[scilab-Users] Scilab 5.0 and Linux with Intel graphics card

[Sylvestre Ledru]

> I have installed Scilab 5.0.1 under a Kubuntu distribution on a laptop 
> with an Intel graphics card.
> 
> The sw crashes as soon as I open a graphic window or Scicos.
Yep, we are aware of this bug.
However, the only solution I am aware of is to disable the hardware
acceleration. I agree that it is not the best solution but the Intel
drivers really suck.
To be more technical, we are using the pbuffers thought JOGL. It is
supported by Nvidia drivers for a while, ATI in a recent version of the
drivers but not by Intel.

We are in touch with the JOGL team which is now aware of this issue.
They might fix this issue in their next major version (2.0).

Otherwise, an other solution is to complain against Intel for their bad
support of Linux.

Sylvestre


> I have posted on the newsgroup and on the bugzilla site but it seems 
> that currently the only solution is to disable the hardware accelerator 
> or the DRI under the xorg.conf file.
> 
> (http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.scilab/browse_thread/thread/9c9604344bc562d0?hl=en)
> 
> (http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2794)
> 
> This is something I'm not sure I want to do for several reasons.
> 
> Does anyone knows an alternative solution or if the programmers are 
> going to fix it?
> 
> Thanks in advance and congratulations for the sw.
> 
> Best,
> Gianluca
>