[PyOpenGL-Users] PyOpenGL 2.0.x, Python 2.3 and Red Hat 9.0

[Matt P. <mp...@ya...>]

Hi,

I'm a new user of PyOpenGL (and OpenGL in general) and
I'm wanting to use Python in a few 3D projects I am
working on.  However, I am stymied by the fact I
cannot get PyOpenGL to build or work successfully on
my system.

I have a stock Red Hat 9.0 Personal installation on an
AMD Athlon with an nVidia GeForce 4 video card.  I am
using the nVidia drivers for hardware acceleration
(and it is fast judging by the OpenGL screen savers).

I have installed glut 3.7 from RPM.  I have, however,
replaced Python 2.2 with a build of Python 2.3 from
source.  I've had no problems with Python 2.3 with the
exception of PyOpenGL.  I have SWIG 1.1 (comes with
RH9), Numeric 23.0 (from source), the Python Imaging
Library (latest stable release built from source).  I
also have OpenGLContext 2.x installed from RPM.

However, when I try to build PyOpenGL (either the beta
release or the RC2 release), I either get build
failures (headers not found) or segmentation faults. 
Once I got glut installed, the major build failures
disappeared.  I disabled the build of Togl since it
kept causing seg faults.  With Togl builds disabled,
PyOpenGL compiles but fails to install fully.  

I can import the OpenGL module but I can get nothing
to run.  Half of the time, it reports failure to
locate module GL.__init__.  The rest of the time, I
get a good import and then Python seg faults.

FYI, I have Mesa 3.x installed (which ever version
ships with RH9).  I have managed to compile Mesa 5.x
but haven't installed it for fear of throwing one more
variable into the unknown.

So my question is: has anyone had any success getting
PyOpenGL up and running using Python 2.3 under Red Hat
9?  RH9 is largely an incremental upgrade to RH8
(which I upgraded from) so I don't see any major
library differences.  Could GCC 3.2.2 be the problem? 
I desperately would like to use PyOpenGL and I need it
since it is the low-level rendering API the other APIs
I want to use depend on (PyGame and PyUI). 

I am open to any suggestions short of rebuilding my
box.  :)  I also have a SuSe 8.2 Pro machine with a
Voodoo3 I can experiment on.  It is a new install and
hasn't been touched yet.

Any help appreciated.

Matt Pickering

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