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= Problem =

When trying to launch an application within a vncserver Session which needs OpenGL the application crashes.

= Possible Workaround =

Set the environment variable {{{LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT}}} to {{{yes}}}:

For tcsh:
{{{
setenv LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT yes
}}}

For bash:
{{{
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=yes
}}}

What does {{{LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT}}} do? See: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1437/what-does-libgl-always-indirect-1-actually-do and http://www.mesa3d.org/envvars.html