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OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a free API used in computer graphics, for development of graphicals applications, 3D environments, games, among others.

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How can I tell if OpenGL is installed on a windows machine?

I have about 50 PCs on a network I look after and would like to know if the PCs have OpenGL installed. If they have I’d also like to know which version. Now I don’t mind visiting every machine in-order to do this but I’d prefer not installing any…
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Force software based opengl rendering

How may I force an application to use software based opengl rendering on Ubuntu?
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How do I tell if my graphics card supports OpenGL 2.0?

I'm using a game development library that requires OpenGL 2.0 and am having issues running it. A mod on that library's forum asked if my machine support OpenGL 2.0, and I have no idea how to figure this out. Any ideas?
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OpenGL 2.1 or higher for Windows XP

For a game I need OpenGL 2.1 or higher, but I want it to run on my good old Win XP box with an ATI Radeon 9200SE graphics card. It currently seems to have OpenGL 1.3.1008 WinXP Release and graphics driver version 6.14.10.6542 installed. Searching…
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Failing to load libGL.so.1 after installing bumblebee

I am running Linux Mint 15 64bit. My laptop has a Geforce 640M Optimus card, so I installed bumblebee according to the installation instructions (Basic Setup). Using optirun to run programs (e.g. Steam) works as intended. However, certain programs…
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Software to capture 3d geometry?

Programs I found I found these programs to capture OpenGL 3D scene : 3D Ripper, OpenGL and D3D geometry capture, there are some solved problems with 3D Ripper GLIntercept captures OpenGL function calls OpenGL Extractor captures 3d geometry; should…
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How to solve issues with shader model in VirtualBox?

I have a virtualized Windows 7 (32bit) machine using VirtualBox software on a native Linux host. For some advanced software (ArcGIS Desktop 10.1) I need: OpenGL version 2.0 runtime minimum is required, and Shader Model 3.0 or higher is…
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Run Application requiring Opengl 3.3 inside Virtualbox Virtual Machine (Windows Host and Windows Guest)

I have a program that I would like to run in a virtual machine (not on my host), but it entirely refuses to run without opengl 3.3. I would like to be able to run this program without it crashing immediately (even if performance isn't great). Is…
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Installing OpenGL in Linux?

I'd like to install OpenGL on my Debian live cd. I just need it to so a virtualbox windows guest can use it. It's a live cd so no changes will be saved, so the easiest way possible would be great. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My UI is…
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Portal 2 won't launch

Usually I can figure this stuff out on my own, but I am stumped with this one: When trying to open portal 2 in steam, I get the preparing to launch portal 2 message, the message closes, then nothing. The game does not launch, there are no error…
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Can't start Weston anymore

For a few weeks, I haven't been able to start Weston anymore on my Arch Linux machine. My Graphics card is: $ glxinfo | grep 'renderer string' OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile And my mesa version is 10.5.3. And this is…
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OpenGL program not work with X forwarding

I have an OpenGL program in a Linux server. I want to run the program remotely with X forwarding, but it fails, whereas programs such as xclock and xeyes work fine. (I confirmed that the program works in the local desktop environment.) Below is…
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How to troubleshoot OpenGL on Ubuntu under Windows 10 (WSL)

I have installed Ubuntu on Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I'm attempting to get OpenGL graphics to work. My ultimate objective is to be able to run the Gazebo simulator for Robot OS (ROS), which requires OpenGL. As a first step,…
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Does Win10 RDP graphics performance depend on local or remote GPU?

I'm remoting in for data visualization work (mostly relies on WebGL). Local and remote are both Win10. Local is laptop w/ integrated Intel GPU and remote uses a GeForce 1030 GT. When I run the visualizations, I see GPU load and dedicated memory…
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Use accelerated graphics on Windows 10 Linux subsystem with Xming?

I've got Ubuntu 16.04 running in Windows 10 16251.0 as a Linux subsystem, and I've got Xming-mesa 6.9.0.31 installed. I launch Xming using Xming :0 -multiwindow -clipboard Then in my Ubuntu bash shell I type export DISPLAY=:0 and I can launch…
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