crazy linux question

bob · Post by **bob** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:26 am

Under Linux, can I reasonably get fullscreen OpenGL (and keyboard/mouse input) without X11? If I can't, then what's the minimum X11 (features and disk space) that will still let me write OpenGL apps? What if I also want very basic sound support? Does anybody recommend a particular distro for all this? (how's Damn Small Linux do?)

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:57 pm

Damn, I missed every X since X3. Did Xavier go nuts yet?

Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:52 pm

Yes, I was looking into this the other day. You want mesa-solo, I think. I don't know about sound, but I presume that persons who want mesa-solo probably also want sound.

bob · Post by **bob** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:02 am

Dwindlehop wrote:Yes, I was looking into this the other day. You want mesa-solo, I think. I don't know about sound, but I presume that persons who want mesa-solo probably also want sound.

Looks like the sort of thing I would want, except that I can't find it anywhere. There are some references, but from what I can tell, it's possibly not quite in a usable state yet. Is it part of directfb? Where do I go to download something to install and use?

Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:54 pm

Your google-fu is just as good as mine. I haven't used it yet, just read about it.

Moving slightly higher up the stack, it's trivial to start X running your game instead of a window manager. That removes some layers, but gives you mouse plus keyboard. I still don't know about sound.

The only other option I know of is using an X alternative. I don't know if that's advisable or even possible, though.