There are lots of bugreports on "unspecified error" which shows in console as openGL init error.
Common solution is proprietary driver install and dist-upgrade.
I have ATI 4870 and Mint 17.2 on my desktop computer, so using proprietary drivers was not an option as ATI does not support old products anymore.
Possible sollution:
0. glxinfo | grep OpenGL
Look at the opengl version. OBS uses 3.2 so anything lower gives you this annoying error.
1. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
if nothing changes (dont forget to reboot). if you're lucky everything works.
2. add custom PPA and update drivers:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Everything works - you're lucky guy. In my case i got low fps and glitches in opengl games so i decided to give up and rollback.
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
well it did not really helped so i used Synaptics Package Manager ( sudo apt-get install synaptic )
Settings / Repositories / Maintenance / Downgrade foreign packages
somehow it did not work because of locking problem (i had no apt in use) so i just copy-pasted terminal string to the new terminal window.
I'm lucky guy now: OBS works, game works, all drivers are in official repository versions.
This is my first Linux "how to", wow.
Common solution is proprietary driver install and dist-upgrade.
I have ATI 4870 and Mint 17.2 on my desktop computer, so using proprietary drivers was not an option as ATI does not support old products anymore.
Possible sollution:
0. glxinfo | grep OpenGL
Look at the opengl version. OBS uses 3.2 so anything lower gives you this annoying error.
1. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
if nothing changes (dont forget to reboot). if you're lucky everything works.
2. add custom PPA and update drivers:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Everything works - you're lucky guy. In my case i got low fps and glitches in opengl games so i decided to give up and rollback.
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
well it did not really helped so i used Synaptics Package Manager ( sudo apt-get install synaptic )
Settings / Repositories / Maintenance / Downgrade foreign packages
somehow it did not work because of locking problem (i had no apt in use) so i just copy-pasted terminal string to the new terminal window.
I'm lucky guy now: OBS works, game works, all drivers are in official repository versions.
This is my first Linux "how to", wow.