The xlabs were not able to display any of the tests: GLUT: Fatal Error in program: could not open display: :0 Further, the Mesa library was compiled with gcc, so glut must also be to avoid errors like Undefined first referenced symbol in file __eprintf /u/ma/hohn/bin/sparc/usr/local/lib/libMesaGL.a(context.o) ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to test1