[0.17.79] Can't launch on Linux ("Failed to create OpenGL context")

[dbtmurray]

Hi

I'm experiencing the same problem as this user viewtopic.php?t=68867. Factorio 17 won't launch at all. Factorio 16.x works great.

However, I do have OpenGL 3.3 (I'm pretty sure...). I've included relevant output from glxinfo below: as per this post it's correct to look at the "OpenGL core profile string" rather than the "OpenGL version string". OpenGL 3.3 has been around since 2010 so I would not expect many people to have a machine that is too old to support it, even with integrated graphics.

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04, can send more system info if required.

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david@David-laptop-2018:~/factorio/bin/x64$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0.1, 256 bits)
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-5a8718f 2020-04-23 bionic-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-5a8718f 2020-04-23 bionic-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-5a8718f 2020-04-23 bionic-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

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david@David-laptop-2018:~/factorio/bin/x64$ ./factorio 
   0.000 2020-04-23 22:02:47; Factorio 0.17.79 (build 47865, linux64, alpha)
   0.038 Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu 18.04)
   0.039 Program arguments: "./factorio" 
   0.039 Read data path: /home/david/factorio/data
   0.039 Write data path: /home/david/factorio [15299/49001MB]
   0.039 Binaries path: /home/david/factorio/bin
   0.046 System info: [CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz, 8 cores, RAM: 15765 MB]
   0.046 Environment: DISPLAY=:1 WAYLAND_DISPLAY=<unset> DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME __GL_FSAA_MODE=<unset> __GL_LOG_MAX_ANISO=<unset> __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=<unset> __GL_SORT_FBCONFIGS=<unset> __GL_YIELD=<unset>
   0.046 Display options: [FullScreen: 1] [VSync: 1] [UIScale: automatic (100.0%)] [Native DPI: 1] [Screen: 255] [Special: lmw] [Lang: en]
   0.117 Available displays: 1
   0.117  [0]: default - {[0,0], 1920x1080, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB888, 77Hz}
   0.159 Error Util.cpp:83: Failed to create OpenGL context: Could not create GL context: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
   4.878 Goodbye

[posila]

llvmpipe is not GPU driver, it is a software renderer ... https://www.mesa3d.org/llvmpipe.html, which makes me wonder how does 0.16 acually run.
Please install actual graphics driver for your GPU.

You are correct I jumped into conclusion too soon in a thread you linked.

[dbtmurray]

Thanks, I see. Looking in syslog (journalctl) I see this at boot

Apr 23 22:02:08 David-laptop-2018 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2127]: (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
Apr 23 22:02:08 David-laptop-2018 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[2127]: (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering

Not a recent change, it's been happening as long as I have syslog records, about 6 months. I don't use this computer extensively for games or anything where I'd notice hardware acceleration was broken. I'll dig into it and see if I can get my integrated graphics working.

[dbtmurray]

Confirmed this works fine now after getting my graphics card working. Thanks!