Unfortunately, we haven't been testing every revision of Mesa to see which ones work.  I do know that sometimes it works for a few revisions, then breaks, then works again.  Mesa has improved a lot in the last few years (since it is the only way to get an Intel graphics driver on Linux and Intel has funded improvements to Mesa), so right now it usually works.  OpenSUSE 13.1 with Mesa 9.2.5 is from 2013-11-19, so it should be fine. 

If I understand what I read about OpenSUSE 13.2 correctly, its advantage/disadvantage is that it is a rolling release.  That is, if there is a newer version of a particular software package, it will be available immediately, instead of having to wait for the next OpenSUSE release.  I consider this a huge advantage for desktop users because desktop graphics is constantly improving, sometimes with newer versions of the Linux kernel, but usually with improvements to Mesa.  OpenSUSE 13.2 currently has Mesa 10.3.7.

    HTH,

    Greg

On 03/14/2015 05:24 AM, Muhammad Sufian wrote:
Thank you Greg for your kind help.
For now, I don;t want to change my graphics card and I have latest graphics driver for Mesa, so I have decided to update OpenSUSE.
But is it necessary to install 13.2 ?
Can't I go for 13.1 ?
Is there any way to check which earliest version is compatible for my workstation and Chimera graphics ?

Muhammad Sufian


Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:17:07 -0700
From: gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu
To: msufian@outlook.com; chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu
Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] UCSF Chimera error: X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)

I'm sorry, the Matrix graphics is more of a hindrance than a help.  It uses the software only OpenGL driver, Mesa, to do its 3D drawing.  And the easiest way to get a newer version of Mesa on your system is to update it to OpenSUSE 13.2 or the latest Ubuntu.  If you have the option of installing an AMD or NVIDIA graphics card in your system, do so, and install the proprietary driver.  It will be like going from walking to driving a car -- much faster, and you can buy a budget car, a regular car, or race car, depending on your budget. :-)

    HTH,

    Greg

On 3/13/2015 12:27 AM, Muhammad Sufian wrote:
Dear Greg,

I have tried debugging Chimera and the issue is related to OpenGL;

sufian@system01:~> chimera --debug
  initializing general preferences
  loading Tix
  initializing graphics
  create application
  loading Pmw
  creating main window
  creating menus
  creating toolbar
  creating viewer
  initializing OpenGL
  X Error of failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
    Major opcode of failed request:  72 (X_PutImage)
    Resource id in failed request:  0x4000064
    Serial number of failed request:  2678
    Current serial number in output stream:  2682

Then I checked for PCI as per your mentioned command;

sufian@system01:~ # lspci | grep VGA
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200EV

I checked yast2 for any driver update, and it was up to date. I don't want to switch to OpenSUSE 13.2 for now.
Is there any earlier version of Chimera specific to my VGA ? I have also tried Chimera 1.8, but got same error.

Kindly guide me.


Muhammad Sufian


Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:58:00 -0700
From: gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu
To: msufian@outlook.com; chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu
Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] UCSF Chimera error: X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)

Try running "chimera --debug", it should give a clue where in the initialization process chimera died.  That said, it is most likely a graphics driver bug.  Run "lspci | grep VGA" to see what kind of graphics card you have.  Then, if OpenSUSE has a tool or package for that graphics card, install it.  If not, if you have ATI/AMD or NVIDIA graphics, you will download the right driver from amd.com or nvidia.com, respectively, and install it.  If you have Intel graphics, upgrade your system to OpenSUSE 13.2.

    Best of luck and please let me know if updating the graphics driver fixes the bug,

    Greg

On 03/12/2015 05:10 AM, Muhammad Sufian wrote:
Dear all Chimera users,

I tried to install following version of Chimera;
  chimera-1.10.1-linux_x86_64.bin

but after installation, following error appeared after its execution;
sufian@system01:/usr/local/chimera/bin> ./chimera
X Error of failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  72 (X_PutImage)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x2200064
  Serial number of failed request:  1357
  Current serial number in output stream:  1363

I also tried to install Chimera 1.9, but got same error. My system specifications are;
  Processor: x86_64
  Operating-system: GNU/Linux (OpenSUSE 12.1)
  Kernel: Linux 3.4.63-2.44-desktop

Kindly guide me how to resolve this issue.

Regards.


Muhammad Sufian
M.Phil. scholar (Molecular Medicine),
Computational Biology Laboratory,
Lab no. P-103, PCMD-Extension,
Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research
International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences
University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan


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