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| author |  Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit123@gmail.com> | 2017-10-29 17:58:19 +0200 |
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| committer |  Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2017-10-29 11:06:40 -0700 |
| commit | fd2e4803a07e60f447c5734a39fac561b1fc4407 (patch) | |
| tree | a1a687cd7649000f3bc1e049f980ffb2f24fe2f7 | |
| parent | 43b1a73022cf4dd80c4df39d381589484d67a655 (diff) | |
| download | subsurface-fd2e4803a07e60f447c5734a39fac561b1fc4407.tar.gz | |
README: add notes about the OpenGL requirements
This commit creates a "System Requirements" section
in the README. Thus far this wasn't required but the
Google maps plugin introduced a complication.
The next patch will attempt to add the automatic
"fall back to a software renderer".
Signed-off-by: Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit123@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 13 |
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@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ http://subsurface-divelog.org/downloads/Subsurface-4.7.0.tgz Detailed build instructions can be found in the INSTALL file. +System Requirements: +==================== + +On desktop, the integrated Googlemaps feature of Subsurface requires a GPU +driver that has support for at least OpenGL 2.1. If your driver does not +support that, you may have to run Subsurface in software renderer mode. + +Subsurface will automatically attempt to detect this scenario, but in case +in doesn't you may have to enable the software renderer manually with +the following: +1) Learn how to set persistent environment variables on your OS +2) Set the environment variable 'QT_QUICK_BACKEND' with the value of 'software' + Basic Usage: ============ |