Re: error running openGL/Ada demo from GLOBE_3D using GNAT 2012

[gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com]

Nasser:

> btw, would it not be better to have those prebuild demo examples in the
> distribution demo/ folder be build as static instead of shared? so
> that to eliminate the shared library being different on each system.

I could not agree more! These are kind of things I am learning progressively, like the advantage of -static, on another project. Also kind of annoyances you don't know on less refined systems (I am used to a clunky, commercial one called Windows).

> I am no expert on this, but something to consider.

Absolutely, it solved lots of problems on that other project.

> That is why I was trying to build the demo files myself. But
> due to that texture error, can't run them.

I'm afraid you went past any problem with texture loading if you get that message (your post after having restored the .zip files):
 
"
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0x9d00de0
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals

Execution terminated by unhandled exception
Exception name: STORAGE_ERROR
Message: stack overflow or erroneous memory access
Call stack traceback locations:
0x811d74e 
"

It looks like an OpenGL issue with your Linux installation.
Perhaps a plain Ubuntu would help ? Everything fine with other OpenGL-based software ?...
G.