When I click onto the icon which ought bring the planet names onto the screen nothing happens.
On searching for Venus for example the position is shown with the flashing surround a the location but no name & dot for Venus are visible.
Bug report:
2016-03-12T07:53:51
Linux version 4.2.0-30-generic (buildd@lgw01-60) (gcc version 5.2.1 20151010 (Ubuntu 5.2.1-22ubuntu2) ) #36-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 26 00:58:07 UTC 2016
Compiled using GCC 5.2.1
Qt runtime version: 5.4.2
Qt compilation version: 5.4.2
Addressing mode: 64-bit
MemTotal: 3933860 kB
MemFree: 2298292 kB
MemAvailable: 3245504 kB
SwapTotal: 4078588 kB
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3537U CPU @ 2.00GHz
cpu MHz : 2811.425
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3537U CPU @ 2.00GHz
cpu MHz : 2857.519
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3537U CPU @ 2.00GHz
cpu MHz : 2780.761
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3537U CPU @ 2.00GHz
cpu MHz : 2214.550
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Kernel driver in use: i915
stellarium
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[ This is Stellarium 0.13.3 - http://www.stellarium.org ]
[ Copyright (C) 2000-2014 Fabien Chereau et al ]
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Writing log file to: "/home/george/.stellarium/log.txt"
File search paths:
0 . "/home/george/.stellarium"
1 . "/usr/share/stellarium"
Config file is: "/home/george/.stellarium/config.ini"
Detected: OpenGL "3.0"
Driver version string: "3.0 Mesa 11.0.2"
GL vendor is "Intel Open Source Technology Center"
GL renderer is "Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile "
GL Shading Language version is "1.30"
MESA Version Number after parsing: 11
Mesa version is fine, we should not see a graphics problem.
GLSL Version Number after parsing: 1.3
GLSL version is fine, we should not see a graphics problem.
Cache directory is: "/home/george/.cache/stellarium/stellarium"
Sky language is "en_AU"
Application language is "en_AU"
Loading Solar System data ...
Loading star data ...
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_0_0v0_5.cat": 0_0v0_2; 4963"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_1_0v0_5.cat": 1_0v0_2; 21598"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_2_0v0_5.cat": 2_0v0_2; 150090"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_3_1v0_3.cat": 3_1v0_3; 428466"
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
Loaded 343 / 351 Barnard records
Loaded 313 / 313 Sharpless records
Loaded 158 / 158 Van den Bergh records
Loaded 181 / 181 RCW (Rodgers+) records
Loaded 1787 / 1787 LDN (Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae) records
Loaded 1125 / 1125 LBN (Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae) records
Loading NGC name data ...
Loaded 1031 / 1031 NGC name records successfully
Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/skycultures/western/star_names.fab"
Loaded 339 / 339 common star names
Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/name.fab"
Loaded 4502 / 4502 scientific star names
Loading variable stars from "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/gcvs_hip_part.dat"
Loaded 6916 / 6928 variable stars
Loaded 88 / 88 constellation records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 85 / 85 constellation art records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 88 / 88 constellation names
Loading constellation boundary data ...
Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments
Intializing basic GL shaders...
Creating GUI ...
Loaded plugin "Exoplanets"
Exoplanets: version of the format of the catalog: 1
Exoplanets: loading catalog file: "/home/george/.stellarium/modules/Exoplanets/exoplanets.json"
Loaded plugin "FOV"
Loaded plugin "MeteorShowers"
MeteorShowers: version of the format of the catalog: 1
MeteorShowers: loading catalog file: "/home/george/.stellarium/modules/MeteorShowers/showers.json"
Loaded plugin "Novae"
Novae: version of the catalog: 1
Novae: loading catalog file: "/home/george/.stellarium/modules/Novae/novae.json"
Loaded plugin "Oculars"
Ocular plugin - press Command-O to toggle eyepiece view mode. Press ALT-o for configuration.
Oculars::validateIniFile ocular.ini exists at: "/home/george/.stellarium/modules/Oculars/ocular.ini" . Checking version...
Oculars::validateIniFile found existing ini file version 3
Loaded plugin "Satellites"
Satellites: loading catalog file: "/home/george/.stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json"
Satellite has invalid orbit: "FLOCK 1E-2" "40722"
Loaded plugin "SolarSystemEditor"
Using the ssystem.ini file that already exists in the user directory...
Unable to find module called "TimeZoneConfiguration"
Loaded plugin "TimeZoneConfiguration"
Failure getting IP-based location:
"Host freegeoip.net not found"
QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate::_q_hostLookupFinished could not dequeu request
QHttpNetworkConnectionPrivate::_q_hostLookupFinished could not dequeu request
Can you attach a screenshot with issue?