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extensions.gnome.org launches

Posted Dec 5, 2011 12:06 UTC (Mon) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)
In reply to: extensions.gnome.org launches by dgm
Parent article: extensions.gnome.org launches

If you don't have the right graphics driver with the right gpu, then right now you're not running Gnome Shell.


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extensions.gnome.org launches

Posted Dec 7, 2011 4:21 UTC (Wed) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

That's the intent or the fact?

It seems like you could have a videocard and correct opengl driver that offers to do the operations but doesn't offer the performance. How is the capability tested?

extensions.gnome.org launches

Posted Dec 7, 2011 4:28 UTC (Wed) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

How many opengl drivers do you think exist without the ability to scale textures?

extensions.gnome.org launches

Posted Dec 7, 2011 20:24 UTC (Wed) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

For what size textures?

extensions.gnome.org launches

Posted Dec 7, 2011 20:38 UTC (Wed) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

2048x2048 on Intel <965 and Radeon <r500, 4096x4096 on everything else as far as I know.

extensions.gnome.org launches

Posted Dec 7, 2011 20:48 UTC (Wed) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

There exists a whole range of hardware that never could handle textures over 256x256.

extensions.gnome.org launches

Posted Dec 7, 2011 20:53 UTC (Wed) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

I'm sure. I'm also sure that you're not running Gnome Shell on it.

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