Good to know -- glad it doesn't crash but it's probably good that we delete
it if it is invalid so that work is not wasted on trying to render it. What
happens if you choose a non-software GL renderer? Do your waveforms work?

Maybe we should make spinny's work more like the waveforms that have a
holder widget and a software vs. GL implementation so that spinny's could
work when OpenGL is not supported.


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:58 AM, ewan colsell <email address hidden> wrote:

> it works fine with the patch applied.
>
> i just noticed though that with and without the patch i get a continuous
> stream of the same error message on the console.:
>
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> Warning [Main]: Warning: "" failed to compile!
> Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not ............
>
> and so on until i quit mixxx.
>
>
> On 9 April 2013 05:18, RJ Ryan <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > Great -- thanks Ewan. Please apply this patch and let us know what
> > happens / post a backtrace if you get a crash.
> >
> > ** Patch added: "no_invalid_spinny_check.patch"
> >
> >
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/1160353/+attachment/3633204/+files/no_invalid_spinny_check.patch
> >
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> > report.
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160353
> >
> > Title:
> >   "critical error" on startup with software gl renderer
> >
> > Status in Mixxx:
> >   In Progress
> >
> > Bug description:
> >   mixxx 1.11 revision 3779 from bzr
> >
> >   i am running mixxx on avlinux 6.0(based on debian squeeze)
> >   using an nvidia geforce fx 5200 (old card) using the nouveau gpl
> driver,
> > (software renderer)
> >
> >   since i am using the software renderer, i suspect that this is not
> >   specific to my graphics card.
> >
> >   i have a laptop with an identical software configuration that does not
> >   suffer from this problem which uses an intel graphics card.
> >
> >   i DONT GET THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CLOSED SOURCE NVIDIA DRIVERS,
> >
> >
> >   on startup i get a dialog box with "critical error" in its title but
> >   no text or buttons.
> >
> >
> >   Debug [Main]: resize QSize(1024, 577)
> >   Debug [Main]: Running Mixxx
> >   Debug [Main]: ControllerManager::getControllerList
> >   Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> >   Warning [Main]: Vertex shader for simpleShaderProg (MainVertexShader &
> > PositionOnlyVertexShader) failed to compile
> >   Warning [Main]: QGLShader: could not create shader
> >   Warning [Main]: Fragment shader for simpleShaderProg
> (MainFragmentShader
> > & ShockingPinkSrcFragmentShader) failed to compile
> >   Warning [Main]: QGLShaderProgram: could not create shader program
> >   Critical [Main]: Errors linking simple shader: ""
> >
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