[FreeNX-kNX] 3D graphic acceleration

[Julie Ashworth]

On 28-04-2010 23.47 -0400, lewis schmidt wrote:
>    Correct me if i'm wrong, but in past releases I have had 3d desktop
>    enabled with full acceleration.  I would like to have the same full
>    featured desktop again but have had no luck reproducing this
>    experience.
>    Is there a new way of configuring freenx to support 3d graphic
>    acceleration?
>    TIA
>    L
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hi Lewis,
I'm using graphics acceleration via NX with VirtualGL. 
http://www.virtualgl.org/vgldoc/2_0_1final/

My setup is particularly complicated, since I manage
5 NX workstations, only one of which has a GPU (nx5). 
When a user starts a NX session on one of the non-GPU
workstations and wants to use graphics acceleration
(i.e. run an openGL program), then they take advantage
of a system-wide alias and (restricted) password-less 
ssh keys. An example of an alias is: 
alias caret5='vglconnect nx5 "vglrun caret5 $1"'

The systems are on a private network, so the network
speed is sufficient not to produce a delay.
Best,
Julie

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