Question / Help 'Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error' for OBS Linux Mint

[TurtleKicks]

I get this error whenever I try to start OBS in Linux Mint 17.2, heres an output in terminal when I type obs in terminal,
Attempted path: share/obs/obs-studio/locale/en-US.ini
Attempted path: /usr/share/obs/obs-studio/locale/en-US.ini
Attempted path: share/obs/obs-studio/locale.ini
Attempted path: /usr/share/obs/obs-studio/locale.ini
Attempted path: share/obs/obs-studio/themes/Default.qss
Attempted path: /usr/share/obs/obs-studio/themes/Default.qss
Attempted path: share/obs/obs-studio/license/gplv2.txt
Attempted path: /usr/share/obs/obs-studio/license/gplv2.txt
info: Processor: 2 logical cores
info: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz
info: Physical Memory: 1993MB Total
info: Kernel Version: Linux 3.16.0-38-generic
info: Distribution: "Ubuntu" "14.04"
QObject::connect: invalid null parameter
info: OBS 0.12.0 (linux)
info: ---------------------------------
info: ---------------------------------
info: audio settings reset:
samples per sec: 44100
speakers: 2
buffering (ms): 1000
error: X Error: GLXBadFBConfig
error: Failed to create OpenGL context.
error: Failed to create context!
error: device_create (GL) failed
error: Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error

and the error that I get is Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error, OBS won't start, please help :(

 

[dodgepong]

What is the output when you type this into the command line: glxinfo | grep "OpenGL"

 

[Marcel Robitaille]

I am having the same issue. That command gives me this:

glxinfo | grep "OpenGL"
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 346.72
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.72
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:

 

[Osiris]

That can't be the same issue, since the TS probably has no opengl 3.2+ support on his gpu.

 

[reydeljuego12345]

I can't belive that the issue still be not resolved, there much thread talking about this.
The problem can be the library mesa that was upgraded after months of the obs package.

 

[Osiris]

The problem is that the TS' GPU doesn't have OpenGL 3.2 or higher support.

 

[reydeljuego12345]

But... and ¿what is the solution?.

 

[Osiris]

Get a system with a GPU that supports OpenGL 3.2 or higher.

 

[reydeljuego12345]

OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GT 610/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 352.41
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 352.41
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:

My system have a Nvidia 610 that supports OpenGL 3.2 or higher (i have OpenGL 4.5), and the issue continued, and other people have himself problem.

 

[Harold]

Common factor I'm seeing here: Mint

 

[reydeljuego12345]

I think i readed in other post something about that a user with ubuntu 15 had himself problem.
But i'm not quite sure .

 

[repeat]

Pls FIX it! (less None)

obs-studio-0.12.0/libobs-opengl/gl-x11.c

Line number: 64


static int ctx_visual_attribs[] = {
GLX_STENCIL_SIZE, 0,
GLX_DEPTH_SIZE, 0,
GLX_BUFFER_SIZE, 32,
GLX_DOUBLEBUFFER, true,
GLX_X_RENDERABLE, true,
None
};

struct gl_windowinfo {

 

[Osiris]

Has already been fixed, 0.13.0 will contain the fix.