Hi,
I'm not sure whether this is the problem, but have you updated X11 to a
recent Xquartz release? (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki). IIRC the
older ones gave problems.
I hope this helps.
Mark
On 1 December 2010 10:41, Antony Oliver <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to install the latest version of Coot on OS X. I have tried
> downloading the installer from CCP4, using Bill Scott's Fink pre-compiled
> binaries, and also using Fink to compile from source. Unfortunately every
> time I try to run Coot I get the same error...
>
> ---
> Wed Dec 1 10:37:24 coot-real[17558] <Error>: unknown error code: invalid
> pixel format
> Wed Dec 1 10:37:24 coot-real[17558] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a
> breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
> The program 'coot-real' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'GLXBadContext'.
> (Details: serial 288 error_code 147 request_code 0 minor_code 3)
> (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
> that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
> To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
> option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
> backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
> ---
>
> Presumably there is a problem somewhere with one of the graphic library
> dependancies?
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Tony.
>
> => fink package is 0.6.2-pre-1-250 in the unstable tree of fink.
> => running OS X version 10.6.5
>
>
> ---
> Dr Antony W Oliver
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> CR-UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group
> Genome Damage and Stability Centre
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>
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