[quake3] icculus quake 3 very dark

Tei oscar.vives at gmail.com
Mon Aug 7 15:18:53 EDT 2006


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> > > > Try a normal X server, not Xgl.
> > >
> > > Xgl is a normal X server, but right now the NVIDIA drivers do not
> > > support it properly. Until 9xxx drivers come out OpenGL is going to
> > > remain crippled on Xgl.
> >
> > I don't consider running an X server on top of an X server normal. There
> > are special cases where this is useful, but not gaming with X server
> > and client on the same machine.
> >
> > The idea of running two fullscreen OpenGL apps at the same time (Xgl and
> > ioquake3) seems a bit strange to me, too.
>
> Why?

Seems thas there problems on Quake4 with XGL. I think is refered on
the manual. Anyway If users embrace XGL, the drivers and apps will
follow.



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