[Chimera-users] UCSF Chimera error: X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)

[Greg Couch]

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. :-)

     HTH,

     Greg

On 3/13/2015 12:27 AM, Muhammad Sufian wrote:
> Dear Greg,
>
> I have tried debugging Chimera and the issue is related to OpenGL;
>
> *sufian at system01:~> chimera --debug
>   initializing general preferences
>   loading Tix
>   initializing graphics
>   create application
>   loading Pmw
>   creating main window
>   creating menus
>   creating toolbar
>   creating viewer
>   initializing OpenGL
> X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window 
> parameter)
>     Major opcode of failed request:  72 (X_PutImage)
>     Resource id in failed request: 0x4000064
>     Serial number of failed request:  2678
>     Current serial number in output stream: 2682*
>
> Then I checked for PCI as per your mentioned command;
>
> *sufian at system01:~ # lspci | grep VGA
> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA 
> G200EV*
>
> I checked *yast2* for any driver update, and it was up to date. I 
> don't want to switch to *OpenSUSE 13.2* for now.
> Is there any earlier version of Chimera specific to my VGA ? I have 
> also tried Chimera 1.8, but got same error.
>
> Kindly guide me.
>
>
> *Muhammad Sufian*
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:58:00 -0700
> From: gregc at cgl.ucsf.edu
> To: msufian at outlook.com; chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu
> Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] UCSF Chimera error: X Error of failed 
> request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
>
> 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.
>
>     Best of luck and please let me know if updating the graphics 
> driver fixes the bug,
>
>     Greg
>
> On 03/12/2015 05:10 AM, Muhammad Sufian wrote:
>
>     Dear all Chimera users,
>
>     I tried to install following version of Chimera;
>     *chimera-1.10.1-linux_x86_64.bin*
>
>     but after installation, following error appeared after its execution;
>     *sufian at system01:/usr/local/chimera/bin> ./chimera
>     X Error of failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
>     parameter)
>       Major opcode of failed request:  72 (X_PutImage)
>       Resource id in failed request:  0x2200064
>       Serial number of failed request:  1357
>       Current serial number in output stream:  1363*
>
>     I also tried to install Chimera 1.9, but got same error. My system
>     specifications are;
>       Processor: x86_64
>       Operating-system: GNU/Linux (OpenSUSE 12.1)
>       Kernel: Linux 3.4.63-2.44-desktop
>
>     Kindly guide me how to resolve this issue.
>
>     Regards.
>
>
>     *Muhammad Sufian*
>     M.Phil. scholar (Molecular Medicine),
>     Computational Biology Laboratory,
>     Lab no. P-103, PCMD-Extension,
>     Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research
>     International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences
>     University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
>
>
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