KPovModeler port problem: why no OpenGL?

[Jonathan Glaschke]

Hello,

On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 06:56:31PM -0600, Andrew Predoehl wrote:
> 
> I found a problem when I recompiled the 
> graphics/kdegraphics3 port; the build and install were OK, 
> but now when I run KPovModeler, it tells me, "No OpenGL 
> support" and does not show wireframes anymore.
> 
> I'm running FreeBSD-5.4-RELEASE-p4, and recompiling 
> because I'm just doing an ordinary portupgrade on 
> kdegraphics3.
> 
> There was no problem during the configure step.  Configure 
> found GL, GLU, GLX, but found them....
> 
> checking GL/gl.h usability... yes
> checking GL/gl.h presence... yes
> checking for GL/gl.h... yes
> checking GL/glu.h usability... yes
> checking GL/glu.h presence... yes
> checking for GL/glu.h... yes
> checking GL/glx.h usability... yes
> checking GL/glx.h presence... yes
> checking for GL/glx.h... yes
> checking for GL... yes
> 
> The only thing configure said I was missing was libsane, 
> which I don't even need because I don't have a scanner.
> 
> I'd really like to be able to use KPovModeler properly. 
> Does anyone know how to fix this?  Should I just give up 
> and use a package?  Do I need to install Mesa?  It is not 
> listed as a dependency, and in fact when I tried to make 
> the graphics/mesagl port it says this:
> 
> landru# cd /usr/ports/graphics/mesagl/
> landru# make configure
> ===>  Mesa-5.0.1_3 is unnecessary because libGL and libGLU 
> come with XFree86 4.0 and higher.
> 
> I have libglut-6.0.1 and xorg 6.8.2 already installed, 
> along with the all the rest of KDE 3.4.1.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew Predoehl
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Uncomment Load "glx" and Load "dri" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and restart X.
That may help you.

# This loads the GLX module
    Load       "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
    Load       "dri"

Jonathan
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