[ros-users] Problem of running rviz on a virtual machine

[William Woodall]

Hi Keisuke, I don't know if this problem is directly related, but there is a
youtube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUvtuwkAirk&feature=related,
that describes how to get Compiz working in parallels on a mac for ubuntu
10.04.  I had to do the instructions in the video's description before rviz
would work in my ubuntu 10.04 parallels install.

Like I said I'm not sure it applies to your situation, but it's worth
trying.

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William Woodall
Graduate Software Engineering
Auburn University
w at auburn.edu
wjwwood at gmail.com
256-345-9938
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2010/5/25 <ros_user at yahoo.co.jp>

> Hello, all
>
> I am new in ROS system.
> I started to subscribe this mailing list this month,
> so my problem might be solved already.
> The problem is quite common, and I think it's better ask it to
> professionals.
>
> The problem I have is already mentioned in "No OpenGL Support" in following
> URL.
>
> http://www.ros.org/wiki/rviz/Troubleshooting
>
> I installed ROS system on a Vmware virtual machine with Ubuntu 9.04
> distribution.
> The virtual machine is on Windows XP Professional SP3.
> My laptop is lenovo X61, which has Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset
> Family as a video card.
>
> The version of the virtual machine is...
>
> # uname -a
> Linux ubuntu 2.6.28-18-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 04:40:52 UTC 2010
> i686 GNU/Linux
>
> And when I execute "rviz", I got an error.
>
> # roscore
> # rosrun rviz rviz
> rviz: OgreGLSupport.cpp:57: virtual void
> Ogre::GLSupport::initialiseExtensions(): Assertion `pcVer && "Problems
> getting GL version string using glGetString"' failed.
> /opt/ros/boxturtle/ros/bin/rosrun: line 35:  7245 Aborted
> $exepath "$@"
>
> As the web page suggests, I turned on "3D graphics acceleration" in the
> virtual machine setting,
> (there is a setting for the acceleration in VMware workstation)
> and I checked whether 3D acceleration is working.
> and I got
>
> # glxinfo | grep render
> direct rendering: Yes
>
> in the virtual machine. It seems to be OK, but the rviz still give the same
> error.
> I tried to fing a driver of the video card. (Mobile Intel(R) 965)
> However, I couldn't find it for Ubuntu.
> Do you know any suggestions? or is there actually a driver for that?
>
> In the virtual machine, the video card is still recognized as following.
>
> # lspci | grep VGA
> 00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware Inc Abstract SVGA II Adapter
>
> Is this a problem?
> I am also quite wondering if my xorg.conf is OK.
>
> # less /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> ...(some comments)...
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier    "Default Screen"
>     Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
>     Device        "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> (END)
>
> I don't know if this is enough information to solve this problem.
> Any advices are welcome, solution for any other video cards is also
> welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Keisuke
>
>
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