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[PyOpenGL-Users] Good way to test for OpenGL support?

[Chris B. <chr...@no...>]

Hi folks,

When I try to run my app on a machine with no OpenGL drivers, I get
errors, but they are usually someont g mysterious.

What I'd like to do is check on startup if OPenGL support is there, so
I can give a nice useful error message to my users.

What's a good way to do that? i.e. check for driver support -- I can
handle the eror message.

-Chris


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Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] Good way to test for OpenGL support?

[Greg E. <gre...@ca...>]

Chris Barker wrote:

> What I'd like to do is check on startup if OPenGL support is there, so
> I can give a nice useful error message to my users.

You could try to create an OpenGL context and catch any
exceptions that arise.

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Greg