Scilab 5 ATI issue under Linux

Simone Mannori Simone.Mannori at inria.fr
Tue Feb 5 10:15:47 CET 2008 

Hi there:

- SVN revision : At revision 22183.

- Linux distribution : Fedora 7

- kernel version ("uname -a"):
Linux tank 2.6.23.14-64.fc7 #1 SMP Sun Jan 20 23:54:08 EST 2008 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux

- graphics card ("/sbin/lspci")
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon
Mobility X1600]

- graphics driver installed
ATI 8.45.4 (use the Catalyst Control center to recover the information)


- OpenGL support ("glxinfo")
[simone at tank ~]$ glxinfo 
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, 
    GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control, 
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_OML_sync_control, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
OpenGL version string: 2.1.7276 Release
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_AMD_performance_monitor, GL_ARB_depth_texture,
GL_ARB_draw_buffers, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_fragment_shader,
GL_ARB_multisample, 
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query,
GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite,
GL_ARB_shader_objects, 
    GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, 
    GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_float, 
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, 
    GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, GL_ATI_fragment_shader, 
    GL_ATI_meminfo, GL_ATI_separate_stencil,
GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc, 
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_EXT_bgra, 
    GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, 
    GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
GL_EXT_copy_texture, 
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, 
    GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, 
    GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_secondary_color, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, 
    GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D, 
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, 
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, 
    GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object, 
    GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, 
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod, 
    GL_WIN_swap_hint, WGL_EXT_swap_control

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Test procedure 

- run Scilab 5 from the command line 
"bin/scilab"

- inside Scilab run
"plot2d"

- crash - :( I put the video on line here
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13qeX98tAS8&feature=related

- please report the error message on the terminal. Something like :

[simone at tank scilab]$ bin/scilab
[simone at tank scilab]$ Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"
javax.media.opengl.GLException: Error making context current
        at com.sun.opengl.impl.x11.X11GLContext.makeCurrentImpl
(X11GLContext.java:141)
        at com.sun.opengl.impl.x11.X11OffscreenGLContext.makeCurrentImpl
(X11OffscreenGLContext.java:74)
        at com.sun.opengl.impl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent
(GLContextImpl.java:134)
        at com.sun.opengl.impl.GLDrawableHelper.invokeGL
(GLDrawableHelper.java:182)
        at javax.media.opengl.GLJPanel.paintComponent(GLJPanel.java:661)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1027)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:864)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1036)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paintChildren(JComponent.java:864)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paint(JComponent.java:1036)
        at org.flexdock.docking.defaults.DefaultDockingPort.paint
(DefaultDockingPort.java:1976)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paintToOffscreen(JComponent.java:5122)
        at javax.swing.BufferStrategyPaintManager.paint
(BufferStrategyPaintManager.java:285)
        at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paint(RepaintManager.java:1128)
        at javax.swing.JComponent._paintImmediately
(JComponent.java:5070)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.paintImmediately(JComponent.java:4880)
        at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions
(RepaintManager.java:723)
        at javax.swing.RepaintManager.paintDirtyRegions
(RepaintManager.java:679)
        at javax.swing.RepaintManager.seqPaintDirtyRegions
(RepaintManager.java:659)
        at javax.swing.SystemEventQueueUtilities
$ComponentWorkRequest.run(SystemEventQueueUtilities.java:128)
        at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch
(InvocationEvent.java:209)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:597)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters
(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter
(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy
(EventDispatchThread.java:173)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents
(EventDispatchThread.java:168)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents
(EventDispatchThread.java:160)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run
(EventDispatchThread.java:121)
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x060663d7, pid=21815, tid=111479696
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.6.0_03-b05 interpreted mode)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libX11.so.6+0x313d7]  XQueryExtension+0x17
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as
hs_err_pid21815.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
bin/scilab: line 378: 21815 Aborted                 "$SCILABBIN" $*
[simone at tank scilab]$ 


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So to speak : "Huston, we have a problem with ATI driver..."

     M. Simone Mannori - Scilab/Scicos Embedded Applications Eng

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