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mr.entropy

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Registered: 2010-10-29

Posts: 10

[Solved] Chromium and WebGL problem with Body Browser

Hi,
I'm having problems running (the wonderful) body browser WebGL demo from google labs, using Chromium 10.0.620.0 (70039).
My graphic card is an intel 4500mhd.
Most WebGL demos works fine, but with this one I get a black (not shaded or textured) 3D model.
I also have a "unable to load libGLESv2.so" warning.

As suggested by someone, I rebuild Mesa package with ABS, adding the flags:

--enable-egl
--enable-gles2

Now WebGL doesn't work at all, libGLESv2 warning is gone, but I get "unable to load st_GL.so"...

Ideas?

Last edited by mr.entropy (2011-02-04 18:02:32)

teacha

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-04-22

Posts: 58

Re: [Solved] Chromium and WebGL problem with Body Browser

All I can say is that it works great with my chromium 10.0.614.0 (69434) on a 64 bit system.

mr.entropy

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Registered: 2010-10-29

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Re: [Solved] Chromium and WebGL problem with Body Browser

@teacha
Which is your graphic card?
The intel mesa driver could be the problem...

lagagnon

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From: an Island in the Pacific...

Registered: 2009-12-10

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Re: [Solved] Chromium and WebGL problem with Body Browser

All I did was use the stock standard chromium package from the repos and then launched it with this switch:

chromium --enable-webgl

and body browser works fine.

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mr.entropy

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Registered: 2010-10-29

Posts: 10

Re: [Solved] Chromium and WebGL problem with Body Browser

I tried both versions, with or without --enable-webgl switch (in version 10 webgl seems to be enabled by default).
Webgl in version 8 can be enabled typing about:flags too.
I always get a black 3D model
As I said, other webgl demos works fine.

lagagnon, which is your graphic card?

Last edited by mr.entropy (2010-12-23 21:43:08)

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: [Solved] Chromium and WebGL problem with Body Browser

Works fine in Chromium 8 using an NVIDIA card.

mr.entropy

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Registered: 2010-10-29

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Re: [Solved] Chromium and WebGL problem with Body Browser

Just updated mesa/libgl/intel-dri 7.9.99.git20101230-1 from testing.
Now a blue triangle appeared from the center of the window to the bottom corners...

Here's a screenshot: http://ompldr.org/vNnNhNw

Very sad situation

mr.entropy

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Registered: 2010-10-29

Posts: 10

Re: [Solved] Chromium and WebGL problem with Body Browser

Problem finally solved with Chromium 9.0.597.84 and latest intel graphic driver.