Sounds like a crazy question perhaps, but I was wondering whether its
possible to use Gem in -nogui mode on GNU/Linux. We are building a 9-
screen/9-projector/9-computer multimedia room, and I would like the
computers to run on a super-stripped down install of Debian, and then
run Pd like a standard UNIX daemon.
So it would be useful if it was possible to be able to launch Gem
windows straight to the framebuffer without X11 even. Perhaps that's
a pipe dream...
.hc
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On Sat, 11 Nov 2006, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
9-screen/9-projector/9-computer multimedia room, and I would like the computers to run on a super-stripped down install of Debian, and then run Pd like a standard UNIX daemon. So it would be useful if it was possible to be able to launch Gem windows straight to the framebuffer without X11 even. Perhaps that's a pipe dream...
You don't need to remove X11. You could remove everything else that is built on top of X11, including the window manager.
Besides, I don't think that video card drivers can run without X11, and I don't think that X11 necessarily causes a slowdown compared to running without X11.
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On Nov 11, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
9-screen/9-projector/9-computer multimedia room, and I would like
the computers to run on a super-stripped down install of Debian,
and then run Pd like a standard UNIX daemon. So it would be useful
if it was possible to be able to launch Gem windows straight to
the framebuffer without X11 even. Perhaps that's a pipe dream...You don't need to remove X11. You could remove everything else that
is built on top of X11, including the window manager.Besides, I don't think that video card drivers can run without X11,
and I don't think that X11 necessarily causes a slowdown compared
to running without X11.
With the right drivers in the Linux kernel, you can use the
framebuffer without using X11 at all. But as Chris pointed out, you
need X11 for OpenGL support...
How about something like PDP? What if you just want to write video
directly to the screen? I suppose that would also use OpenGL to
speed things up.
.hc
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I used pdp in -nogui mode for video in, but did not try video out. but I used gem without a windowmanager once, which seems for me the easiest solution for your setup. marius.
Hans-Christoph Steiner schrieb:
How about something like PDP? What if you just want to write video directly to the screen? I suppose that would also use OpenGL to speed things up.
.hc
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On 11/11/06, Hans-Christoph Steiner hans@eds.org wrote:
So it would be useful if it was possible to be able to launch Gem windows straight to the framebuffer without X11 even. Perhaps that's a pipe dream...
OpenGL on Linux requires X11. GL performance is largely dependent on the driver used, and, if this hasn't been drilled into everyone's head yet, Nvidia's binary drivers are strongly recommended. I think they even have Linux drivers for the new 8800 monster out.
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