Bug Report Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error

diahron

New Member
Need help, same error code: Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error. Here's some print out from the console.
~ $ obs
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/license/gplv2.txt
Attempted path: /usr/share/obs/obs-studio/license/gplv2.txt
QObject::connect: invalid null parameter
info: OBS 0.6.4-65-g56899df (linux)
info: Processor: 2 logical cores
info: Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
info: Physical Memory: 3826MB Total
info: Kernel Version: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic
info: Distribution: "Ubuntu" "14.04"
info: audio settings reset:
samples per sec: 44100
speakers: 2
buffering (ms): 1000

info: X and Y: 909 480
Backbuffers: 2
Color Format: 3
ZStencil Format: 0
Adapter: 0

error: Failed to create OpenGL context.
error: device_create (GL) failed
error: Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error
info: Number of memory leaks: 146

I hope I'm in the right place. I been trying for several days to resolve. Decided to give out before giving up, so I need help.
thanks
 

admalledd

Member
What is your GPU? This error is mostly caused by not having the correct GLSL or OpenGL support.

Take a look around at some of the other "Unspecified error" threads for some leads. A good start would be giving us a dump of "glxinfo" to know what your OpenGL version/capability info is.
 
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