If this is a Mesa bug, what can we do with this hardware to help debug this? This error message doesn't appear anymore with the latest mesa version: "Mesa 9.1.1 implementation error: unexpected format GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT in _mesa_choose_tex_format()" So, the error is a bit different than before (with an empty ~/.stellarium): $ stellarium Using default graphics system specified at build time: raster User config directory does not exist: "/home/test/.stellarium" Creating directory "/home/test/.stellarium" ------------------------------------------------------- [ This is Stellarium 0.12.4 - http://www.stellarium.org ] [ Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Fabien Chereau et al ] ------------------------------------------------------- Writing log file to: "/home/test/.stellarium/log.txt" File search paths: 0 . "/home/test/.stellarium" 1 . "/usr/share/stellarium" Config file "/home/test/.stellarium/config.ini" does not exist. Copying the default file. Config file is: "/home/test/.stellarium/config.ini" Going to initialize the OpenGL 2 renderer OpenGL supported version: "1.3 Mesa 10.1.1" Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL" StelQGL2Renderer::init : Failed because Qt paint engine is not OpenGL2 If paint engine is OpenGL3 or higher, this code needs to be updated Failed to initialize the OpenGL 2 renderer, falling back to the OpenGL 1 renderer OpenGL supported version: "1.3 Mesa 10.1.1" Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL" GL vendor is "Intel Open Source Technology Center" GL renderer is "Mesa DRI Intel(R) 865G x86/MMX/SSE2" Cache directory is: "/home/test/.cache/stellarium/stellarium" Sky language is "en_US" Application language is "en_US" Loading Solar System data ... Loaded 75 / 75 planet orbits from "/usr/share/stellarium/data/ssystem.ini" Could not find the starsConfig.json file: will copy the default one. Creating directory "/home/test/.stellarium/stars/default" Creates file "/home/test/.stellarium/stars/default/starsConfig.json" Loading star data ... "Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_0_0v0_3.cat": 0_0v0_2; 4963" "Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_1_0v0_3.cat": 1_0v0_2; 21598" "Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_2_0v0_3.cat": 2_0v0_2; 150090" "Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_3_1v0_2.cat": 3_1v0_1; 423540" Finished loading star catalogue data, max_geodesic_level: 3 navigation/preset_sky_time is a double - treating as jday: 2.45151e+06 Loaded 10051 NGC records Loading NGC name data ... Loaded 412 / 412 NGC name records successfully Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/skycultures/western/star_names.fab" Loaded 236 / 236 common star names Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/name.fab" Loaded 4359 / 4359 scientific star names Loading variable stars from "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/gcvs_hip_part.dat" Loaded 6886 / 6886 variable stars Loaded 88 / 88 constellation records successfully for culture "western" Loaded 85 / 85 constellation art records successfully for culture "western" Loaded 89 / 89 constellation names Loading constellation boundary data ... Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments Not using any viewport effect Creating GUI ... Loading shortcuts... shortcuts.json doesn't exist, copying default... Creating directory "/home/test/.stellarium/data/" Creating file "/home/test/.stellarium/data/shortcuts.json" Can't find plugin with id "RendererStatistics" Can't find plugin with id "RendererStatistics" libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited Loaded plugin "Oculars" . Ocular plugin - press Command-O to toggle eyepiece view mode. Press ALT-o for configuration. Creating directory "/home/test/.stellarium/modules/Oculars" Oculars::validateIniFile copied default_ocular.ini to "/home/test/.stellarium/modules/Oculars/ocular.ini" Loaded plugin "Satellites" . Creating directory "/home/test/.stellarium/modules/Satellites" Satellites::init satellites.json does not exist - copying default file to "/home/test/.stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json" Satellites::init copied default satellites.json to "/home/test/.stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json" Satellites: loading catalog file: "/home/test/.stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json" Satellite has invalid orbit: "TIANGONG 1" "37820" Loaded plugin "SolarSystemEditor" . Trying to copy ssystem.ini to "/home/test/.stellarium/data/ssystem.ini" Loaded plugin "TimeZoneConfiguration" . QGLFramebufferObject: Framebuffer incomplete attachment. QGLFramebufferObject: Framebuffer incomplete attachment. (this is 10 times repeated) libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited libpng warning: iCCP: Not recognizing known sRGB profile that has been edited OpenGL error detected at "drawWindow() start" : "GL_INVALID_VALUE" OpenGL error detected at "drawWindow() start" : "GL_INVALID_FRAMEBUFFER_OPERATION" OpenGL error detected at "drawWindow() start" : "GL_INVALID_FRAMEBUFFER_OPERATION" (this is 40 times repeated)