2 posts tagged with "linux"

This is the short TeamSpeak 3 server update script that I use on the blog server. The script takes one parameter, which is the url of the release archive. It downloads the archive, extracts it and copies the files into the directory of the running server.

Ever tried to render something with openGL on a linux server that has no x11 installed nor has a physical gpu connected? I searched for a long time for a solution that would work almost out of the box and the first solution i could find was actually installing x11, mesa3d and a dummy x-display. Via putty that has x11-forwarding enabled it is possible to run x-applications just fine and even render with openGL thanks to mesa in software mode!

But as soon as you close the ssh connection x11 stops and after that x-applications and openGL won't be able to connect to a display! So after every server restart openGL won't work anymore...

So why do you need a display or x11 if you want to render offscreen?