OpenGL without X.org in linux

Question

I'd like to open an OpenGL context without X in linux. Is there any way at all to do it?

I know it's bossible for integrated intel graphics card hardware, though most people have nvidia cards in their system. I'd like to get a solution that works with nvidia cards.

If there's no other way than through integrated intel hardware, I guess it'd be okay to know how it's done with those.

X11 protocol and protocol itself is too large and complex. Mouse/Keyboard/Tablet input multiplexing it provides is too downwatered for modern programs. I think it's the worst roadblock that prevents linux desktop from improving, which is why I look for alternatives.

Answer 1

Everyone who seeks to drop the X environment always makes the same mistake -- loss of transparent networking.

Do you really want to have to reconstruct the framebuffer and compression for remote->local graphics?

Answer 2

You might be interested in a project called Wayland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_%28display_server%29

Answer 3

Just use Mesa.

Answer 4

I'd like to open an OpenGL context without X in linux. Is there any way at all to do it?

I believe Mesa provides a framebuffer target. If it provides any hardware acceleration at all, it will only be with hardware for which there are open source drivers that have been adapted to support such a use.

Gallium3D is also immature, and support for this isn't even on the roadmap, as far as I know.

I'd like to get a solution that works with nvidia cards.

There isn't one. Period.

NVIDIA only provides an X driver, and the Nouveau project is still immature, and doesn't support the kind of use that you're looking for, as they are currently focused only on the X11 driver.