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GLwMDrawingArea: requested visual not supported

This error indicates that the OpenGL application that you are using is trying to use an OpenGL extension or visual that X-Win32 does not support.

X-Win32 7.1 and X-Win32 8 vastly broadened the number of OpenGL extensions and visual features supported. If you are using an older version of X-Win32, please contact us to evaluate X-Win32 8 to see if your application works with our expanded OpenGL support.

You can use the command glxinfo on your remote host (through an X-Win32 session) to get info on what OpenGL extensions and visual X-Win32 supports. You can then run glxinfo on a host that the application works on to see what OpenGL extensions and visuals it supports. You may notice that a particular extension or visual type is missing, in which case please let us know.

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