Blender messed up in Ubuntu.

3DModelerMan · Post by **3DModelerMan** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:55 am

I just got Ubuntu installed a little while ago. And I'm trying to get Blender working in it. The problem is, some of the buttons don't show icons... and the interface is really messed up. I heard it needs GlibC and I don't know if I have that already or not. Do I maybe need to install a new graphics driver? I tried running the windows version under Wine but it's just even worse.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:38 am

did you download the package from Synaptic, or try and install it directly from the blender download site?

use the package in Synaptic, it will download all the required libraries as well. (for me right now it would have to install an additional 11 libraries in order for Blender to install)

CuteAlien · Post by **CuteAlien** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:59 am

It should complain on start when it's missing a library. You can also check with ldd blender on the console which libraries are used.

I do actually prefer the official binary release as the distro versions are sometimes outdated (but don't know about ubuntu).

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:14 am

ubuntu updates their packages pretty fast. it's at 2.49a, so not the latest bugfix patch level, but it is the latest version

3DModelerMan · Post by **3DModelerMan** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:57 pm

I used the Add/Remove programs section. Could it be a graphics driver problem then? Sorry it might seem like a noobish question... but I'm still getting used to Ubuntu.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:52 pm

okay, that's build on top of that so you have everything installed. did you turn on any hardware drivers?

3DModelerMan · Post by **3DModelerMan** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:08 pm

You have to turn on hardware drivers? I'll see if I can figure out how.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:18 pm

its in System -> Hardware Drivers. you have to turn them on if you want decent acceleration, otheerwise it will use open source drivers which may be hit and miss with any specific card

if there arent any in there though then your card doesnt hae any specific ones. what is your video card and which version of Ubuntu did you install?

3DModelerMan · Post by **3DModelerMan** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:10 am

I think Ubuntu is 9.04, and I have something like the Mobile Intel Express Chipset Family 946 GM, something like that. I tried the Intel website and they linked me to a different website with only driver source code. No binaries anywhere.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:50 am

if you have intel mobile, do NOT use Ubuntu 9.04, they royally botched up the intel graphics drivers in that version. you want to use 9.10 they got them fixed finally, but you'd probly want to reinsttall it from scratch instead of updating the packages

3DModelerMan · Post by **3DModelerMan** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:09 pm

Oh I was just going to use the Ubuntu update manager. What's the difference?

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:18 pm

3DModelerMan wrote:Oh I was just going to use the Ubuntu update manager. What's the difference?

well you'd get some other performance gains out of it anyway, since they changed the defualt filesystem type from ext3 to ext4 you could do it through update manager easily enough

3DModelerMan · Post by **3DModelerMan** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:41 pm

Oh okay... If it was windows I would be like, oh lets just reinstall. I've used windows for all of my life that I've been on a computer. But I decided to try Linux because I was getting sick of it freezing all the time. I'll try updating and see where I get from there.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:34 pm

yah normally you just update and bam youre at the latest version (got XUbuntu on a flash drive for my notebook and its been updated 2 release versions already, not counting 9.10), but the change in default filesystem might be worth a fresh reinstall with 9.10

torleif · Post by **torleif** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:05 pm

Make sure your machine is up to date:

Open terminal:

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sudo apt-get update

Then use apt-get to make sure you have the required dependencies:

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sudo apt-get install blender

If you installed blender from Synaptic it should already come with dependencies.

The simplest answer is often the right one. In blender, have you changed the layout? have you tried resetting the layout?