Posted by gsxruk on Jun 02, 2013; 4:53pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Linux-graphics-driver-tp4029240p4029300.html

Hi,

I think that's a bit over the top to be honest.  My first post was entitled "Linux graphics driver", hardly scary.  It was deliberately generic, because it was meant to be a generic question. I have little experience with the open source drivers and didn't want to post bug reports that were not real. I also didn't want to spend lots of time trying to locate bugs, if the open source drivers were known to be buggy or not good with jOGL, hence asking the question. As you stated they are generally good, I posted a bug report with Red Hat and also did some work in freeglut to further prove the case.

My second post could have a title that indicates the driver in use. However, I still don't think it's scary. I also believe I'm  not making any claims, just stating facts. The text inside clearly states the distributions that have been trialed. Also, I'm not sure how you can conclude this affects "very few Linux distros". I have tried 2 at random and both give similar results on my machine. Neither of us know for sure, but I think that shows there are potentially others that would be the same.

As you believe the latest issue may concern JOGL, I'll perform the recommendations you have made and post a bug report as requested.

Apologies if my posts have raised unnecessary concern. They were not meant to be bug reports, but requests for help and opinion. I was actually trying not to waste peoples time.

Thanks.