[Chimera-users] Chimera does not run

Mon Feb 8 12:15:01 PST 2016

This confirms that the bug with the graphics driver.  Start the 
"Software & Updates" tool in "System Settings", then switch to the 
"Additional Drivers" tab, and wait, and wait, and wait until it gives 
you a bunch of choices.  Then choose "Using Video driver for the AMD 
graphics accelerators from fglrx (proprietary)", and click the "Apply 
Changes" button.  And then reboot your computer and try Chimera again.

For a simple test, install the mesa-utils package and run the glxgears 
program instead of Chimera.

     HTH,

     Greg

On 02/07/2016 06:00 AM, Quim Aguirre wrote:
> The output of *chimera --debug* is:
>
> initializing general preferences
> loading Tix
> initializing graphics
> libGL error: unable to load driver: r600_dri.so
> libGL error: driver pointer missing
> libGL error: failed to load driver: r600
> libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
> libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
> X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range 
> for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  155 (GLX)
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
>   Value in failed request:  0x0
>   Serial number of failed request:  1419
>   Current serial number in output stream:  1420
>
> And the output of *CHIMERA/bin/linuxdist* is:
>
> /etc/debian_version:
> jessie/sid
> /etc/lsb-release:
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS"
> /etc/os-release:
> NAME="Ubuntu"
> VERSION="14.04.3 LTS, Trusty Tahr"
> ID=ubuntu
> ID_LIKE=debian
> PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS"
> VERSION_ID="14.04"
> HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
> SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
> BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
>
> /proc/cpuinfo:
> cpu: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU       M 370  @ 2.40GHz 
> (x86_64)
> cpu MHz: 2399.000
> cache: 3072 KB
>
> /proc/meminfo:
> MemTotal:        3908624 kB
>
> Graphics:
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 
> [AMD/ATI] Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430/5450/5470]
>
>
> Thank you very much for your help!!
>
> Quim
>
> 2016-02-07 9:38 GMT+01:00 Michael Elbaum 
> <michael.elbaum at weizmann.ac.il <mailto:michael.elbaum at weizmann.ac.il>>:
>
>     I installed Chimera on an old all-in-one iMac with AMD RV630/M76
>     [Mobility Radeon HD 2600/ 2700]. It worked fine under Ubuntu
>     12.04, but stubbornly stopped working after upgrading the OS.
>     Eventually I gave up and went back to 12.04 with the "radeon"
>     driver. It works smoothly at least for what I've needed so far.
>     Michael
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* chimera-users-bounces at cgl.ucsf.edu
>     <mailto:chimera-users-bounces at cgl.ucsf.edu>
>     [chimera-users-bounces at cgl.ucsf.edu
>     <mailto:chimera-users-bounces at cgl.ucsf.edu>] on behalf of Greg
>     Couch [gregc at cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:gregc at cgl.ucsf.edu>]
>     *Sent:* Sunday, February 07, 2016 04:21
>     *To:* Quim Aguirre; chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu
>     <mailto:chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu>
>     *Subject:* Re: [Chimera-users] Chimera does not run
>
>     Try running "chimera --debug" and CHIMERA/bin/linuxdist and
>     sending me the output from both programs.  That said, it's
>     probably a problem with the graphics driver.  If you have AMD or
>     NVIDIA graphics, try installing the proprietary graphics driver --
>     the proprietary drivers are much faster than the open source
>     ones.  If you have Intel graphics, then the best way to get a
>     better driver is to upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu.  If you
>     have AMD graphics and it still doesn't work with the proprietary
>     driver, then try the Chimera daily build (can't remember if that
>     happened with Ubuntu 14.04, but it is a problem with 15.04 -- the
>     open source AMD driver works in 15.04 but is slower than the
>     proprietary AMD driver).
>
>         HTH,
>
>        Greg
>
>     On 2/6/2016 2:41 PM, Quim Aguirre wrote:
>>     Dear Sir/Madame,
>>
>>     I have recently installed Chimera on my computer which has Ubuntu
>>     14.04 as OS. The followed the installation instructions of this
>>     link:
>>     https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/downloads/1.6.2/linux.html
>>     I executed the chimera-1.10.2-linux_x86_64.bin file, added the
>>     symbolic link in |/usr/local/bin/chimera|, and the installation
>>     appeared to succeed. However, then I tried to run the program but
>>     the application was not able to start. There was no error
>>     message. It just runs a loading window for a second but then it
>>     is closed automatically.
>>     What should I do to be able to install the program properly?
>>
>>     Thank you very much for your attention,
>>
>>     Quim
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