From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 87570 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2017 15:23:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-cvs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-apps-cvs-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 87519 invoked by uid 9795); 20 Feb 2017 15:23:51 -0000 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 15:23:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20170220152351.87476.qmail@sourceware.org> From: jturney@sourceware.org To: cygwin-apps-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: [xorg-doc - Cygwin XOrg documentation] branch master, updated. 4610bf90ada83927b6f5f20f257383dfb42d4d1a X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/master X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Oldrev: 9d684503b97889afe5576d54d5b249cd0ce80da3 X-Git-Newrev: 4610bf90ada83927b6f5f20f257383dfb42d4d1a X-SW-Source: 2017-q1/txt/msg00013.txt.bz2 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=cygwin-apps/xorg-doc.git;h=4610bf90ada83927b6f5f20f257383dfb42d4d1a commit 4610bf90ada83927b6f5f20f257383dfb42d4d1a Author: Jon Turney Date: Mon Feb 20 15:11:19 2017 +0000 Update OpenGL documentation Windows-DRI is now the default for local clients. https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=cygwin-apps/xorg-doc.git;h=8933a3f3bc372675c13d2cfb34251f4dae2e7dd7 commit 8933a3f3bc372675c13d2cfb34251f4dae2e7dd7 Author: Jon Turney Date: Thu Nov 17 16:17:38 2016 +0000 Update build prerequisites Diff: --- cg/programming-prerequisites.xml | 3 +- ug/using.xml | 40 ++++++++++++------------------------- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/cg/programming-prerequisites.xml b/cg/programming-prerequisites.xml index 970ef9e..c69037e 100644 --- a/cg/programming-prerequisites.xml +++ b/cg/programming-prerequisites.xml @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ libXau-devel, libXaw-devel, libXdmcp-devel, libXext-devel, -libXfont-devel, +libXfont2-devel, libXi-devel, libXinerama-devel, libXmu-devel, @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ libxcb-render-devel, libxcb-render-util-devel, libxcb-shape-devel, libxcb-util-devel, +libxcb-xkb-devel, libxkbfile-devel, zlib diff --git a/ug/using.xml b/ug/using.xml index 357534c..f507aa0 100644 --- a/ug/using.xml +++ b/ug/using.xml @@ -886,15 +886,7 @@ parameter to specify the local IP address to be used. OpenGL (GLX) - -Hardware-accelerated OpenGL is still under active development and should be considered -beta quality, but should be working well enough to be useful. Please report -problems with specific OpenGL applications to the cygwin mailing list. - - - - The &project; X Server supports both software OpenGL rendering (using the mesa software renderer), and hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering (using the native Windows OpenGL (WGL) interface). @@ -934,7 +926,7 @@ The option is required to allow them. software rendering - The software renderer used (e.g. llvmpipe, softpipe) can be + The software renderer used (e.g. llvmpipe, softpipe, swr) can be selected using the GALLIUM_DRIVER environment variable. @@ -981,23 +973,11 @@ The option is required to allow them. + export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 - start server with -wgl option - - - export LIBGL_USE_WGL=1 - - - Since direct accelerated rendering is currently experimental, - the LIBGL_USE_WGL environment variable is required to enable it, - but that will be removed when the feature is mature, at which - point it will be the default and export - LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 will be required to force - software rendering. - - + start server with -wgl option (default) (local clients only) @@ -1014,13 +994,12 @@ Currently the default configurations are: -For local clients the default is direct, software rendering. +For local clients the default is direct, hardware-accelerated rendering. -To use the experimental direct, hardware-accelerated rendering, you must do -export LIBGL_USE_WGL=1 before starting the client -application. +To use software rendering, you must do export +LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 before starting the client application. @@ -1057,6 +1036,13 @@ Please ensure you are using the latest display drivers for your graphics hardware before reporting any visual issues with WGL. + + +Please report problems with specific OpenGL applications to the cygwin mailing +list. + + + Known issues: