When compiling under Linux, I get some OpenGL errors. Whats going on?
This could be due to several factors. • Make sure you’re using a version of the tuxracer package > 0.60. That version had problems with some older gl.h header files; later versions implement a workaround to this problem. • Your OpenGL is too old. If you’re using Mesa, make sure you upgrade to version 3.2 or later (version 3.3 is the most up-to-date, and seems very stable despite being a development version). Also make sure you install the libraries and header files in the locations described in the next item. If you get a warning about glXGetProcAddressARB being undeclared, then you need a more up-to-date version of the glx.h header file. This may indiciate that your entire OpenGL is out of date, but it’s possible that all you need is a more recent version of glx.h. You can get a copy from the latest release of Mesa — it’s in the include/GL directory. • You have old copies of the OpenGL libraries on your system, and those are being used instead of your up-to-date copies. There is an o
