OpenGL 2.0 and X11!

I'm trying to compile a small program I wrote in Linux in OSX using gcc and X11.
It compiles fine, but when I try to run, my program cant find the opengl 2.0 extensions... (my little program is a test to write GLSL shaders)
Does that mean that OSX X11 opengl implementation doesnt support opengl 2.0?
or am I missign something?
I know I could compile using the standard opengl framework, but I would like to maintain the compatibility of the source code beetwen OSX and Linux... standard gcc/opengl code...
thanks...
Hradec

It seems that OpenGL 2.0 is not supported, but if what you are looking for is a specific OpenGL extension you might want to check the output of glxinfo:
colin@tigger:~> glxinfo
name of display: .0
display: screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL version string: 1.5
colin@tigger:~> uname -a
Darwin tigger 8.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.6.0: Tue Mar 7 16:58:48 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.70.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc

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Tim Gaub wrote:
I use GIMP which requires X11 and recently it has stopped working.
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--- cut here ---
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<Brent Casavant> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
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I have a suitable workaround (i.e. setting the DISPLAY variable to avoid ssh
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I'd also be curious to know if others have run into similar difficulties.
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Remote X11 client (where applications are hosted)
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java version "1.4.2_12"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_12-b03)
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