Re: octave has problem with xlib

[Nicholas Jankowski]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Mauricio Fabian Duque Daza
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed octave 4.2 via Slackbuilds, but when I type
>
> octave:1> load profile.dat
> octave:2> plot(profile)
>
> I get this message
>
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Insufficient GL support
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> error: unable to plot due to insufficient OpenGL support

try changing the graphics toolikt to gnuplot:

>>  graphics_toolkit(gnuplot)

I think both of the other toolkits (fltk and qt) require working
OpenGL support. So if gnuplot lets plotting work, then the question is
whether or not you think OpenGL should work, and figuring out why it's
not.