Re: [Visualpython-users] [Q] Running VPython on IBM ThinkPad (fwd)

[Bruce S. <ba...@an...>]

Does anyone see anything in this diagnostic that might explain the problems 
Lee is having trying to run VPython on a ThinkPad? (The only thing I see 
that is worrisome is the S3 hardware, which as far as I know is not very 
mainstream in terms of modern graphics; I don't know why IBM uses this 
graphics card.)

There is another thing to try, if it is an option. Go to the video 
card/driver controls and turn off graphics acceleration, thereby bypassing 
the graphics card hardware. See whether things then work.

Bruce Sherwood

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Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:42 PM -0600
From: Young-Jin Lee <yl...@ui...>
To: Bruce Sherwood <ba...@an...>
Subject: Re: [Visualpython-users] [Q] Running VPython on IBM ThinkPad

> My ThinkPad video driver is the latest one available in the IBM web site.
> Here is the glinfo.py test result.
> Visual-2001-11-08
>   d:\program files\python21\dlls\cvisual.dll Thu Nov 08 14:27:12 2001
>   d:\program files\python21\visual\__init__.py Thu Nov 08 14:21:58 2001
>   d:\program files\python21\visual\graph.py Wed Aug 29 15:57:16 2001
>   d:\winnt\system32\opengl32.dll Fri May 04 13:05:02 2001
> OpenGL renderer active.
>   Vendor: S3 Graphics, Incorporated
>   Version: 1.1 2.10.44
>   Renderer: SavageMX
>   Extensions:
>              GL_ARB_texture_compression
>         GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
>                             GL_EXT_abgr
>                             GL_EXT_bgra
>                 GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint
>            GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
>                        GL_EXT_fog_coord
>                    GL_EXT_packed_pixels
>                 GL_EXT_point_parameters
>                 GL_EXT_paletted_texture
>           GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette
>                 GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
>                     GL_EXT_vertex_array
>                    GL_KTX_buffer_region
>                              GL_S3_s3tc
>                        GL_WIN_swap_hint
>
> It seems to me that my video driver support OpenGL. I don't know why it
> does not support VPython.
> I hope to solve this problem. Thanks.
>
> I checked the IBM web site. IBM web site says that the video driver
> installed on my laptop supports improved OpenGL ICD driver performance. I
> have no application requiring OpenGL, but I think I can assume my laptop
> can run an OpenGL based application.

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