Zach Drayer wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2008, at 12:37 PM, sjbayer3 wrote: > >> >> James Mckenzie wrote: >>> This is not a problem caused by Wine, but rather the X11 program >>> under Leopard (MacOSX 10.5) does not support OpenGL 'out of the >>> box'. There is a possible solution: Use the XQuartz version of >>> X11. It is a simple process, visit the XQuartz MacOSForge web >>> site. Select Releases and download XQuartz 2.3.0. Once the file >>> completes downloading to your Mac, click on the disk image file. >>> This will open to reveal two files: a package file and a folder >>> which includes the readme and change log. Click on the package >>> installer icon to start the installation. It is HIGHLY recommended >>> that the installation be completed by a system administration >>> account. Follow the prompts to install the software package. FWIW, >>> approved XQuartz versions are used in future Leopard updates, you >>> are installing the latest approved update ahead of the Leopard >>> update schedule. >>> >>> I hope this helps resolve your problem with OpenGL. >>> >>> James McKenzie >> >> >> I did all this, and sadly I am still getting the opengl problem. >> When I launch the program it still opens X11, is that an error? >> Should it be opening XQuartz wherever that is? >> > Xquartz is just the project name given to X releases that aren't > officially included in OS X. It's maintained by developers at Apple > though. > > The latest Xquartz builds do not go into OS X directly. iirc, it was > discussed on the mailing list and Apple takes the latest stable at the > time they're building the update and make sure it's stable and package > the X server bits. Xquartz is generally newer then what's in a system > update as well as includes development headers. > > http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/ticket/122 is the relevant bug for > the libGL version being out of date. It's marked to be fixed in > 2.4.0, however far away that may be (Xquartz is on 2.3.1b6 right now, > with a 2.3.2 planned). > Thank you, Zach for the update. This last bit is definitely true and XQuartz is way behind the times for OpenGL support where it breaks and newer OpenGL functions are not supported. Apple's original X11 that came with Leopard did not do even this much. James McKenzie
