From: Ciph3rzer0 <ciph3rzer0@...>
Date: 2009-04-21T13:20:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Problems using ruby and opengl

On Apr 15, 4:58 pm, Bill Kelly <bi...@cts.com> wrote:
> From: "Ciph3rzer0" <ciph3rz...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > I get this error every time I try to call Glut.glutCreateWindow :
>
> > freeglut  ERROR:  Internal error <FBConfig with necessary capabilities
> > not found> in function fgOpenWindow
> > X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
> >  Major opcode of failed request:  4 (X_DestroyWindow)
> >  Resource id in failed request:  0x0
> >  Serial number of failed request:  25
> >  Current serial number in output stream:  28
>
> One thing that seems odd there, is freeglut claiming the
> problem is an "Internal error".
>
> > I used both my code and example code (though I haven't had much luck
> > finding any).  The ruby-opengl page is surprisingly unhelpful, with
> > very little information and tutorials.
>
> Had you already seen the tutorial page?
>
> http://ruby-opengl.rubyforge.org/tutorial.html
>
> It mentions the ability to use SDL or GLFW to obtain a
> window, instead of GLUT.  Unless GLUT is a fixed
> requirement for you, maybe you could sidestep the issue
> that way?
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill

I don't really know how to use anything else...
Does it seem like a problem with ruby-opengl?  Or freeglut?  are there
other "glut"s I can use?