Re: [Bug-gnubg] GL build on a non-GL system

[Russ Allbery]

Christian Anthon <address@hidden> writes:

> what Russ suggests isn't to remove the dependency, but to allow a clean
> fallback to the 2D version if gtk_gl_init fails. This can be done by
> replacing the call with gtk_gl_init_check. However, the current version
> code doesn't allow this because it expects the 3d code to be working
> even though 2d display is chosen. (Commenting out the gtk_gl_init call
> simulates the situation).

> This is relevant for linux users because they might not have 3d working
> correctly on their native display or might run on a remote display not
> supporting GLX.

Right.  It's no problem to have the libraries there, but for some users
the libraries will throw an initialization failure because the screen
doesn't support GLX.

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Russ Allbery (address@hidden)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>