[GRASSLIST:8635] Re: NVIZ not working properly in GRASS 6?

[Ross A. Beyer]

Tom,

On Thursday 13 October 2005 04:06 pm, Tom Russo wrote:

> Hmmm.  Sounds like there's something fishy in the Mesa that comes with
> x.org 6.8.2, then (and also with the old XFree86-4.3.0), or at least with
> how NVIZ is using them.  The NVIDIA driver set replaces all the GL
> libraries, and when I use those instead NVIZ works fine (I last built from
> CVS about a week ago, and NVIZ has no problem on my
> NVIDIA-card/NVIDIA-driver system.  When I say "NVIDIA driver" I mean the
> one from NVIDIA that requires separate installation, not the "nv" driver
> that comes with x.org.  These drivers are available for linux and FreeBSD
> (on BSD they're /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/).

Thanks for all of the info.

My FreeBSD 5.4 system with X.org 6.8.2 has an ATI video card, so
the NVIDIA drivers aren't really a solution for me.

Do you think that this is something the GRASS developers will address
(do they visit this list)?  Or should I go and get myself an NVIDIA
card?
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                                             Ross

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