read pixels from back buffer

I want to read the pixels from the back buffer. But all i get so far is a black screen (the clear color).

The thing is, is that i don't need a glut window to draw to. Once i have the pixel information, then i pass that to another program which will draw the image for me.

My init function looks like this:

Code:

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        char fakeParam[] = "nothing";
        char *fakeargv[] = { fakeParam, NULL };
        int fakeargc = 1;

        glutInit( &fakeargc, fakeargv );
        GLenum err = glewInit();

        if (GLEW_OK != err)
        {
                MessageBoxA(NULL, "Failed to initialize OpenGL", "ERROR", NULL);
        }
        else
        {
                glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
                glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);

                // Not sure if this call is needed when i don't use a glut window to render too...
                glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGB | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_DEPTH);

        }

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Then in my render function i do:

Code:

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void DisplayFunc(void)
{
  static float alpha = 0;

  /* Clear the buffer, clear the matrix */
  glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
  glLoadIdentity();

// TEAPOT
glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, -5.0f); // Translate back 5 units
glRotatef(rotation_degree, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f); // Rotate according to our rotation_degree value

glFrontFace(GL_CW);
glutSolidTeapot(1.0f); // Render a teapot
glFrontFace(GL_CCW);

glReadBuffer(GL_BACK);
glReadPixels(0, 0, (GLsizei)1024, (GLsizei)768, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels);
}

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This is basically all i do. At the end of the last function is where i'm trying to read all the pixels. But the output is just a black image.

Anyone any idea what i'm doing wrong...??