Month: May 2017

  • Cygwin/X ssh X11 forward with OpenGL

    XWin, the X server for cygwin is able to render OpenGL both by software or hardware with direct and indirect context. https://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-glx.html By default, the server uses multiwindow mode, -wgl option (hardware acceleration) and direct context. These choices can lead to encounter troubles when executing remote OpenGL based applications using X11 forwarding on ssh (X and…