How to check OpenGL ?

[John Wendel]

Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> Hello to All,
> 
> how to check if my video card (ATI Radeo X300) supports OpenGL 
> and, if yes,  if OpenGL is installed on my Fedora Core 4 ?
> 
> I'm trying to install Second Life (a 3D simulation game by 
> Linden) which is now available on Linux (still beta level) but it seems it 
> needs OpenGL support. 
> Following error code are received during startup :
> ...
> INFO: createContext: window creation failure. SDL: Couldn't find matching GLX 
> visual
> ...
> 
> Thanks,
> Bruno
> 

Yes, your card supports OpenGl with the ATI proprietary driver.

Did you yum install the "ati-fglrx" driver?

Regards,

John