Nestopia and openGL version

[Member enoch]

Hello,

I installed nestopia (a Super Nintendo emulator) on Antix 19.3.
When I load a game I can hear the sound, so I know it’s working, however the window remains blank (all black).

apt-cache show nestopia
tells me:
Nestopia requires OpenGL 3.2 or later.
glxinfo | grep “OpenGL version”
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 18.3.6

This is were I got stuck. Can anyone give me advice on how to proceed to get nestopia graphics working properly? I wouldn’t know where to begin upgrading the OpenGL version. Searching the repositories didn’t yield any obvious answers.

Thanks

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[Anonymous]

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> Graphics: Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#GMA_X3100

GMA X3100
The GMA X3100 is the mobile version of the GMA X3500 used in the Intel GL960/GM965 chipsets and also in the GS965 chipset. The X3100 supports hardware transform and lighting, up to eight programmable shader units, and up to 384 MB video memory. Its display cores can run up to 333 MHz on GM965 and 320 MHz on GL960. Its render cores can run up to 500 MHz on GM965 and 400 MHz on GL960. The X3100 display unit includes a 300 MHz RAMDAC, two 25–112 MHz LVDS transmitters, 2 DVO encoders, and a TV encoder. Under Windows, the driver supports DirectX 10.0,[13][14] Shader Model 4.0 and OpenGL 1.5.[14][15] Under Linux, OpenGL 2.1 is supported.

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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897384
Nestopia requires OpenGL 3.2 (since version 1.47)

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instead, the zsnes emulator may be compatible with your hardware:
https://packages.debian.org/buster/zsnes

[Member enoch]

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Thanks for the quick response. I’ll try to use another emulator or see if I can get an older version of Nestopia working.

[Member cyrilus31]

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Hi enoch

Nestopia is a nes emulator whereas zsnes is for supernes. But from what I can see, whatever the emulator, many new versions require at least OpenGL 3.2.

You will have to dig and unearth an old version. Following this link you may find what you’re looking for.

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