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VisPy on Raspberry Pi 3 model B
  • 1. bought transcend microSDHC UHS-I class 10 16GB
  • 2. etched 2018-10-09-raspbian-stretch
  • 3. started raspbian
  • 4. perform first time startup section (language etc.)
  • 5. reboot PI
  • 6.start raspi_config at console
    • 7 Advanced Options
      • A1 Expand Filesystem - resize root partition to use all SD space
      • A7 GL Driver
        • G1 (Full KMS) OpenGL desktop driver with full KMS
  • 7. start glxgears on console and check FrameRate
    • 60 FPS
  • 8. start glxinfo, glxgears and glxheads on console and redirect output to files
    • everything seems fine, although we have this well-known error message: libGL error MESA-LOADER failed to retrieve device information
  • 9. clone vispy repository
  • 10. install python3-pyqt4/python3-pyqt4-opengl into system python to check if it runs with system python
  • 11. install cython
  • 12. python3 install vispy
  • 13. run vispy examples to your liking
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