[Kde-kiosk] OpenGL errors

[Janyne Kizer]

Thanks a lot.  We are working with the manufacturer to deal with the 
license server issue but it is good to know that doing our own build of 
KDE is an option.

On 10/7/2003 9:09 AM, Waldo Bastian wrote:
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> I have heard of this problem before indeed:
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>>2) OpenGL is linked into KDE from RedHat, and unfortunately for us, that
>>is a licensed product on our terminals.  Or I should say it *was* when
>>the terminals came out.  Our terminals detect OpenGL, and then attempt
>>to get a license which does not exist.  The work around is to build KDE
>>by hand with OpenGL turned off, which is what I did and it worked fine.
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> Cheers,
> Waldo
> 
> On Tuesday 07 October 2003 14:47, Janyne Kizer wrote:
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>>I think that what we are seeing is actually the way that X is now using
>>OpenGL rather than a KDE issue.
>>
>>On 10/6/2003 2:26 PM, Janyne Kizer wrote:
>>
>>>I am finally getting a chance to to upgrade from Red Hat 7.2 to 9 (and
>>>from KDE 2.2.2 to KDE 3.1-10 Red Hat.  Unfortunately, I am getting a lot
>>>of OpenGL-related errors on login.  The error that I am getting is:
>>>
>>>Failed to obtain license for feature:  GLX
>>>
>>>I get the error message 10 times from login to the point the desktop is
>>>fully loaded (and another three or four times when Konqueror loads, etc.)
>>>
>>>The hardware that has these errors is the NCD HMX and NCD MCX product
>>>lines.  These are diskless workstations with 8-bit color.  Newer
>>>workstations like the Thinstar product line and the NC900 appear to be
>>>fine.
>>>
>>>Any pointers would be appreciated
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Janyne Kizer
Systems Programmer Administrator
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension Information Technology