MESA OpenGL

• Category: Vendor provision
• Access method: Loaded from Linux module software
• License: Open Source
• Command Line: No
• Desktop GUI: Yes (via Open OnDemand)

The MESA OpenGL module may be used on Open OnDemand desktop sessions to provide OpenGL functionality to Linux desktop applications. This allows applications to provide 3D rendering/display functionality even if you are not running on a GPU node.

MESA generally provides sufficient performance unless your application is highly demanding. In that case you should consider running on a GPU node partition and allocating a GPU card to provide hardware 3D assistance.

The software OpenGL libraries are available in one module:

$ module avail Mesa

---------------------------------------- /opt/software/easybuild/modules/all ----------------------------------------
   Mesa/23.1.4-GCCcore-12.3.0    Mesa/23.1.9-GCCcore-13.2.0    Mesa/24.1.3-GCCcore-13.3.0 (L,D)
   

The generic utilities are available in another:

$ module avail mesa-utils

$ module load Mesa

The generic tools may be loaded separately in order to test OpenGL functionality:

$ module load mesa-utils

$ module load Mesa
$ module load mesa-utils
$ glxgears
...

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