[SDL] Nvidia OpenGL in SDL

[Erik Greenwald]

> 
> HI!
> 
> I've been working on some opengl apps in SDL and it all seamed to work
> just fine until I started checking the FPS, and got a minor shock, it was
> way to low.
> 
> So I checked the extensions and got a tip to run Nehe Lesson 25 and to my
> suprise it says that I'm using Mesa X11 ( it should say Nvidia if I'm not
> completely wrong).
> 

That means you have an old lib floating around somewhere. nvidia likes to 
install their crappy drivers in /usr/lib, so if you have any in 
/usr/X11R6/lib, they're probably incorrect. 

nehe is probably a bad place to start for a fairly long list of reasons,
I'd suggest getting the redbook (isbn 0201604582). If ya don't want to
shell out $45 for a new one or $25 for a used one, there's an older version
(revision 2) in pdf format at http://www.gamedev.net/download/redbook.pdf

> The FPS on lesson 25 is lousy 11fps on a T-Bird 1.1GHz and GTS 32Mb.
> 
> Just to check I tried the non sdl version of lesson 25 and got Nvidia
> Driver and a couple more extensions.
> 
> 
> Have I installed SDL or the GL libs wrongly ?
> 

sdl may be linked against the /usr/X11R6/lib libs, where the other app is
linked against the /usr/lib/ libs, that'd be my hunch :)

	-Erik <erik at smluc.org> [http://math.smsu.edu/~erik]

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