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Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:00 pm
by Chris_G
nemesis wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:49 pm
How did you enable Wayland with KDE?
I don't find clear informations on wayland / X11 ... I'm on Debian 9.4
On Ubuntu, I had to install
plasma-workspace-wayland, and then I get a dropdown menu at the bottom of the login screen to choose the type of session.
Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 3:19 am
by NormandC
Out of curiosity, do you all have AMD (ATI) graphics? Is it recent hardware?
Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:05 am
by Chris_G
I use an AMD RX580, with the open-source AMDGPU driver.
Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:47 pm
by nemesis
NormandC wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 3:19 am
Out of curiosity, do you all have AMD (ATI) graphics? Is it recent hardware?
lspci :
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Broadway PRO [Mobility Radeon HD 5850]
that's a 2010 Imac 27"
Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 12:52 pm
by nemesis
Chris_G wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:00 pm
On Ubuntu, I had to install
plasma-workspace-wayland, and then I get a dropdown menu at the bottom of the login screen to choose the type of session.
Damned, Wayland is just a mess on my Debian, it's logging out without visible explanation...
I'm will stay with the "LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=true" tip for the moment.
anyway thanks for the hint!
Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:05 pm
by Chris_G
nemesis wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 12:52 pm
Damned, Wayland is just a mess on my Debian, it's logging out without visible explanation...
I'm will stay with the "LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=true" tip for the moment.
anyway thanks for the hint!
It's a bit buggy on Kubuntu also, so I use the "LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE=true" too ...
Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:36 am
by Kunda1
issue #3717
Are there any updates for this bug or is there just a workaround ?
Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:40 pm
by dmalham
I came across this problem when installing Freecad on a new Ubuntu system, having always run it in a Mac Powerbook before with no problems. I knocked up a script file to implement the work around given in this thread. That worked but Freecad grumbled a bit about a missing Webgui module - it still worked, but...
Anyway, I searched for a solution to that and came across
https://techoverflow.net/2018/06/03/how ... ntu-18-04/
The interesting thing is that this fixes both the missing Webgui AND the original "failed to create drawable' problems so it seems that Freecad for Ubuntu should be installed not from the Ubuntu repositories but from the freecad-stable PPA:
Dave
Re: xcb problem when starting new build of freecad
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:45 am
by vocx
dmalham wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:40 pm
... so it seems that Freecad for Ubuntu should be installed not from the Ubuntu repositories but from the freecad-stable PPA:
Yes, in general, the FreeCAD in the Ubuntu Universe repository is not up to date. We prefer the stable or daily versions that you can find in the PPA. See
Install on Unix.