Is it possible to create an invisible X window? For initialization of an OpenGL ES 2.0 context, one has to create a X window manually, but I can't find a way to make it invisible. Since I'm only doing GPGPU I don't need an output window. In fact, it is rather annoying in my case.
I'm aware of a solution from an earlier question, where it has been pointed out to use InputOnly
in XCreateWindow()
. This, however, leads to the X error GLXBadDrawable
. Probably because EGL requires the window to respond to graphics request. Is there another way? Maybe create it minimized? But I can't find anything on that either. Also setting the window's size really small doesn't help, since it always occupies the whole screen on my device (Nokia N9).
When you create an X window, it is created unmapped, so what about creating an InputOutput window and leaving it unmapped? Another option would be (if the window must stay mapped), to move it out of the screen.