Gnome Chess 3D mode OpenGL errors on GMA950

[Richard Cavell]

Binary package hint: gnome-games

Macbook2,1 with GMA950 chipset. Driver support for GMA950 in Linux is generally poor - Fedora also has massive problems with this chipset. However, it is a very common chipset.

I attempted to enable 3D mode and it told me 'No Python OpenGL support' and 'No Python GTKGLExt support'. So I installed packages python-opengl and python-gtkglext1. I then was able to enable 3D mode. Now Chess sets up a window and immediately exits, without any warning. Running it from Terminal gives the following output to stdout:

Using OpenGL:
VENDOR=Tungsten Graphics, Inc
RENDERER=Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GM GEM 20090326 2009Q1 RC2
VERSION=1.4 Mesa 7.4
EXTENSIONS=GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_logic_op GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_cull_vertex GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_copy_texture GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_polygon_offset GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_subtexture GL_EXT_texture GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_APPLE_client_storage GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_INGR_blend_func_separate GL_MESA_pack_invert GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture GL_MESA_window_pos GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_OES_read_format GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/glchess/gtkui/chessview.py", line 168, in __expose
    self.view.feedback.renderGL()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/glchess/display.py", line 489, in renderGL
    self.scene.controller.render()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/glchess/scene/opengl/opengl.py", line 396, in render
    self.drawPieces()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/glchess/scene/opengl/opengl.py", line 897, in drawPieces
    piece.draw()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/glchess/scene/opengl/opengl.py", line 143, in draw
    self.chessSet.drawPiece(self.name, state, self.scene)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/glchess/scene/opengl/new_models.py", line 111, in drawPiece
    if glGetBoolean(GL_TEXTURE_2D):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/OpenGL/wrapper.py", line 1631, in __call__
    return self.finalise()( *args, **named )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/OpenGL/wrapper.py", line 683, in wrapperCall
    converter( pyArgs, index, self )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/OpenGL/converters.py", line 195, in __call__
    return self.arrayType.zeros( self.getSize(pyArgs) )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/OpenGL/arrays/arraydatatype.py", line 98, in zeros
    return cls.returnHandler().zeros( dims, typeCode or cls.typeConstant )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/OpenGL/arrays/nones.py", line 32, in zeros
    raise TypeError( """Can't create NULL pointer filled with values""" )
TypeError: ("Can't create NULL pointer filled with values", 'Failure in cConverter <OpenGL.converters.SizedOutput object at 0x2630488>', [GL_TEXTURE_2D], 1, <OpenGL.wrapper.glGetIntegerv object at 0x26394d0>)

sh: bug-buddy: not found

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: gnome-games 1:2.26.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-games
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic x86_64

[Richard Cavell (richardcavell)]

Notice Bug #71593 as well. My bug is not a duplicate of what bug 71593 is about, but someone at the bottom of that has recently reproduced the bug that I'm getting.

Richard

[Narcissus (narcissus)]

Exactly the same thing happened to me.
I'm on Ubuntu 9.04. Here is the terminal output :

/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/glchess/network.py:73: DeprecationWarning: BaseException.message has been deprecated as of Python 2.6
  print 'Failed to load GGZ config: %s' % e.message
Failed to load GGZ config:
Using OpenGL:
VENDOR=NVIDIA Corporation
RENDERER=GeForce 9600 GT/PCI/SSE2
VERSION=3.0.0 NVIDIA 180.44
EXTENSIONS=GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_ARB_geometry_shader4 GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rg GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_array_object GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ATI_draw_buffers GL_ATI_texture_float GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_Cg_shader GL_EXT_bindable_uniform GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test GL_EXT_direct_state_access GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_EXT_geometry_shader4 GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_gpu_shader4 GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_float GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_array GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_integer GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_texture_sRGB GL_EXT_texture_swizzle GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_EXT_timer_query GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_buffer_float GL_NV_conditional_render GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_explicit_multisample GL_NV_fence GL_NV_float_buffer GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_fragment_program GL_NV_fragment...