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Re: Cannot initialize JOGL on Mesa swrast after upgrade

Posted by Dolda2000 on Feb 06, 2014; 12:47pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Cannot-initialize-JOGL-on-Mesa-swrast-after-upgrade-tp4031458p4031480.html

> BTW, is 'libgl1-mesa-swx11' the right choice for software rendering in the
> first place ?

As far as I'm aware, for sure. :)

What makes you think it isn't?

> I thought the gallium llvm provides software rendering .. hmm

It does, indeed, through libgl1-mesa-swx11. It in turn uses Mesa's standard libosmesa, which is what implements the llvmpipe. I'm not sure if this is part of Mesa 8.0, however; it may be a later development.