Re: [TuxKart-users] OpenGL context error

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Peter Kelly wrote:

> I am trying to compile and run different games that use plib and it
> works on some of my Linux boxes but not on others.  All boxes have
> Mesalibs 4.0.1 and plib 1.4.2.   I have installed the demos for both
> Mesa and plib I have no problem running any of the demos from Mesa.  On
> a linux box running redhat 7.2 with a Chips & Technologies CT69000, the
> plib demos run fine but on a box with a 3Dfx Interactive, inc |Voodoo
> Banchee, I get the following error:
> 
> FATL: puInit called without a valid OpenGL context.

This is a known bug with the half-assed version of Mesa that RedHat
shipped with their 7.x series.  Either upgrade to a newer Mesa or
dive into PLIB and comment out the error message (Yuk!) it appears
in a couple of places in the code - once in puInit and again in ssgInit.

The version number reported by this Mesa library claims to be the
same as an official Mesa release - but in fact it's missing some important
bug fixes that were put in just before the Mesa team released it.

I avoid using both RedHat and Mandrake Linux because they do this kind of
thing *way* too often for my liking. (Remember the GCC/G++ fiasco?)

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