[csw-maintainers] bad news on the CSW X11 front

[Peter FELECAN]

James Lee <james at opencsw.org> writes:

> On 25/03/10, 14:01:43, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org> wrote regarding
> Re: [csw-maintainers] bad news on the CSW X11 front:
>
>> >> >> Well, this bring us to the same decision, discussed in another thread:
>> >> >> to abandon Solaris 8 and, if it seems that the X11 version supplied
>> >> >> with it is not satisfactory, abandon Solaris 9 also.
>> >> >
>> >> > Not so fast, this topic (OpenGL) affects Solaris 10 too.
>> >
>> >> It does not if we don't use our brew of X11.
>> >
>> > QED.  It's still not Solaris rev specific.
>
>> Just to paraphrase you: "Not so fast" to declare QED... We have this
>> issue because the Solaris 8, and maybe 9, are old, 20th century clunkers
>> which does not provide up to date X11.
>
> We have this issue with OpenGL because *all* of Solaris 8, 9 and 10's
> hardware acceleration link to Solaris's X11.

Veil of opacity falls on my mind...

Now, tell me: if I'm using the X11 provided with Solaris 10 have I a 3d
acceleration on those graphic cards where that feature it's available?

-- 
Peter