Re: [GtkGLExt] Multisample (aka FSAA) patch

["Timothy M. Shead" <tshead k-3d com>]

On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 09:10 +0100, Mirco Müller wrote:
> Greetings everybody!
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 17.05.2006, 23:30 -0400 schrieb Jonathan Brandmeyer:
> 
> > I have attached a patch to support multisampling on the X11 target using
> > the GdkGLConfigMode method.  I'll write a corresponding patch for the
> > -mm binding as well.
> 
> 	I tired this patch against gtkglext HEAD (from sf's CVS) and it works
> ok... mainly. Only 2x and 4x FSAA were selectable (on a GeForce 7900GT
> using nvidia's 1.0-9742). Everything beyond that resulted in no
> antialiasing at all. To get higher FSAA-modes for GL-apps I had to use
> nvidia's "X Server Settings" tool (or their $__GL_* env-vars).
> 
> 	On a i915-powered laptop (version-string reported by glxinfo: "Mesa DRI
> Intel (R) 915GM  20050225 x86/MMX/SSE2") I tired it too, but there
> probably some driver bug prevented multisample to work at all.
> 
> 	When will we see this patch pushed upstream? It's a nice and very
> valuable addition to gtkglext!

As Jonathan mentioned in his original post, the patch does not implement
Win32 support, which is a requirement for any new feature.

Cheers,
Tim