Re: Segmentation Fault in OpenGL - glutMainLoop

[André Bleau <andre_bleau at hotmail dot com>]

Nathan Rose wrote:

> Hi AndrÃ,
 
Hi Nathan,
 
> 
> Thanks for your response. The native GLUT programs compiled and ran
> fine. I've uninstalled the opengl 
> package but I'm still getting the segmentation fault. 
> 
> Running the program in the Cygwin Bash Shell (ie, not Cygwin/X) gives
> the error message 
>        freeglut (./test): failed to open display '' 
>  - would it be right to assume that that means it is looking for the X
> server? 
 
Yes, freeglut on Cygwin is build to interact with an X server. You need to
install it and start it before running your application.
 
X-related issues are discussed in their own mailing list: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com .

 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nathan
> 
 
André Bleau, Cygwin's OpenGL package maintainer
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