nVidia and Squeak and libGL

[Alma J Wetzker]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 10:46 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Kurt Wall wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 12:42:17AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 07:43 -0500, Kurt Wall wrote:
>>>>> $ LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libGL croquet
>>>>> $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH/path/to/dir/with/libGL croquet
>>>>>
>>>>> The first specifically adds libGL to the dynamic linker's search dir before
>>>>> starting croquet. The second adds the path to the directory containing libGL
>>>>> to the environment before starting croquet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kurt
>>>> That appears to have done something!!! Wo! Wo! Now I'm getting this,
>>>> where localhost isn't being seen or is blocked, according to others in
>>>> the same boat... Linux users list at the Croquet site. I have every
>>>> stitch of security off, SElinux disabled, ipchains and the rest turned
>>>> off. That only leaves services. I have no clue if or what port this may
>>>> be using. I've looked.
>>>>
>>>> [root at iam CroquetCollaborative-0.3]#
>>>> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so ./Croquet.sh
>>>> SocketPlugin: ignoring unknown option 'SO_REUSEPORT'
>>>> X error
>>>> X error
>>>> X error
>>>> X error
>>> I have no idea what this means.
>> I have no idea wtf croquet is, but it looks like a severely broken piece 
>> of code.
> 
> Well, as long as you've been around Lonnie, I'm sure you've heard of
> Smalltalk and Alan Kay. Squeak is the higher-end child of Smalltalk
> development, 3D environments, VR and all of that. Croquet runs on top of
> it, and is used to develop projects like "SecondLife". The SecondLife
> beta linux client works pretty darn good, it's free and the connection
> to Secondlife's site is too, just a little bit restricted if you're not
> paying for full access. Give it a shot and you'll see that it is the
> ultimate game. 
> 
> Rummaging in the basement with Croquet is another matter. But, once you
> experience Secondlife, then you'll be hooked on making the tools run
> with Linux, building your own environment with Croquet and Squeak. Well,
> that's me. <chuckles> 
> 
> Who let the dogs out? Woof! Woof! Woof!  Ric

Smalltalk was lots of fun!

    -- Alma