OpenGL ES: glOrtho() shows object, but gluPerspective() doesn't - android

I am showing a textured sqad, centered around [0,0,-10], width and height = 10000. The camera is positioned at [0,0,0] and looks down the negative z-axis (eyepoint=[0,0,0], center=[0,0,-1]):
GLU.gluLookAt(gl, 0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, 0f, -1f, 0f, 1f, 0f);
Lighting and Depth-Test are disabled.
In orthographic mode, the squad is displayed perfectly, with texture and all - I can even zoom and pan around.
However, when switching to perspective mode, via:
GLU.gluPerspective(gl, 60.0f, w / h, 1.0f, 1000.0f);
then the view is just blank. Has anybody got any idea what could cause this?
UPDATE:
Using glFrustum instead of gluPerspective, it works:
gl.glFrustumf(-scaledHalfW, scaledHalfW, -scaledhalfH, scaledhalfH, 1.0f, 100.0f);
But why does gluPerspective not show anything?

Is w / h an integer division maybe?

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I want to draw opengl texture at full screen.
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Below code works good, but texture is small.
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