Re: [Visualpython-users] Instructions for building VPython on MacOSX 10.3 and Python 2.3

[Jonathan B. <jbr...@ea...>]

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 20:05, Jon Schull wrote:

> however (as formerly under 2.2), I still have an OpenGL problem.
> 
> > >>> sphere()
> > OpenGL initialization failed.
> >   Unable to create OpenGL display widget
> > <Primitive object at 0x62d394>
> > >>>
> 
> at the same time stderr writes
> > Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkWidget'
> 
> 
> This is apparently unrelated to Python (but I'd still like help!!),  
> since I can't run glgears either:
> > Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
> 
> any suggestions??  Might the pango / glib2 hiccup be the issue?

No.  glxgears doesn't use either pango or glib2, it directly uses the
X11 protocol.  Visual doesn't use pango or glib2 either, since it uses
gtk+ 1.x.

FYI, Pango is the internationalized text engine for Gtk+ version 2 (and
later).

-Jonathan Brandmeyer