I got some code from opengl.org that checked for extensions. It’s failing, coming back with NULL from the gl call:
extensions = glGetString( GL_EXTENSIONS );
Is there something obviously wrong? I am running Linux, and installed the latest NVIDIA drivers. I have a 6600 card, which should support VBO, and supposedly the driver should be 2.0
I guess, in priority order, I would like to know:
- What I have to do to get this code to work.
- For the future, how to identify the version of the OpenGL I am working with.
The files that were installed by the NVIDIA driver do not contain comments more recent than OpenGL14, but this is hardly proof. In any case, the ARB stuff is at least that old, and ought to work even in 1.4
thanks!
Dov
bool Viewer::isExtensionSupported(const char extensionName[] ) const {
if (extensionName == NULL) return false; // no pointer
if (*extensionName == '\0') return false; // empty string
const unsigned char *extensions = NULL;
const unsigned char *start;
unsigned char *terminator;
unsigned char* where = (unsigned char *) strchr( extensionName, ' ' );
if( where != NULL) return false; // Extension names should not have spaces
// Get Extensions String
extensions = glGetString( GL_EXTENSIONS );
if (extensions == NULL) return false; // can't find extensions?
cout << "EXTENSIONS: " << extensions << "
";
// Search The Extensions String For An Exact Copy