No objects visible after updating from 0.12.4 to 0.13.1 (Linux64)

[mpopp]

I updated from Stellarium 0.12.4 to 0.13.1 on Xubuntu 14.04 (64bit), now no objects (stars, planets etc.) are being displayed anymore (see attached screenshot); even with a fresh profile. I can still (blindly) click on objects and get the corresponding information displayed though.

Since I skipped Stellarium 0.13.0 I don't know if the problem is new to 0.13.1 or existed already in 0.13.0. The binaries which I installed are from https://launchpad.net/~stellarium/+archive/ubuntu/stellarium-releases or more accurately:

stellarium_0.13.1-1ubuntu1~ppa2~ubuntu14.04.1_amd64.deb
stellarium-data_0.13.1-1ubuntu1~ppa2~ubuntu14.04.1_all.deb

It may be graphics related, so here is more about my graphics device:

$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD TURKS
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.1.3
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:

I also have not just pressed the "S" key by accident. By pressing "S" I can still toggle whether the names of the brighter stars get displayed, but in neither state I get to see the stars (or planets or anything other except some DSOs).

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

Please attach ~/.stellarium/log.txt

[mpopp (mpopp75)]

Log attached

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

I can't recreate a issue.

[mpopp (mpopp75)]

I found out the issue occurs in 0.13.0 already. Could it be related to the switch to Qt5 and maybe some issue with missing libraries or some older libraries which are causing conflicts?

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

Hm. Let's excludes potential graphics issue - can you install proprietary driver and check the sky again?

[mpopp (mpopp75)]

The problem is that this is my production system and I can't afford breaking anything that makes the system unusable.

Is there a debug version of Stellarium which may provide more clues what exactly it is that prevents rendering the objects? I think I remember seeing something of a Linux debug version of Stellarium; maybe we can use this for investigating further?!

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

Oh! Sorry for stupid proposal.

OK. Can you on the first stage get debug info for the OpenGL features? E.g. via CLI: stellarium --dump-opengl-details

[mpopp (mpopp75)]

Attached is the new log with OpenGL details included.

BTW, I do have another system, also with Xubuntu 14.04 (64bit) and Stellarium 0.13.1 works fine there. The other system uses an NVIDIA compatible graphics device. This increases my suspicion that the problem is very much related to the graphics device which I use on my main/production system.

[kisaa (alex-kisaa)]

This bug affects me too. My system is 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04.1, and I have AMD/Radeon VGA:

$ lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880 [Radeon HD 4250]

$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RS880
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.1 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.1.3
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:

[kisaa (alex-kisaa)]

Also, text on main screen (object details, popup hints, etc) looks ugly. In old version (12.4) it was thin and smooth, but now letters looks rough and truncated at upper row.

[mpopp (mpopp75)]

Is there anything we can do to track down the core of the problem?

[Dean Ostergaard (dean-5)]

I am experiencing the same issue. The window manager used doesn't matter - I've tried several.

My OpenGL set up is the same except for the render string:
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV630

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

The same issue can be reproduced on FreeBSD with Gallium 0.4 driver.

[gzotti (georg-zotti)]

Can one - or better - all of the affected users please try and update Mesa to something later than version 10.1.3? We have one report where on FreeBSD an update from Mesa 9.1.7 to xorg 1.14 and Mesa 10.3.1 solved the missing star issue. Please report back if Mesa 10.3.1 is the solution.

[Dean Ostergaard (dean-5)]

Updated to Mesa 10.5.0-devel and it seems the problem is solved.

root@thor:~# glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV630
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.1 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.5.0-devel (git-64dcb2b 2014-12-30 trusty-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.0-devel (git-64dcb2b 2014-12-30 trusty-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 10.5.0-devel (git-64dcb2b 2014-12-30 trusty-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.00
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

Ubuntu Linux
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty

[mpopp (mpopp75)]

Thanks for the updates, Georg and Dean.

As I said earlier, with the issue occurring on my production system I don't want to risk updating right now. But I plan to update to Xubuntu 15.04 in April, and if indeed Mesa 10.3 fixes this problem, my path to the latest Stellarium version should be free again.

Until then I'll stick with 0.12.4 on this one system.

[tobias seyb (alpha-g)]

Hi,

I have the same problem - after updating to 0.13.2 no more stars.
I would like to reinstall 0.12.4, but have no clue how to do it. I've been looking everywhere for an older version, no luck.
can anyone help me?
I'm not very fit in linux, so all that mesa etc. is chinese to me....

I'm on Ubuntu 64bit, 14.04.1.

Greetings

[kisaa (alex-kisaa)]

Hi!

There are two options to solve the problem with missing stars in Stellarium
0.13.x

The first is rollback to old version of Stellarium (0.12.4)
Howto: http://www.howtogeek.com/117929/how-to-downgrade-packages-on-ubuntu/

Another one - update your system graphic libs (Mesa) from this source:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
How to add repository:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Third-Party_Software_Tab

I hope this will help.

2015-01-30 4:46 GMT+10:00 tobias seyb <email address hidden>:

> Hi,
>
> I have the same problem - after updating to 0.13.2 no more stars.
> I would like to reinstall 0.12.4, but have no clue how to do it. I've been
> looking everywhere for an older version, no luck.
> can anyone help me?
> I'm not very fit in linux, so all that mesa etc. is chinese to me....
>
> I'm on Ubuntu 64bit, 14.04.1.
>
> Greetings
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1383046
>
> Title:
> No objects visible after updating from 0.12.4 to 0.13.1 (Linux64)
>
> Status in Stellarium:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I updated from Stellarium 0.12.4 to 0.13.1 on Xubuntu 14.04 (64bit),
> now no objects (stars, planets etc.) are being displayed anymore (see
> attached screenshot); even with a fresh profile. I can still (blindly)
> click on objects and get the corresponding information displayed
> though.
>
> Since I skipped Stellarium 0.13.0 I don't know if the problem is new
> to 0.13.1 or existed already in 0.13.0. The binaries which I installed
> are from https://launchpad.net/~stellarium/+archive/ubuntu/stellarium-
> releases or more accurately:
>
> stellarium_0.13.1-1ubuntu1~ppa2~ubuntu14.04.1_amd64.deb
> stellarium-data_0.13.1-1ubuntu1~ppa2~ubuntu14.04.1_all.deb
>
> It may be graphics related, so here is more about my graphics device:
>
> $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
> OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
> OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD TURKS
> OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.1.3
> OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
> OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
> OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
> OpenGL core profile extensions:
> OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
> OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
> OpenGL context flags: (none)
> OpenGL extensions:
>
> I also have not just pressed the "S" key by accident. By pressing "S"
> I can still toggle whether the names of the brighter stars get
> displayed, but in neither state I get to see the stars (or planets or
> anything other except some DSOs).
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/stellarium/+bug/1383046/+subscriptions
>

[mpopp (mpopp75)]

Upgrading to Xubuntu 15.04 (which included an update to Mesa 10.5) solved the problem. Stars show up fine with Stellarium 0.13.3 now.

[gzotti (georg-zotti)]

So it was nothing we could fix, but as assumed a driver issue.