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    Unfortunately, we haven't been testing every revision of Mesa to see
    which ones work.  I do know that sometimes it works for a few
    revisions, then breaks, then works again.  Mesa has improved a lot
    in the last few years (since it is the only way to get an Intel
    graphics driver on Linux and Intel has funded improvements to Mesa),
    so right now it usually works.  OpenSUSE 13.1 with Mesa 9.2.5 is
    from 2013-11-19, so it should be fine.  <br>
    <br>
    If I understand what I read about OpenSUSE 13.2 correctly, its
    advantage/disadvantage is that it is a rolling release.  That is, if
    there is a newer version of a particular software package, it will
    be available immediately, instead of having to wait for the next
    OpenSUSE release.  I consider this a huge advantage for desktop
    users because desktop graphics is constantly improving, sometimes
    with newer versions of the Linux kernel, but usually with
    improvements to Mesa.  OpenSUSE 13.2 currently has Mesa 10.3.7.<br>
    <br>
        HTH,<br>
    <br>
        Greg<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/14/2015 05:24 AM, Muhammad Sufian
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Thank you Greg for your kind help.<br>
        <div><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Verdana" size="3">For
            now, I don;t want to change my graphics card and I have
            latest graphics driver for Mesa, so I have decided to update
            OpenSUSE.<br>
            But is it necessary to install 13.2 ?<br>
            Can't I go for 13.1 ?<br>
            Is there any way to check which earliest version is
            compatible for my workstation and Chimera graphics ?<br>
            <br>
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        <div><b style="font-family:Garamond;font-size:16pt;"><font
              color="#2672ec">Muhammad Sufian</font></b></div>
        <br>
        <br>
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          <hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:17:07 -0700<br>
          From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu">gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu</a><br>
          To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:msufian@outlook.com">msufian@outlook.com</a>; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu">chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a><br>
          Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] UCSF Chimera error: X Error of
          failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
          parameter)<br>
          <br>
          I'm sorry, the Matrix graphics is more of a hindrance than a
          help.  It uses the software only OpenGL driver, Mesa, to do
          its 3D drawing.  And the easiest way to get a newer version of
          Mesa on your system is to update it to OpenSUSE 13.2 or the
          latest Ubuntu.  If you have the option of installing an AMD or
          NVIDIA graphics card in your system, do so, and install the
          proprietary driver.  It will be like going from walking to
          driving a car -- much faster, and you can buy a budget car, a
          regular car, or race car, depending on your budget. :-)<br>
          <br>
              HTH,<br>
          <br>
              Greg<br>
          <br>
          <div class="ecxmoz-cite-prefix">On 3/13/2015 12:27 AM,
            Muhammad Sufian wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr">Dear Greg,<br>
              <br>
              I have tried debugging Chimera and the issue is related to
              OpenGL;<br>
              <br>
              <b><font style="" face="Courier New,sans-serif">sufian@system01:~>

                  chimera --debug</font><font style="" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  initializing general preferences</font><font
                  style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  loading Tix</font><font style=""
                  color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  initializing graphics</font><font
                  style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  create application</font><font
                  style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  loading Pmw</font><font style=""
                  color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  creating main window</font><font
                  style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  creating menus</font><font style=""
                  color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  creating toolbar</font><font
                  style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  creating viewer</font><font style=""
                  color="#5133AB" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">  initializing OpenGL</font><font
                  style="" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" face="Courier New,sans-serif"> <font
                    style="" color="#D24726"> X Error of failed
                    request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
                    parameter)</font></font><font style=""
                  color="#D24726" face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#D24726" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">    Major opcode of failed request: 
                  72 (X_PutImage)</font><font style="" color="#D24726"
                  face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#D24726" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">    Resource id in failed request: 
                  0x4000064</font><font style="" color="#D24726"
                  face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#D24726" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">    Serial number of failed request: 
                  2678</font><font style="" color="#D24726"
                  face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#D24726" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">    Current serial number in output
                  stream:  2682</font></b><br>
              <br>
              Then I checked for PCI as per your mentioned command;<br>
              <br>
              <b><font style="" face="Courier New,sans-serif">sufian@system01:~

                  # lspci | grep VGA</font><font style="" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif"><br>
                </font><font style="" color="#5133AB" face="Courier
                  New,sans-serif">03:00.0 VGA compatible controller:
                  Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200EV</font></b><br>
              <br>
              I checked <font style="" color="#5133AB"><b><font
                    style="" face="Courier New,sans-serif">yast2</font></b></font>
              for any driver update, and it was up to date. I don't want
              to switch to <b>OpenSUSE 13.2</b> for now. <br>
              Is there any earlier version of Chimera specific to my VGA
              ? I have also tried Chimera 1.8, but got same error.<br>
              <br>
              Kindly guide me.<br>
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                    color="#2672ec">Muhammad Sufian</font></b></div>
              <br>
              <br>
              <div>
                <hr id="ecxstopSpelling">Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:58:00
                -0700<br>
                From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu">gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu</a><br>
                To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:msufian@outlook.com">msufian@outlook.com</a>;
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="ecxmoz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu">chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a><br>
                Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] UCSF Chimera error: X Error
                of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
                parameter)<br>
                <br>
                Try running "chimera --debug", it should give a clue
                where in the initialization process chimera died.  That
                said, it is most likely a graphics driver bug.  Run
                "lspci | grep VGA" to see what kind of graphics card you
                have.  Then, if OpenSUSE has a tool or package for that
                graphics card, install it.  If not, if you have ATI/AMD
                or NVIDIA graphics, you will download the right driver
                from amd.com or nvidia.com, respectively, and install
                it.  If you have Intel graphics, upgrade your system to
                OpenSUSE 13.2.<br>
                <br>
                    Best of luck and please let me know if updating the
                graphics driver fixes the bug,<br>
                <br>
                    Greg<br>
                <br>
                <div class="ecxmoz-cite-prefix">On 03/12/2015 05:10 AM,
                  Muhammad Sufian wrote:<br>
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                        face="Verdana" size="3">Dear all Chimera users,<br>
                        <br>
                        I tried to install following version of Chimera;<br>
                        <font style="" color="#5133AB"><b><font style=""
                              face="Courier New,sans-serif"> 
                              chimera-1.10.1-linux_x86_64.bin</font></b></font><br>
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                        but after installation, following error appeared
                        after its execution;<br>
                        <font style="" color="#5133AB"><b><font style=""
                              face="Courier New,sans-serif">sufian@system01:/usr/local/chimera/bin>


                              ./chimera</font><font style=""
                              face="Courier New,sans-serif"><br>
                            </font><font style="" color="#D24726"
                              face="Courier New,sans-serif">X Error of
                              failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid
                              Pixmap or Window parameter)</font><font
                              style="" color="#D24726" face="Courier
                              New,sans-serif"><br>
                            </font><font style="" color="#D24726"
                              face="Courier New,sans-serif">  Major
                              opcode of failed request:  72 (X_PutImage)</font><font
                              style="" color="#D24726" face="Courier
                              New,sans-serif"><br>
                            </font><font style="" color="#D24726"
                              face="Courier New,sans-serif">  Resource
                              id in failed request:  0x2200064</font><font
                              style="" color="#D24726" face="Courier
                              New,sans-serif"><br>
                            </font><font style="" color="#D24726"
                              face="Courier New,sans-serif">  Serial
                              number of failed request:  1357</font><font
                              style="" color="#D24726" face="Courier
                              New,sans-serif"><br>
                            </font><font style="" color="#D24726"
                              face="Courier New,sans-serif">  Current
                              serial number in output stream:  1363</font></b></font><br>
                        <br>
                        I also tried to install Chimera 1.9, but got
                        same error. My system specifications are;<br>
                          Processor: x86_64 <br>
                          Operating-system: GNU/Linux (OpenSUSE 12.1)<br>
                          Kernel: Linux 3.4.63-2.44-desktop<br>
                        <br>
                        Kindly guide me how to resolve this issue.<br>
                        <br>
                        Regards.<br>
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                      <div><b
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                            color="#2672ec">Muhammad Sufian</font></b></div>
                      <div><font color="#2672ec" face="Garamond">M.Phil.
                          scholar (Molecular Medicine),</font></div>
                      <div><font color="#2672ec" face="Garamond">Computational

                          Biology Laboratory,</font></div>
                      <div>
                        <div><font color="#2672ec" face="Garamond">Lab
                            no. P-103, PCMD-Extension,</font></div>
                        <div><font color="#2672ec" face="Garamond">Dr.
                            Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and
                            Drug Research</font></div>
                        <div><font color="#2672ec" face="Garamond">International


                            Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences</font></div>
                      </div>
                      <div><font color="#2672ec" face="Garamond">University
                          of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan</font></div>
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