Linux sketchup was unable to initialize opengl

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Running Sketchup 8 in Wine. Sketchup Unable to initialize OpenGL, Linux

Since I couldn’t find any programs in Linux to create 3D models, I decided to install the highly rated SketchUp8 free version using Wine.

Installation went well, but when I went to start SketchUp I encountered the following error. I don’t know if this error is to do with my integrated Intel Graphics chip in my laptop, as I don’t receive this error on my main PC running an NVidia graphics card with latest Linux drivers.

To resolve this error you need to run regedit and change the following key

+ HKEY_CURRENT_USER
+ Software
+ Google
+ SketchUp8
+ GLConfig
+ Display, then change the key HW_OK to 1

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Linux sketchup was unable to initialize opengl

Hi
I have recently moved to Linux — Ubuntu 8.10 and am having problems in running all 3 softwares i installed using wine. i.e. Google sketchup, AutoCAD 2004, PorgeCAD2008

The message i receive when launching sketchup is:
»
Sketchup was unable to initialize Open GL!
Please make sure you have installed the correct drivers for your graphics card.
Error: ChoosePixelFormat failed
»
Autocad starts but closes down as soon as i open a file. same with Porgecad.

Can you please guide how i can check if the correct driver is installed for the graphics card; and then how to install the correct one.

. and please suggest if there is a Linux app which works with the *.dwg format of the Autocad.

Hi
I have recently moved to Linux — Ubuntu 8.10 and am having problems in running all 3 softwares i installed using wine. i.e. Google sketchup, AutoCAD 2004, PorgeCAD2008

Can you please guide how i can check if the correct driver is installed for the graphics card; and then how to install the correct one.

. and please suggest if there is a Linux app which works with the *.dwg format of the Autocad.

google sketchup do almost run smoothly with wine versions after ubuntu 9.04, expect that it will run and be usable on the up comming ubuntu 9.10 or later.

if you need it now, update your wine to later versions.

Can you run any opengl apps? Do you have the proper drivers installed and activated?

Also you need to upload screenshots somewhere, not just link them to yourself (unless you are running a webserver, in which case it would be http:// not file://)

sorry guys, my system was down so couldnt come back to the forum earlier.
Back to the original context:

i have now upgraded to ubuntu 9.04 and have installed all updates including wine.
Sketchup has made some progress, but is still not usable. here is the event sequence:

first the sketchup said that ‘HTML rendering is disabled; and wine requested to download ‘Gecko for Mozilla’. Before installing it the screenshot was like the attached ‘screenshot-1.png’

after installing gecko, wine doesnt give an error but the sketchup tutorials etc. still do not show correctly- the images are missing (see ‘screenshot-2’)

apart from the tutorials, the workspace of sketchup is just a black space (see ‘screenshot-3’). so the sketchup still doesnt work.

m not sure whether openGL is working at all!! there is surely something wrong with the display. even the minimizing/ maximizing of the general windows is not smooth (even though nothing else is running)

i looked up in the ‘hardware drivers’ but it says no propreitory drivers installed (see screenshot-4). please advise how can i check whether openGL is working or not?

one thing that isn’t mentioned here is you need a decent graphics card in order to run these apps (sketchup specifically).

attached: sketchup window, running on top of wine-1.1.22 with working nvidia graphics card.

appart from the white stripes button, with some quirky 3d model display, it’s working and usable.

If you’re going to run Wine apps, you need to take the time to familiarize yourself with the CodeWeavers app compatibility database — which indicates testing results of various apps and versions.

The link below shows clearly that AutoCad 2004 is «known not to work»:

As an add-on to what Mark Phelps posted above, for anyone trying to figure out their wine applications, what this user has posted as the first screen image has been fairly typical in my experience when the app won’t run in wine. Missing boxes, colors not right, etc.. Some applications can be made to run with the addition of .dll files to wine and other tweaks, but that is normally beyond what is covered in this forum. Please do as Mark Phelps suggested and check the compatibility lists first, the proceed at your own «risk». I haven’t seen a wine app «hurt» Ubuntu, just many that either act screwy, give bad screens, or once it a great while just cause my Linux to freeze.

I too am having the same problem of the black field and unable to draw. I am running 8.10 with wine 1.1.23 and Sketchup7.

*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: M22 [Mobility Radeon X300]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0 module=fglrx

Any help would be much appreciated. Also, keep in mind I am about a 6 month Linux user. Please, if you tell me to try something, you need to tell me how.

Why not run XP or Vista in virtualbox and run the programs as they are supposed to run ?

Sketchup has a «bronze» rating at the CodeWeavers site, which means at best, only SOME of the functionality will work. So, you may be in luck and the particular thing you want to do can be made to work eventually with enough tweaking, but more likely, you’ll just have to live with the limitations.

you might like to run it yourself than rely on user’s rating. the only thing that didn’t work are some shortcut keys that are conflicting with default DE keys.

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Linux sketchup was unable to initialize opengl

Post by Bramkaandorp » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:47 pm

I just installed Sketchup on my pc, and got the message above.

I am not sure how to go on from here, so I thought, let’s ask the experts.

My video card is: Asus EAX1650Pro gamer edition.
I run: Ubuntu 6.04.01 desktop amd 64.

I am desperate, because I am working on a project, and can’t continue.

Thanks in advance,

Post by raja_s_patil » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:13 am

I am not sure how to go on from here, so I thought, let’s ask the experts.

My video card is: Asus EAX1650Pro gamer edition.
I run: Ubuntu 6.04.01 desktop amd 64.

First Make sure that OpenGL is working in Native Linux
May Be u need to install Correct Graphics Driver for ur
Hardware. I also faced similar problem and in my case
I installed a correct graphics Driver.

Simple test for OpenGL is to test with OpenGL screensavers
(This is to best my Knowledge).

Once OpenGL is Working Natively on Linux
Do Sketchup Installation and It works.

Mine is KUbuntu 8.0.4.1, wine 1.1.3

I have done some settings after install but
I dont remember them exactly. Hope I could search
them and post again

Thanks and Best Regards

Post by Bramkaandorp » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:23 pm

Thanks for the help.

I am downloading sketchup as we speak, and I hope it will work.

Screensavers are working fine, all of them.

Will post when I know more.

Post by Bramkaandorp » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:08 pm

Alas, it did not work. What’s more, I can not even uninstall the program. To be more precise: I have the uninstaller in my taskbar, but can not stop it. I am afraid I will have to restart the pc entirely, before I can do anything else.

Post by DanKegel » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:36 am

[Replying to a post from September. ]

The «cannot initialize opengl» is bug
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14045
The workaround is to set a registry key to tell sketchup your graphics card is ok.

Caveat: your Asus EAX1650Pro graphics card is ATI-based,
and I haven’t heard any success stories yet running Sketchup on ATI graphics cards.
Also, your OS (Ubuntu 6.06) is awful old, and probably has very outdated
opengl drivers. You may have better luck with Ubuntu 8.10.

Let us know how it goes!

Post by vitamin » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:14 pm

DanKegel wrote: [Replying to a post from September. ]

The «cannot initialize opengl» is bug
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14045
The workaround is to set a registry key to tell sketchup your graphics card is ok.

Post by DanKegel » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:50 pm

I agree that the appdb is in general the place to link to.
That wiki page links to the appdb, so it’s almost what you wanted.

I created that wiki page because I’m on a tear
trying to find every post anywhere that complains
about sketchup and wine, and the appdb URLs are
so ugly I was afraid of intimidating people by posting them.

There was a proposal, and even a working prototype,
for friendlier appdb URLs, but it hasn’t been put into practice yet.

Also, the appdb doesn’t have a HOWTO section for the app
in general, only for the versions, and I kind of wanted a
common landing page. I suppose we could add one in the appdb.

Finally, the appdb pages themselves are somewhat intimidating.
Not sure what to do about that; it would be a lot of work to design
and implement something cleaner.

So — if every once in a while I pick a product to focus on, and make
a wiki page about it to give a better user experience than the appdb
can — please cut me a little slack.

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Problem with initializing OpenGL for Wine apps

Hi
I have recently moved to Linux — Ubuntu 8.10 and am having problems in running all 3 softwares i installed using wine. i.e. Google sketchup, AutoCAD 2004, PorgeCAD2008

Can you please guide how i can check if the correct driver is installed for the graphics card; and then how to install the correct one.

. and please suggest if there is a Linux app which works with the *.dwg format of the Autocad.

Problem with initializing OpenGL for Wine apps

Hi
I have recently moved to Linux — Ubuntu 8.10 and am having problems in running all 3 softwares i installed using wine. i.e. Google sketchup, AutoCAD 2004, PorgeCAD2008

Can you please guide how i can check if the correct driver is installed for the graphics card; and then how to install the correct one.

. and please suggest if there is a Linux app which works with the *.dwg format of the Autocad.

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Re: Problem with initializing OpenGL for Wine apps

google sketchup do almost run smoothly with wine versions after ubuntu 9.04, expect that it will run and be usable on the up comming ubuntu 9.10 or later.

if you need it now, update your wine to later versions.

Re: Problem with initializing OpenGL for Wine apps

Can you run any opengl apps? Do you have the proper drivers installed and activated?

Also you need to upload screenshots somewhere, not just link them to yourself (unless you are running a webserver, in which case it would be http:// not file://)

Re: Problem with initializing OpenGL for Wine apps

sorry guys, my system was down so couldnt come back to the forum earlier.
Back to the original context:

i have now upgraded to ubuntu 9.04 and have installed all updates including wine.
Sketchup has made some progress, but is still not usable. here is the event sequence:

first the sketchup said that ‘HTML rendering is disabled; and wine requested to download ‘Gecko for Mozilla’. Before installing it the screenshot was like the attached ‘screenshot-1.png’

after installing gecko, wine doesnt give an error but the sketchup tutorials etc. still do not show correctly- the images are missing (see ‘screenshot-2’)

apart from the tutorials, the workspace of sketchup is just a black space (see ‘screenshot-3’). so the sketchup still doesnt work.

i looked up in the ‘hardware drivers’ but it says no propreitory drivers installed (see screenshot-4). please advise how can i check whether openGL is working or not?

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