Launch OpenGL app straight from a windowless Linux Terminal

Question

How exactly would one go about getting an OpenGL app to run fullscreen straight from the terminal (Ubuntu Server 9.04)? I\'ve developed an application for visual diagnostics on

Answer 1

Are you trying to have the video be on the monitor connected directly to the computer?

Is X running on the server?

If X is running, you can do

  export DISPLAY=:0.0

which tells X apps to connect to the X server at localhost, rather than where' you're coming from.

If you're actually logging in locally (from a direct terminal) ... yes, you need X installed and running.