Error & SH3D close with "File>Preferences ..." command

[Na__vi]

Hi,

I have encountered an error with "File>Preferences..." command followed by a sudden close of SH3D :

sh SweetHome3D
Java 3D WARNING : reported GLX version = 1.2
GLX version 1.3 or higher is required
The reported version number may be incorrect. There is a known
ATI driver bug in glXQueryVersion that incorrectly reports the GLX
version as 1.2 when it really is 1.3, so Java 3D will attempt to
run anyway.
failed to create drawable
Erreur de segmentation

(it is an french version of Ubuntu)

uname -a
Linux xxx-PC 2.6.28-17-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 1 18:57:07 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Other commands work fine !
Thanks

[hansmex]

Hello Navi,

Which version of Ubuntu do you use?

From your description it seems you have a problem with the drivers of your video card. I had problems using Ubuntu 9.04, but have since updated to 9.10 and my problems are over. The old graphics drivers in Ubuntu were causing the problem, but this was corrected in the last update.

Good luck,

Hans

[Na__vi]

Hello HansMex,

Following is the version of Ubuntu :
cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 9.04 \n \l

For the video drivers, I don't know how to have information.

In fact it is very strange that the very only command that crashes SH3D is precisely "Preferences..." ! And If I can judge about the window of "Preferences" in the help-forum, this windows is not very awful ! And SH3D is the only application with which I have encountered a serious error : even Wine or FontyPython perfectly work !
I suspect that my "by-hand" (particulary with Java) SH3D installation is not conform but I have no idea about the place of the problem.

An other thing is that Java also crashes with a log-file which begins so :

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x7004a718, pid=5853, tid=1881676688
#
# JRE version: 6.0_17-b04
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (14.3-b01 mixed mode linux-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C [swrast_dri.so+0x21718
......................

So I am afraid that I should stay stick. Nevertheless thanks for your encouragement !