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Posted by appalbarry at Sep 11, 2011, 1:03:45 AM
SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
I'm running 11.04 (natty) on a Dell Inspiron system. SWH3D crasshed reaptedly until I:

a) Removed the proprietary AMD drivers.
b) Installed libgl1-mesa-swx11

It now will start up OK, and will do some things, but if I try to open the preference menu it crashes immediately.

Barry

Posted by Puybaret at Sep 11, 2011, 1:35:55 AM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
Please read the FAQ Sweet Home 3D crashes when I want to edit preferences, print, create a photo or create a video. What can I do?
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by hansmex at Sep 11, 2011, 1:51:54 AM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
Barry,

The problem definitely doesn't lie with Ubuntu. I'm running SH3D on a Ubuntu computer for several years without problems.

Check your video drivers. They're the most likely source of the problem. If possible, try a 100% standard installation of Ubuntu. That's what works best for me.

Hans
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Posted by appalbarry at Sep 11, 2011, 6:27:07 AM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
Weeeelllll, the section of the FAQ titled "Sweet Home 3D crashes when I want to edit preferences, print, create a photo or create a video. What can I do?" says:

Click on this link to launch a version of Sweet Home 3D which avoids this test and disables the features depending on offscreen 3D images.


Unfortunately the link doesn't do anything but open a Java download page, claiming I guess that Chrome isn't java enabled. Which seems highly unlikely cause every other page in the Internet works fine.

Can anyone point me to a link that doesn't require java to open?

Posted by Puybaret at Sep 11, 2011, 11:42:29 AM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
How did you install Sweet Home 3D?
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by appalbarry at Sep 11, 2011, 10:44:00 PM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
OK, initially downloaded the TGZ files from here and expanded the folder; ran the program via the SweetHome3D shell script in the SH3D folder.

That obviously didn't work for me, so I nuked that folder, and the downloaded TGZs, and installed via the Ubuntu Software Centre. That install refuses to even show a splash screen.

Uninstalled that, and I'm now re-downloading the TGZ files and giving them another go.

First up the 64 bit version: I choose RUN or RUN IN TERMINAL - nothing happens. (I've got a dual core 64 bit AMD box)

Posted by hansmex at Sep 11, 2011, 10:52:32 PM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
Did you check your video drivers?
I also suggest you uninstall all kinds of Java on your computer.
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Hans

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Posted by Puybaret at Sep 11, 2011, 11:28:43 PM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
Once you downloaded and expanded the tgz file, please edit the SweetHom3D script and at the last line, replace:
-Xmx1024m
by:
-Xmx1024m -Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.checkOffScreenSupport=false

This will have the same effect as the JNLP file available in the FAQ I previously mentioned.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by appalbarry at Sep 12, 2011, 6:12:36 AM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
For whatever reason, the 64 bit version didn't work, but the 32 bit one does after adding the above mentioned line to the script and everything seems to work fine!

Posted by appalbarry at Sep 12, 2011, 6:53:57 AM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
Aha! Turns out I'm running 32 bit Ubuntu - duh...
Reinstalled the AMD drivers, and the program once again crashes.

Posted by sunshine11 at Sep 14, 2011, 8:01:01 PM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
Hi Barry,

i never tested SW3D with 64bit Ubuntu, but there are already some comments about AMD driver problems. Have a look at:

http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/view...478_lastpage,yes#lastpost

and also the linked thread_2236

best regards
Frank

Posted by appalbarry at Sep 16, 2011, 12:58:58 AM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
Just to recap, the program works fine, but only if I remove the AMD drivers. All in all a nice program, exactly what I need, but WAAAAY to much finicky hassle.

What I've been loving about Ubuntu this year is that from install onwards it just works, as does almost all software including even LibreOffice. This is the first app that has caused me any grief.

Posted by tubolix at Oct 8, 2011, 2:21:31 AM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
make sure to install java6.
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Gruss Mario

Posted by thob at Jan 11, 2012, 9:23:09 PM
Re: SH3D Crashed in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
I just ran into the same crash but only when I want to record a video on quality level 1 and 2 (photos are fine in 1 and 2)

So I added
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.checkOffScreenSupport=false
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Now quality level 1 and 2 are just disabled for photos and videos. is there a way to enabel the photo level.

Thanks Thomas