On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:28:42PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > tags 347899 wontfix > thanks > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:08:29PM +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > > The last line is a surprise: why does amoeba fail to run? > > Because you have no way at all of getting proper sync or the required > performance with indirect rendering. The software is basically useless, > so it's a lot better just aborting with a proper error message (so the user > can detect and fix the problem) instead of trying a half-assed run.
I have a few objections and suggestions: objection 1) there may be an example of PCa: old CPU with crappy video cards with GL DRI PCb: new CPU with no DRI where GL is slower on PCa than PCb (PCa = my notebook, when DRI was working with Xorg 6.8 PCb = my desktop ) 2) when DRI is not present, it would be nicer to print a huge warning "No DRI (Direct Rendering) is available for your vide card/video drivers! You will not gett proper sync or the required performance with indirect rendering! The software is basically useless. Do you want to continue?" Why do not leave that decision up to the user?? 3) if you really decide to not change the behaviour, you should state in the package description that the package will refuse to work when DRI is not available (it is frustrating to download and istall 52Mb of useless package!) a. -- Andrea Mennucc "Ukn ow,Ifina llyfixe dmysp acebar.ohwh atthef" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
