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dasPaul Apprentice
Joined: 14 Feb 2012 Posts: 243 Location: Dresden
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:17 pm Post subject: what exactly does eselect opengl do... |
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Hi there
I need to know what (file changes?) exactly does a "eselect opengl xorg/nvidia" do. How to find out? |
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eyoung100 Veteran
Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 1428
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Think of OpenGL as the free version of DirectX. Setting the OpenGL library determines what kernel module does the heavy lifting in rendering. By heavy Lifting, I mean 3d Acceleration, optimization etc _________________ The Birth and Growth of Science is the Death and Atrophy of Art -- Unknown
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Ant P. Watchman
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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It sets a bunch of symlinks and copies files to the correct place. This includes header files for compiling as well as libraries in /usr/lib.
The code is in /usr/share/eselect/modules/opengl.eselect
Things it does not affect:
- Anything to do with the kernel or kernel modules (the above post is completely wrong)
- Anything involving /etc/X11/ files
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dasPaul Apprentice
Joined: 14 Feb 2012 Posts: 243 Location: Dresden
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:53 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much. I will investigate further into opengl.eselect |
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