Blender 2.8 crashes WM #67998

New Issue

vdfs · 2019-07-31T14:12:40+02:00

vdfs commented

2019-07-31 14:12:40 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: MX Linux (Debian) 64bit amd64
Graphics card: Nvidia GT 630

Blender Version
Broken: 2.80
Working: 2.79b

Short description of error
Similar error to what others described. Opening blender, showing only a gray window.
After a few seconds, my window manager (XFCE) or perhaps Xorg itself crashes and only shows a black window.

I downloaded "blender-2.80-linux-glibc217-x86_64.tar.bz2". Blender 2.79b worked just fine

Probably same as #67967, but with no recovery or notification about crashing drivers.

**System Information** Operating system: MX Linux (Debian) 64bit amd64 Graphics card: Nvidia GT 630 **Blender Version** Broken: 2.80 Working: 2.79b **Short description of error** Similar error to what others described. Opening blender, showing only a gray window. After a few seconds, my window manager (XFCE) or perhaps Xorg itself crashes and only shows a black window. I downloaded "blender-2.80-linux-glibc217-x86_64.tar.bz2". Blender 2.79b worked just fine Probably same as #67967, but with no recovery or notification about crashing drivers.

vdfs commented

2019-07-31 14:12:40 +02:00

Added subscriber: @BO41

Philipp Oeser commented

2019-07-31 14:20:07 +02:00

Added subscriber: @lichtwerk

Philipp Oeser commented

2019-07-31 14:20:07 +02:00

Have you tried upgrading you GPU drivers to the latest from the nvidia site?

vdfs commented

2019-07-31 14:23:49 +02:00

The console says "received x11 error: mismatched...".

$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 18.2.6

OpenGL version seems too old.
But Blender shouldn't crash, at least not my entire system :/

@lichtwerk I am not using official nvidia drivers. Just Mesa

The console says "received x11 error: mismatched...". ``` $ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version" OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 18.2.6 ``` OpenGL version seems too old. But Blender shouldn't crash, at least not my entire system :/ @lichtwerk I am not using official nvidia drivers. Just Mesa

Philipp Oeser commented

2019-07-31 14:39:11 +02:00

Not familiar with Mesa at all.... (not sure why it is only on OpenGL 3.0 for this card...).
I'll set this back to "Needs Triage", maybe someone else knows if it is possible to get this card to use OpenGL 3.3 under Mesa...

Not familiar with Mesa at all.... (not sure why it is only on OpenGL 3.0 for this card...). I'll set this back to "Needs Triage", maybe someone else knows if it is possible to get this card to use OpenGL 3.3 under Mesa...

vdfs commented

2019-07-31 15:23:46 +02:00

apparently the "core" version is 3.3, but for compatibility reasons it pretends to be 3.0

OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.2.6

Changing it (via environment variables) to pretend to be 3.3 sometimes make it work, but not consistent.
When it works, only with 5 fps in the viewport -_-

apparently the "core" version is 3.3, but for compatibility reasons it pretends to be 3.0 ``` OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.2.6 ``` Changing it (via environment variables) to pretend to be 3.3 sometimes make it work, but not consistent. When it works, only with 5 fps in the viewport -_-

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2019-07-31 16:03:10 +02:00

Added subscriber: @dr.sybren

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2019-07-31 16:03:10 +02:00

Please try with the NVidia drivers. Software OpenGL is never going to perform well.

vdfs commented

2019-07-31 19:45:32 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

vdfs closed this issue

2019-07-31 19:45:32 +02:00

vdfs self-assigned this 2019-07-31 19:45:32 +02:00

vdfs commented

2019-07-31 19:45:32 +02:00

Installing Nvidia driver was a bit hacky, and was something I didn't want to try.
BUT it worked ?

Now Blender starts perfectly and the viewport performance seems normal ✅

Anyway, people don't now their OpenGL version, and a program should never crash and even take more with it.
So it would be awesome if this would be handled better, maybe with a simple dialog "you are using opengl 3.0, opengl 3.3 is needed"

Thanks for the help @lichtwerk @dr.sybren ?

Installing Nvidia driver was a bit hacky, and was something I didn't want to try. BUT it worked ? Now Blender starts perfectly and the viewport performance seems normal ✅ Anyway, people don't now their OpenGL version, and a program should never crash and even take more with it. So it would be awesome if this would be handled better, maybe with a simple dialog "you are using opengl 3.0, opengl 3.3 is needed" Thanks for the help @lichtwerk @dr.sybren ?

Sign in to join this conversation.

No Label

Download

What's New

Blender Studio

Manual

Developers Blog

Documentation

Benchmark

Blender Conference

Development Fund

One-time Donations

Blender 2.8 crashes WM #67998