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Error trying to run rviz

rviz

asked 2011-06-20 04:11:06 -0500

davincho84
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Hi, I'm new in ros, when I try to run rviz on my laptop I get the following crash message:

The program 'rviz' received an X Window System error.

This probably reflects a bug in the program.

The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.

(Details: serial 28 error_code 3 request_code 138 minor_code 4) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

my laptop has an nvidia gts 360m and the version 260.19.44 of nvidia driver.

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Hi, I am running the latest nvidia driver (270.41.19) on my gts 360m with Lucid without problems. Can you check to make sure nvidia module is loaded (lsmod) and post the output from glxinfo? thanks.

hsu ( 2011-06-20 05:19:18 -0500 )edit

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answered 2011-06-20 05:00:17 -0500

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Disable (uninstall) your nVidia proprietary drivers. Reboot, then try again. This started happening to me after I enabled the proprietary drivers for my ATI Radeon card.

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Nvidia has much better proprietary drivers than ATI, they usually work better than the open source drivers.

tfoote ( 2011-06-20 05:35:44 -0500 )edit

problem solved reinstalling the nvidia drivers. thanks.

davincho84 ( 2011-06-21 03:05:39 -0500 )edit

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answered 2011-06-20 06:54:31 -0500

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http://answers.ros.org/question/271/rviz-crashing-on-startup-with-nvidia-drivers this related question didn't solve my issue.

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I've upvoted your question. You should now have enough karma to place additional replies via comments rather than answers.

Asomerville ( 2011-06-20 07:24:16 -0500 )edit

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answered 2011-06-20 05:34:46 -0500

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There's a related question at http://answers.ros.org/question/271/rviz-crashing-on-startup-with-nvidia-drivers

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