Ubuntu Netbook Remix Launcher

  1. Bug #293201
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 293201

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knarf (launchpad-ubuntu-f) wrote :

This problem is increasing in importance as Clutter gets added to more and more programs. I just tried to import some photos using gthumb:

$ gthumb

(gthumb:24916): ClutterGLX-CRITICAL **: Unable to find suitable GL visual.

** ERROR **: Unable to initialize GtkClutter
aborting...

GLX works, glxgears is happy, depth is set to 24 bits.

This problem with Clutter should be fixed in some way as it threatens to make a whole range of machines unusable just because their video drivers do not support some non-essential feature which Clutter insists on using. Those machines are perfectly capable of running modern software as can be seen by the fact that I use a Thinkpad T23 as my main machine.

Clutter is non-essential and should be made optional if it can not be changed so it does not depend on GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two and/or GL_ARB_texture_rectangle.