[xubuntu-users] OpenGL installation in Ubuntu Linux PC-Problem
Nils Kassube
kassube at gmx.net
Sat Jul 4 07:47:46 UTC 2009
Srinivas Desamsetti wrote:
> After installing the freeglut software I got an error.
> Please give me some directions to solve this problem.
>
> freeglut (./globe_cloud2): Unable to create direct context rendering
> for window './globe_cloud2'
Googling your error message I found e.g. [1] and it seems you need an
accelerated graphics driver for your hardware. Can you tell us which
graphics card you have? The command
sudo lshw -C display
in a terminal should provide information about your graphics card.
Nils
[1] <http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=233769>
More information about the xubuntu-users
mailing list