If you're running OSX with pdp X11 may need to fire up but that is not GEM
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-----Original Message----- From: pd-list-bounces@iem.at [mailto:pd-list-bounces@iem.at] On Behalf Of IOhannes m zmölnig Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 7:55 AM To: Ingo Scherzinger Cc: 'pd-list' Subject: Re: [PD] Does GEM need X-Server to be running
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Ingo Scherzinger wrote:
Sorry, this may be a pretty stupid question but since I'm new to GEM I have no idea.
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.
fgmasdr IOhannes
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