opengl glut stopped working

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I'm trying to launch hello world program using opengl and glut(eclipse). I always get message Program.exe has stopped working. I'm using windows. I installed MinGW.

#ifdef __APPLE__
#include <GLUT/glut.h>
#else
#include <GL/glut.h>
#endif


void displayCall() {
  glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
  glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);

  glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
  glLoadIdentity();
  glOrtho(-2.0, 2.0, -2.0, 2.0, -2.0, 500.0);

  glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
  glLoadIdentity();
  gluLookAt(2, 2, 2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
  glScalef(.005,.005,.005);
  glRotatef(20, 0, 1, 0);
  glRotatef(30, 0, 0, 1);
  glRotatef(5, 1, 0, 0);
  glTranslatef(-300, 0, 0);

  glColor3f(1,1,1);
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'H');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'e');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'l');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'l');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'o');

  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'W');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'o');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'r');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'l');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, 'd');
  glutStrokeCharacter(GLUT_STROKE_ROMAN, '!');

  glutSwapBuffers();
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  glutInit(&argc, argv);
  glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGB | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_DEPTH);
  glutInitWindowSize(500, 500);
  glutInitWindowPosition(300, 200);
  glutCreateWindow("Hello World!");
  glutDisplayFunc(displayCall);
  glutMainLoop();
  return 0;
}

I copy glut32.dll in C:\Windows\System32 folder, glut.h in the folder C:\MinGW\include\GL and libglut32.a in C:\MinGW\lib. I set in eclipse project->properties->c/c++ Build->Settings->MinGw c++ Linker->Libraries(add): glut32,glu32,opengl32. I don't know why it crash.

Scott Stensland Scott Stensland · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-10T22:02:46

Your code compiles just fine. It also executes OK so its not a coding issue, just a library setup issue. On linux with necessary libraries installed I compiled your code using

gcc -o hello_world_glut hello_world_glut.c -lGL -lglut -lGLU

assure you are looking at the console window in Eclipse for errors

opengl glut stopped working

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