# To subscribers of the xforms list from spl@eggshell.ucsd.edu :
> I have used Forms extensively on a UNIX system. However, I currently
> MUST use Win2000 for my research. (Long story)
>
> I am having problems getting forms and gl to work together with my Win2000
> system. I have a large body of code which uses the glcanvas.
> However I can't even get the test program gl.c to work in my current
> environment.
Is the server known to work with OpenGL in the first place? Try
xdpyinfo
and you should see something like
ncmir:spl> xdpyinfo | more
name of display: eggshell.ucsd.edu:6.0
version number: 11.0
vendor string: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
vendor release number: 6410
maximum request size: 262140 bytes
motion buffer size: 256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, MSBFirst, 32
image byte order: MSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats: 3
supported pixmap formats:
depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 254
focus: window 0xe80000d, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions: 30
AccessX
Adobe-DPS-Extension
DOUBLE-BUFFER
DPMS
DPSExtension
Extended-Visual-Information
FBPM
GLX <----------------- you're looking for this
LBX
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
Multi-Buffering
RECORD
SECURITY
SHAPE
SUN_ALLPLANES
SUN_DGA
SUN_OVL
SUN_SME
SYNC
SolarisIA
SunForum
TOG-CUP
XC-APPGROUP
XC-MISC
XIE
XInputDeviceEvents
XInputExtension
XTEST
default screen number: 0
[... more stuff not relevant ...]
If you don't find the GLX extension then your server loses.
Note that you *must* do this on the machine on which the server is
running -- doing it remotely will just give you the characteristics of
the server on the remote machine (you can set the display but it
generally will hang unless you're also logged in to machine console
anyhow).
spl
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