Does GEM need X-Server to be running or does it connect directly to the graphic card?
whether you need an X-server, depends on your platform. on windows, Gem uses platform dependend code to create windows and to establish an openGL context. on X-platforms (linux, bsd, irix,...) it will use X/glx, so you will need an X-server somewhere to display (not necessarily the machine you are running Pd on). on OSX it will use Carbon/AGL. on w32 it will use windows/wgl.
i don't know of any program that "directly connects to the graphics card" and still wants to do more than copying pixels into some legacy buffer.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04). I need to display the GEM window with the machine I'm running it on. So that means I basically have to keep the system graphics turned on I guess.
Try pdp_xv or if itÂ’s build pdp_sdl
Would this allow me to turn the system graphics off and only display the GEM window?
Ingo