04-10-2019, 12:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-14-2019, 11:10 AM by Brian Beuken.)
I tried ubuntu again but kept getting some odd errors and it would only set up if I disabled mipmapping, which is very odd... So decided to try Debian which seems to have on board drivers.
And yes, aside from being a bit slow when 1st booted up, (which is not actually unusual as it sets things up in the background), performance improved after an update/upgrade cycle, I only needed to install GLM/STB and GDB to get things up and running.
The Maze demo compiles, nice and fast and runs, though not at the steady 60hz I was hoping for, but close enough. restoring mipmapping boosted speed a bit but it did still drop down from 60 which I wouldn't expect from such a powerful GPU. The only problem is the MD2 textures and overall render of the maze demo is rather dark..not sure why. Probably a simple issue with ambiant light values in the shader that need adjusting rather than using fixed numbers.
Its using mesa libs, since an attempt to install them said they were already there, but it is working much better than the Ubuntu version which seemed to emulate more and slowed down on even a half sized screen.
So I'll stick to this version of Debian for now, its being actively supported (so is unbuntu in fairness)
And yes, aside from being a bit slow when 1st booted up, (which is not actually unusual as it sets things up in the background), performance improved after an update/upgrade cycle, I only needed to install GLM/STB and GDB to get things up and running.
The Maze demo compiles, nice and fast and runs, though not at the steady 60hz I was hoping for, but close enough. restoring mipmapping boosted speed a bit but it did still drop down from 60 which I wouldn't expect from such a powerful GPU. The only problem is the MD2 textures and overall render of the maze demo is rather dark..not sure why. Probably a simple issue with ambiant light values in the shader that need adjusting rather than using fixed numbers.
Its using mesa libs, since an attempt to install them said they were already there, but it is working much better than the Ubuntu version which seemed to emulate more and slowed down on even a half sized screen.
So I'll stick to this version of Debian for now, its being actively supported (so is unbuntu in fairness)
Brian Beuken
Lecturer in Game Programming at Breda University of Applied Sciences.
Author of The Fundamentals of C/C++ Game Programming: Using Target-based Development on SBC's
Lecturer in Game Programming at Breda University of Applied Sciences.
Author of The Fundamentals of C/C++ Game Programming: Using Target-based Development on SBC's