ssh -X: GLXBadRenderRequest

Question

I just set up an ssh server on my netbook, running Linux Mint 15. I have a program called fluxus installed on my netbook, which is basically a graphical rendering of scheme/racket code.

I ssh'ed into my netbook using another computer running Ubuntu 13.04, and I got this error:

laura@bbydhyonchord:~$ ssh -X laura@drukqs
laura@drukqs's password: 
Welcome to Linux Mint 15 Olivia (GNU/Linux 3.8.0-27-generic i686)

Welcome to Linux Mint
 * Documentation:  http://www.linuxmint.com

laura@drukqs ~/fluxus $ fluxus
Welcome to fluxus.
Type (help) for info.
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadRenderRequest
  Major opcode of failed request:  153 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  1 (X_GLXRender)
  Serial number of failed request:  61
  Current serial number in output stream:  62
laura@drukqs ~/fluxus $ ./fluxus
Welcome to fluxus.
Type (help) for info.
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadRenderRequest
  Major opcode of failed request:  153 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  1 (X_GLXRender)
  Serial number of failed request:  61
  Current serial number in output stream:  62

Could this be an ssh problem, an OpenGL problem, video drivers?

Answer 1

This is most likely an OpenGL and/or Mesa library problem. Try installing this package on Ubuntu:

$ sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

If the library is installed you should be able to run the command glxinfo. Additionally you can double check that things are working correctly by running the glxdemo both locally and via the ssh connection.

There are other apps included that you can try too:

• glxheads
• glxgears

These should all run smoothly, if they don't, then your Ubuntu system's video hardware and drivers aren't up to displaying this particular application. If it's an ATI and/or NVidia graphics card then you'll likely need to use the native drivers for the card!

If they run choppy like this, then you're not optimally configured:

$ glxgears 
libGL error: failed to load driver: i965
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
25 frames in 5.0 seconds =  4.971 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.626 FPS
25 frames in 5.1 seconds =  4.912 FPS
23 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.398 FPS
23 frames in 5.0 seconds =  4.569 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.599 FPS
23 frames in 5.0 seconds =  4.566 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.608 FPS
23 frames in 5.1 seconds =  4.533 FPS
23 frames in 5.1 seconds =  4.495 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.608 FPS
23 frames in 5.1 seconds =  4.480 FPS
24 frames in 5.1 seconds =  4.671 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.619 FPS
23 frames in 5.1 seconds =  4.509 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.646 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.613 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.646 FPS
24 frames in 5.1 seconds =  4.678 FPS
24 frames in 5.2 seconds =  4.635 FPS
23 frames in 5.0 seconds =  4.555 FPS
...
...
24 frames in 5.1 seconds =  4.727 FPS
24 frames in 5.0 seconds =  4.794 FPS
XIO:  fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server "localhost:10.0"
      after 3488 requests (3488 known processed) with 0 events remaining.