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OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a free API used in computer graphics, for development of graphicals applications, 3D environments, games, among others.

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How can I tell if OpenGL is installed on a windows machine?

I have about 50 PCs on a network I look after and would like to know if the PCs have OpenGL installed. If they have I’d also like to know which version. Now I don’t mind visiting every machine in-...
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Force software-based OpenGL rendering on Ubuntu

How may I force an application to use software-based OpenGL rendering on Ubuntu?
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OpenGL 2.1 or higher for Windows XP

For a game I need OpenGL 2.1 or higher, but I want it to run on my good old Win XP box with an ATI Radeon 9200SE graphics card. It currently seems to have OpenGL 1.3.1008 WinXP Release and graphics ...
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Run Application requiring Opengl 3.3 inside Virtualbox Virtual Machine (Windows Host and Windows Guest)

I have a program that I would like to run in a virtual machine (not on my host), but it entirely refuses to run without opengl 3.3. I would like to be able to run this program without it crashing ...
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How to troubleshoot OpenGL on Ubuntu under Windows 10 (WSL)

I have installed Ubuntu on Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I'm attempting to get OpenGL graphics to work. My ultimate objective is to be able to run the Gazebo simulator for Robot ...
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Use accelerated graphics on Windows 10 Linux subsystem with Xming?

I've got Ubuntu 16.04 running in Windows 10 16251.0 as a Linux subsystem, and I've got Xming-mesa 6.9.0.31 installed. I launch Xming using Xming :0 -multiwindow -clipboard Then in my Ubuntu bash ...
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OpenGL program not work with X forwarding

I have an OpenGL program in a Linux server. I want to run the program remotely with X forwarding, but it fails, whereas programs such as xclock and xeyes work fine. (I confirmed that the program works ...
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Running OpenGL App on Android x86 and VirtualBox?

I have successfully installed Android x86 4.0 on VirtualBox, and I am trying to get an OpenGL app to work. I have enabled "3D Acceleration" in VirtualBox settings, but when I open the app it instantly ...
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Regarding OpenGL driver

I have some problems with installing the OpenGL driver. I have the NVIDIA Geforce GT 630M graphics card, but when I run my programs, i get the following error: Unable to create OpenGL 3.3 context (...
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Horrible OpenGL performance on Intel HD Graphics laptop

I’ve been trying to run the ReallySlick screensavers on a laptop for a while now, but some of them do not work (they crash), and the ones that do work have terrible performance and are uselessly slow. ...
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How to install 64 bit openGL in linux

I bought a new system with an NVIDIA GeForce 9000 graphics card. I downloaded the 64-bit NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.53-pkg2 from the NVIDIA web site which I have installed in my linux kernel 2.6.26. ...
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OpenGL not working on Windows

On my computer, I am currently unable to run any games that require use of the graphics card. I have done some basic troubleshooting and have traced the problem down to some sort of problem with ...
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GeForce 210 support for OpenGL 4.x on Linux

The GeForce 210 card has hardware OpenGL 3.x capable. Is it possible to make that the card supports OpenGL 4.1 at least? Maybe with some software library? PS. The computer has installed Kubuntu 15.10
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How to fix : Install a driver providing OpenGL 2.0 or higher [closed]

First things first, I'm using Windows 7 with 32 bit. When I open a software there is an error saying Install a driver providing OpenGL 2.0 or higher, There are many software which shows the same ...
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Does updating the graphics card driver enable support of latest OpenGL version?

The specs for my GeForce GTX 650 say that it supports OpenGL 4.2. Does this mean that it will never be able to support later versions of OpenGL (4.4)? Or will a driver update enable support for 4.4?
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How can I use my built-in ATI Radeon instead of Intel HD Graphics for OpenGL?

A few days ago I purchased an HP Pavilion DV6-6166TX laptop with ATI Radeon 6770m 1GB. Just after I started using it, I saw that it included Intel HD Graphics which support OpenGL 3, while the ATI ...
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