jMAVSim fails to run under VMware (Ubuntu )

1

I have a surface book (win10) running VMware Ubuntu , and trying make posix jmavsim give me this :slight_smile:83 WARNING: setRealtimeSched failed (not run as root?)

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px4 starting.

INFO [dataman] Unknown restart, data manager file ā€˜rootfs/fs/microsd/datamanā€™ size is 11405132 bytes
INFO [simulator] Waiting for initial data on UDP port 14560. Please start the flight simulator to proceedā€¦
Buildfile: /home/itayguy/git/PX4Firmware/Tools/jMAVSim/build.xml

make_dirs:

compile:

create_run_jar:

copy_res:

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 0 seconds
Options parsed, starting Sim.
Starting GUIā€¦
3D [dev] 1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily

com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: X11GLXDrawableFactory - Could not initialize shared resources for X11GraphicsDevice[type .x11, connection :0, unitID 0, handle 0x0, owner false, ResourceToolkitLock[obj 0x58fd2619, isOwner false, <8b461f9, 503a71d5>[count 0, qsz 0, owner ]]]
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:326)
at jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner.run(SharedResourceRunner.java:297)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:688)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:580)
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:297)
ā€¦ 2 more
com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: J3D-Renderer-1: createImpl ARB n/a but required, profile > GL2 requested (OpenGL >= 3.1). Requested: GLProfile[GL3bc/GL3bc.hw], current: 3.0 (Compat profile, compat[ES2], FBO, hardware) - 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXContext.createImpl(X11GLXContext.java:418)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrentWithinLock(GLContextImpl.java:759)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:642)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:580)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.doQuery(JoglPipeline.java:8615)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.access$100(JoglPipeline.java:8566)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.createQueryContext(JoglPipeline.java:6562)
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:4609)
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:3606)
at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:461)
at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271)

DefaultRenderingErrorListener.errorOccurred:
CONTEXT_CREATION_ERROR: Renderer: Error creating Canvas3D graphics context for queryProperties()
graphicsDevice = X11GraphicsDevice[screen=0]
canvas = me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D$CustomCanvas3D[canvas0,0,0,0x0,invalid]
Exception in thread ā€œmainā€ java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Canvas3D: Non-recoverable graphics configuration error
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.queryProperties(Canvas3D.java:3595)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D.createEnvironment(Visualizer3D.java:214)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D.(Visualizer3D.java:175)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Simulator.(Simulator.java:157)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Simulator.main(Simulator.java:678)
ā€¦ 5 more
X11Util.Display: Shutdown (JVM shutdown: true, open (no close attempt): 2/2, reusable (open, marked uncloseable): 0, pending (open in creation order): 2)
X11Util: Open X11 Display Connections: 2
X11Util: Open[0]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7f34740010d0, refCount 1, unCloseable false]
X11Util: Open[1]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7f3458020c70, refCount 1, unCloseable false]
Options parsed, starting Sim.
Starting GUIā€¦
3D [dev] 1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily

com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: X11GLXDrawableFactory - Could not initialize shared resources for X11GraphicsDevice[type .x11, connection :0, unitID 0, handle 0x0, owner false, ResourceToolkitLock[obj 0x51c7572d, isOwner false, <7fc7f46e, 1ad3e0f6>[count 0, qsz 0, owner ]]]
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:326)
at jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner.run(SharedResourceRunner.java:297)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:688)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:580)
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:297)
ā€¦ 2 more
com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: J3D-Renderer-1: createImpl ARB n/a but required, profile > GL2 requested (OpenGL >= 3.1). Requested: GLProfile[GL3bc/GL3bc.hw], current: 3.0 (Compat profile, compat[ES2], FBO, hardware) - 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXContext.createImpl(X11GLXContext.java:418)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrentWithinLock(GLContextImpl.java:759)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:642)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:580)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.doQuery(JoglPipeline.java:8615)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.access$100(JoglPipeline.java:8566)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.createQueryContext(JoglPipeline.java:6562)
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:4609)
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:3606)
at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:461)
at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271)

DefaultRenderingErrorListener.errorOccurred:
CONTEXT_CREATION_ERROR: Renderer: Error creating Canvas3D graphics context for queryProperties()
graphicsDevice = X11GraphicsDevice[screen=0]
canvas = me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D$CustomCanvas3D[canvas0,0,0,0x0,invalid]
Exception in thread ā€œmainā€ java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Canvas3D: Non-recoverable graphics configuration error
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.queryProperties(Canvas3D.java:3595)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D.createEnvironment(Visualizer3D.java:214)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D.(Visualizer3D.java:175)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Simulator.(Simulator.java:157)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Simulator.main(Simulator.java:678)
ā€¦ 5 more
X11Util.Display: Shutdown (JVM shutdown: true, open (no close attempt): 2/2, reusable (open, marked uncloseable): 0, pending (open in creation order): 2)
X11Util: Open X11 Display Connections: 2
X11Util: Open[0]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7f2534001210, refCount 1, unCloseable false]
X11Util: Open[1]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7f2518020c70, refCount 1, unCloseable false]
^C
Exitingā€¦
pxh> Shutting down
Restoring terminal
/home/itayguy/git/PX4Firmware/Tools/sitl_run.sh: line 167: kill: (5422) - No such process
ninja: build stopped: interrupted by user.
Makefile:147: recipe for target ā€˜posix_sitl_defaultā€™ failed
make: *** [posix_sitl_default] Interrupt

2

Looks like you got to where I am DragonWars, haha.

Iā€™m having a VERY similiar issue.

make posix jmavsim
[594/594] cd /home/centralcommand/src/ā€¦/src/Firmware/build/posix_sitl_default
args: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/build/posix_sitl_default/px4 posix-configs/SITL/init/ekf2 none jmavsim none /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/build/posix_sitl_default
SITL ARGS
sitl_bin: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/build/posix_sitl_default/px4
rcS_dir: posix-configs/SITL/init/ekf2
debugger: none
program: jmavsim
model: none
src_path: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware
build_path: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/build/posix_sitl_default
empty model, setting iris as default
SITL COMMAND: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/build/posix_sitl_default/px4 /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/posix-configs/SITL/init/ekf2/iris
data path: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware
commands file: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/posix-configs/SITL/init/ekf2/iris
creating new parameters file
creating new dataman file
56 WARNING: setRealtimeSched failed (not run as root?)

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px4 starting.

WARN [modules__systemlib__param] decoder init failed
ERROR [param] importing from ā€˜rootfs/eeprom/parametersā€™ failed (-61)
Command ā€˜paramā€™ failed, returned 1
INFO [dataman] Unknown restart, data manager file ā€˜rootfs/fs/microsd/datamanā€™ size is 11405132 bytes
BAT_N_CELLS: curr: 0 -> new: 3
CAL_ACC0_ID: curr: 0 -> new: 1376264
CAL_ACC0_XOFF: curr: 0.0000 -> new: 0.0100
CAL_ACC0_XSCALE: curr: 1.0000 -> new: 1.0100
CAL_ACC0_YOFF: curr: 0.0000 -> new: -0.0100
CAL_ACC0_YSCALE: curr: 1.0000 -> new: 1.0100
CAL_ACC0_ZOFF: curr: 0.0000 -> new: 0.0100
CAL_ACC0_ZSCALE: curr: 1.0000 -> new: 1.0100
CAL_ACC1_ID: curr: 0 -> new: 1310728
CAL_ACC1_XOFF: curr: 0.0000 -> new: 0.0100
CAL_GYRO0_ID: curr: 0 -> new: 2293768
CAL_GYRO0_XOFF: curr: 0.0000 -> new: 0.0100
CAL_MAG0_ID: curr: 0 -> new: 196616
CAL_MAG0_XOFF: curr: 0.0000 -> new: 0.0100
COM_DISARM_LAND: curr: 0 -> new: 3
COM_OBL_ACT: curr: 0 -> new: 2
COM_OF_LOSS_T: curr: 0.0000 -> new: 5.0000
COM_RC_IN_MODE: curr: 0 -> new: 1
EKF2_ANGERR_INIT: curr: 0.1000 -> new: 0.0100
EKF2_GBIAS_INIT: curr: 0.1000 -> new: 0.0100
EKF2_MAG_TYPE: curr: 0 -> new: 1
MC_PITCH_P: curr: 6.5000 -> new: 6.0000
MC_PITCHRATE_P: curr: 0.1500 -> new: 0.2000
MC_ROLL_P: curr: 6.5000 -> new: 6.0000
MC_ROLLRATE_P: curr: 0.1500 -> new: 0.2000
MPC_HOLD_MAX_Z: curr: 0.6000 -> new: 2.0000
MPC_Z_VEL_I: curr: 0.0200 -> new: 0.1500
MPC_Z_VEL_P: curr: 0.2000 -> new: 0.6000
NAV_ACC_RAD: curr: 10.0000 -> new: 2.0000
NAV_DLL_ACT: curr: 0 -> new: 2
RTL_DESCEND_ALT: curr: 30.0000 -> new: 5.0000
RTL_LAND_DELAY: curr: -1.0000 -> new: 5.0000
RTL_RETURN_ALT: curr: 60.0000 -> new: 30.0000
SDLOG_DIRS_MAX: curr: 0 -> new: 7
SENS_BOARD_X_OFF: curr: 0.0000 -> new: 0.0000
SYS_AUTOSTART: curr: 0 -> new: 4010
INFO [simulator] Waiting for initial data on UDP port 14560. Please start the flight simulator to proceedā€¦
Buildfile: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/Tools/jMAVSim/build.xml

make_dirs:
[mkdir] Created dir: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/Tools/jMAVSim/out/production/jMAVSim

compile:
[javac] Compiling 73 source files to /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/Tools/jMAVSim/out/production/jMAVSim
[javac] Note: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/Tools/jMAVSim/src/me/drton/jmavsim/PeripherialBuzzer.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
[javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

create_run_jar:
[jar] Building jar: /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/Tools/jMAVSim/out/production/jmavsim_run.jar

copy_res:
[copy] Copying 17 files to /home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/Tools/jMAVSim/out/production

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 2 seconds
Options parsed, starting Sim.
Starting GUIā€¦
3D [dev] 1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily

com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: X11GLXDrawableFactory - Could not initialize shared resources for X11GraphicsDevice[type .x11, connection :0, unitID 0, handle 0x0, owner false, ResourceToolkitLock[obj 0x2ead880b, isOwner false, <6d0eb772, a0abd9b>[count 0, qsz 0, owner ]]]
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:326)
at jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner.run(SharedResourceRunner.java:297)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:688)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:580)
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:297)
ā€¦ 2 more
com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: J3D-Renderer-1: createImpl ARB n/a but required, profile > GL2 requested (OpenGL >= 3.1). Requested: GLProfile[GL3bc/GL3bc.hw], current: 3.0 (Compat profile, compat[ES2], FBO, hardware) - 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXContext.createImpl(X11GLXContext.java:418)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrentWithinLock(GLContextImpl.java:759)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:642)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:580)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.doQuery(JoglPipeline.java:8615)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.access$100(JoglPipeline.java:8566)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.createQueryContext(JoglPipeline.java:6562)
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:4609)
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:3606)
at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:461)
at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271)

DefaultRenderingErrorListener.errorOccurred:
CONTEXT_CREATION_ERROR: Renderer: Error creating Canvas3D graphics context for queryProperties()
graphicsDevice = X11GraphicsDevice[screen=0]
canvas = me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D$CustomCanvas3D[canvas0,0,0,0x0,invalid]
Exception in thread ā€œmainā€ java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Canvas3D: Non-recoverable graphics configuration error
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.queryProperties(Canvas3D.java:3595)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D.createEnvironment(Visualizer3D.java:214)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D.(Visualizer3D.java:175)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Simulator.(Simulator.java:157)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Simulator.main(Simulator.java:678)
ā€¦ 5 more
X11Util.Display: Shutdown (JVM shutdown: true, open (no close attempt): 2/2, reusable (open, marked uncloseable): 0, pending (open in creation order): 2)
X11Util: Open X11 Display Connections: 2
X11Util: Open[0]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7fb2b000d060, refCount 1, unCloseable false]
X11Util: Open[1]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7fb28c022ca0, refCount 1, unCloseable false]
Options parsed, starting Sim.
Starting GUIā€¦
3D [dev] 1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily

com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: X11GLXDrawableFactory - Could not initialize shared resources for X11GraphicsDevice[type .x11, connection :0, unitID 0, handle 0x0, owner false, ResourceToolkitLock[obj 0x71468d5f, isOwner false, <1553e4d9, 44baaa89>[count 0, qsz 0, owner ]]]
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:326)
at jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner.run(SharedResourceRunner.java:297)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:688)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:580)
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXDrawableFactory$SharedResourceImplementation.createSharedResource(X11GLXDrawableFactory.java:297)
ā€¦ 2 more
com.jogamp.opengl.GLException: J3D-Renderer-1: createImpl ARB n/a but required, profile > GL2 requested (OpenGL >= 3.1). Requested: GLProfile[GL3bc/GL3bc.hw], current: 3.0 (Compat profile, compat[ES2], FBO, hardware) - 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8
at jogamp.opengl.x11.glx.X11GLXContext.createImpl(X11GLXContext.java:418)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrentWithinLock(GLContextImpl.java:759)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:642)
at jogamp.opengl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:580)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.doQuery(JoglPipeline.java:8615)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline$QueryCanvas.access$100(JoglPipeline.java:8566)
at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.createQueryContext(JoglPipeline.java:6562)
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:4609)
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createQueryContext(Canvas3D.java:3606)
at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:461)
at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271)

DefaultRenderingErrorListener.errorOccurred:
CONTEXT_CREATION_ERROR: Renderer: Error creating Canvas3D graphics context for queryProperties()
graphicsDevice = X11GraphicsDevice[screen=0]
canvas = me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D$CustomCanvas3D[canvas0,0,0,0x0,invalid]
Exception in thread ā€œmainā€ java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Canvas3D: Non-recoverable graphics configuration error
at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.queryProperties(Canvas3D.java:3595)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D.createEnvironment(Visualizer3D.java:214)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Visualizer3D.(Visualizer3D.java:175)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Simulator.(Simulator.java:157)
at me.drton.jmavsim.Simulator.main(Simulator.java:678)
ā€¦ 5 more
X11Util.Display: Shutdown (JVM shutdown: true, open (no close attempt): 2/2, reusable (open, marked uncloseable): 0, pending (open in creation order): 2)
X11Util: Open X11 Display Connections: 2
X11Util: Open[0]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7fca3000d060, refCount 1, unCloseable false]
X11Util: Open[1]: NamedX11Display[:0, 0x7fca14020c90, refCount 1, unCloseable false]
^C
Exitingā€¦
pxh> Shutting down
Restoring terminal
/home/centralcommand/src/Firmware/Tools/sitl_run.sh: line 167: kill: (6433) - No such process
ninja: build stopped: interrupted by user.
Makefile:147: recipe for target ā€˜posix_sitl_defaultā€™ failed
make: *** [posix_sitl_default] Interrupt

3

So, Iā€™ve since tested the development environment on my non virtual-machine laptop (Ubuntu 16.04), and the guide works flawlessly.

Iā€™m willing to go out on a limb at this point from reading the terminal outputs, and testing it on my laptop that its an issue caused by either the virtual machine environment, graphical drivers, or a combination of both factors. (I have tested the tutorial on both VMWare and Virtual Box, so it doesnā€™t seem to be a problem dependent on which hypervisor is being used. I will test Windows Hyper-V tomorrow just to be sure.)

I think I recall some sort of catch with Ubuntu 16.04, and I know Iā€™ve personally had huge problems in the past with trying to use my AMD graphics card with Ubuntu (in early 2016, havenā€™t done the research to see if itā€™s cleared up at all since). Not sure this would be common to both of us @DragonWars, as I think your surface has either an Intel HD, or Nvidia graphics hardware.

Iā€™ll also try a dual-boot install of Ubuntu 16.04 on my desktop tomorrow just to see the results. My gut instinct is it will work fine.

My question to the devs I guess is, has this simulator worked out of the box in virtual machines in the past? or is our problem ā€œnewā€? I also havenā€™t thrown out the possibility that DragonWars and I are misunderstanding something, or doing something wrong. Iā€™d much prefer to develop/simulate on a virtual machine for both the time saving aspect, as well as the portability. Any help/insight would be much appreciated.

4

I have same issue. I have solve it. Maybe help you.

5

As a short cut for people finding this issue later on:
I just verified on VMWare 16.1 you have to anable the 3D acceleration through:
VM > Settings > Hardware > Display > Accelerate 3D graphics
This solves the problem and the sim runs as expected.
See https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.0/com.vmware.ws.using.doc/GUID-F5186526-2382-4F4A-8009-3D07773A1404.html

Without testing Iā€™d assume the same should work also for VirtualBox.
e.g. https://www.maketecheasier.com/enable-3d-acceleration-in-virtualbox/

Sidenote: Depending on your disto setup you might have to switch graphics driver after checking the box.

EDIT: The hint will be added to the docs soon: https://docs.px4.io/master/en/dev_setup/dev_env_windows_vm.html