The collected works of wildschwein

I would like to enjoy the OpenGL-based Irix apps remotely. I can get to the Irix desktop using the Nekoware VNC server and the TurboVNC client, but only the X apps run OK, things like Showcase won't show up. Which is no surprise, one needs an OpenGL-capable VNC server/client combination.

Alas, the TurboVNC server would not compile under Irix because it needs the "turbojpeg" library. Which cannot be compiled as it seems to be based on the Intel Performance Primitives (IPP) library. There are other Makefile issues as well, but those could be taken care of, the main obstacle is turbojpeg.

My question: has anyone had success on compiling and running the TurboVNC server on Irix? If yes, then all help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Inoshishi

I am porting a C++ app to SGI/MIPS that relies on the Boost library. I installed the Nekoware version of Boost (1.35) with which I can compile the app but I still have one issue and one wish.

The issue: the app was parallelised using OpenMP which the MIPSPro compilers implement using the SGI-specific sproc(2) technology. The multithreading stuff in Boost is based on POSIX threads, however. This means the parallel app won't run because sproc-s and pthreads are not compatible (see man 2 sproc).

I thought maybe recompiling Boost without the pthreads bits could help. Unfortunately the Boost website offers no instructions on how to build the library under IRIX any more, but the good soul who compiled it for Nekoware could maybe provide a few hints on how to get the build process working with the MIPSPro toolset. I am reluctant to do it on my own...

The wish: I would very much appreciate a possibly detailed guide on how to compile a more recent version of Boost with MIPSPro (V 7.4), and some extra hints/tips regarding the sproc vs pthreads issue described above. Anyone having experience in this regard?

Finally, here is the promise: if I get this working, I would contribute a Boost V1.42 Nekoware package.

Many thanks, Inoshishi

I am afraid you misunderstood my post. I do know that pthreads are supported. In fact, the problem is that the MIPSPro compilers implement OpenMP not by using pthreads, but by the SGI-specific sproc mechanism, and sproc-s are not compatible with pthreads, which are used by the Boost libraries on which my code depends.

regards, Inoshishi

many thanks, I'll check this out.
regards, Inoshishi