I just got Blender working on my Puppy Linux machine. It’s even working a bit better than the one on my Windoze laptop. It is an older version, 2.48a, but hey it is still absolutely fantastic, and I’ll be keeping an eye out for a newer pet file now I know my laptop can handle it. I’ve reproduced the advice that fixed things for me here because it is sitting on a password protected page as far as I can tell.
But if you are a Puppy Linux aficionado you’ll know what those passwords are and cans ee the full page here Howto Enable Video Hardware Acceleration. I’m pretty sure it was the OPENGL 7.2 drivers “wot won it for me”, but I made the edits to xorg.conf too so I can’t be sure that both steps aren’t needed. There’s no way I’m going back in to reedit after everything started working just to test out that particular hunch.
Howto: Enable Video Hardware Acceleration
Step1: Install the Packages:
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Integrated cards:
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"xorg_OPENGL-7.2.pet"
"xorg_DRI_MODULES-7.2.pet"
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Step2:
Then go to:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Then right click the file and "Open as Text"
Find the values:
# Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
# Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
Change These to:
Option "DRI" "True"
Option "NoAccel" "False"
Should look like the picture below.
Restart puppy linux to activate hardware acceleration.
I’m on such a roll that i might even treat myself to a new bluer theme for my blender to differentiate it from the default theme I’m using on my Windoze machine. I feel all geeky and techno-whizz, using buzz words like Windoze, but don’t worry my next cack-handed disaster at the controls of the Linux laptop should cure me of such annoying habits and delusions of geekdure.
I found some nice theme links here at Psiteo (it didn’t take too much finding, it’s on the first page of Google results). And following a link I chose the black theme from this very nice looking 3D site. I figure that I sculpt and render so many spaceships that it’ll be nice to work against a black background, the better to judge the final effect of each change I might make to a texture. And using the Blender theme tips at this forum thread I ran the script and got it working.
