't have an OpenGL
> context?
>
> My innocent purpose of querying the vendor string is to display some
> driver info in an 'about box'. Normally I get the context by launching a
> QGLWidget from Qt, but it would be really silly to do this for the
> purpose of displaying an about box.
>
> All tricks and suggestions are most welcome,
>
> Mads
>
Hi,

That can crash on some machines too without a connection.  It's for
querying the GL connection, so you need a connection to use it.

Reading from the glxinfo program might be another idea to try... if
it's there on the platform.

cheers,