are there istall directions for 3ddesktop

[jblfan]

sup guys...i have a 3.2ghz 64 bit edition system, so i thought i would give this little utility a try....i thought it looked cool....so i was using the intall HOW TO here

well when i get to the ./configure command it runs, then comes up with the error.... GL/gl.h is needed to compile 3ddesktop....

can someone help with this error...
thanks

jblfan

[UgoDeschamps]

if you issue this command does it return something?

locate libGL

if not, you'll need to install it

[jblfan]

i get mostly folders with libglade, libglib, and libglut....then theres one module that is libglx.a

if those are not what you are talking about...can you tell me where to get that and info on how to istall...thanks again

jblfan

[jeremy1701]

Sounds like you don't have 3d acceleration enabled. You can find out for sure by running this command:

glxinfo | grep direct

If you don't have 3D accel, what is your video card?

Jeremy

[jblfan]

ok, i ran that command and this is what i get

direct rendering: no
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

I have an ATI video card

[jeremy1701]

Go to the ATI site. d/l and install the drivers for you card. After you go through the setup and get direct rendering working, you should be good to go to install 3d desktop.

Have fun!
Jeremy

[UgoDeschamps]

Go to the ATI site. d/l and install the drivers for you card. After you go through the setup and get direct rendering working, you should be good to go to install 3d desktop.

Have fun!
Jeremy

Jeremy said it... Have fun with ATI installation...
They will come out in mid January with a "suposedly" good linux driver... as for the required lib you should be fine

[sarumont]

Go to the ATI site. d/l and install the drivers for you card. After you go through the setup and get direct rendering working, you should be good to go to install 3d desktop.

Have fun!
Jeremy

Jeremy said it... Have fun with ATI installation...
They will come out in mid January with a "suposedly" good linux driver... as for the required lib you should be fine

Yeah...I can't wait for that. Maybe we'll be able to actually use our ATI cards to accelerate things.

[rushwhq]

Hello.

I have the same problem. I recently installed nvivida gf2 mx 400 ddr 64.
when i do glxinfo | grep direct
the system returns:
direct rendering: Yes

ok, now i run ./configure and says:

checking GL/gl.h presence... no
checking for GL/gl.h... no
configure: error: GL/gl.h is needed to compile 3ddesktop

what its suppose to do now ?

Sorry for my english

regards from argentina

[jeremy1701]

First, try to install 3ddesktop by urpmi. I thought it was in there.

If not
Try this:

updatedb

Then ./configure

If that doesnt work, you'll have to point ./configure to the location of libgl.
You can find that by

locate libgl

Jeremy