VS on Debian unstable - runtime problems - fixed

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VS on Debian unstable - runtime problems - fixed

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On debian libglut is provided by freeglut, which seems to lack some functionality - at runtime I get a glut message "Assertion fsState.Initialised failed" or something along those lines.

Now as debian doesn't provide the glut I need, I grabbed it myself http://www.opengl.org/resources/librari ... loads.html

Download the latest (3.7) and read the instructions in linux/README for building. Don't install the libraries (you never know where they might end up, but it should be /usr/local/lib/). I was planning on using LD_PRELOAD, and presto - the README covers that too!

Now, before running VS, do,
~$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/src/glut-3.7/lib/glut
~$ vegastrike

Problem solved!

Now, off to play some VS - I'll create an account later :)
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Post by hellcatv »

yes freeglut acts differently
CVS as of earlier this week should have fixed that
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