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> I was looking to try out IDV and see what it can do, but after it opens, > it closes almost instantly, here is the only info I have gotten when > trying to run it. > > pasjrwoctx@woctxphotog-ThinkPad-T500:~/IDV_5.5$ > /home/pasjrwoctx/IDV_5.5/runIDV > 3D [dev] 1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily > > com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: J3D-Renderer-1: createImpl ARB n/a but > required, profile > GL2 requested (OpenGL >= 3.1). Requested: > GLProfile[GL3bc/GL3bc.hw], current: 3.0 (Compat profile, compat[ES2], > FBO, hardware) - 3.0 Mesa 19.0.2 > at > jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXContext.createImpl(X11GLXContext.java:440) > at > jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrentWithinLock(GLContextImpl.java:765) > at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:648) > at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:586) > at > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.doQuery(JoglPipeline.java:8615) > at > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.access$100(JoglPipeline.java:8566) > at > javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.createQueryContext(JoglPipeline.java:6562) > at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:4609) > at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:3606) > at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:461) > at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271) > > DefaultRenderingErrorListener.errorOccurred: > CONTEXT_CREATION_ERROR: Renderer: Error creating Canvas3D graphics > context for queryProperties() > graphicsDevice = X11GraphicsDevice[screen=0] > canvas = javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D[canvas0,0,0,0x0,invalid] > This version of Java3D can't query "textureWidthMax/textureHeightMax" > so they are being assigned the default values: > textureWidthMax: 1024 > textureHeightMax: 1024 > If images render as a 'grey-box', try setting these parameters > to a lower value, eg. 512, with '-DtextureWidthMax=512' > Otherwise check your graphics environment specifications > X11Util.Display: Shutdown (JVM shutdown: true, open (no close attempt): > 4/4, reusable (open, marked uncloseable): 0, pending (open in creation > order): 4) > X11Util: Open X11 Display Connections: 4 > X11Util: Open[0]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7f23e80d4e80, refCount 1, > unCloseable false] > X11Util: Open[1]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7f23e81b2040, refCount 1, > unCloseable false] > X11Util: Open[2]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7f23e82483e0, refCount 1, > unCloseable false] > X11Util: Open[3]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7f23e82f4690, refCount 1, > unCloseable false] > pasjrwoctx@woctxphotog-ThinkPad-T500:~/IDV_5.5$ > > -- > > Stay creative and have a great day. > Hi Philip, You need to update the video card driver for you thinkpad. Yuan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WWK-914033 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.