X error of failed request: BadRequest

**Schappenberg** · October 20th, 2011

Hi,

after updating Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10, i can not run any "3D graphic" program (sorry, don't know how else to describe).
For example running "glxgears" (same error trying to run urbanterror, torcs, ..., except different current serial number in output stream):

Code:

$ glxgears
X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  138 (ATIFGLEXTENSION)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  66 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  13
  Current serial number in output stream:  13

like the error message supposed to me, the ATI driver have a problem, so i re-installed the newest fglrx (2:8.892, Catalyst 11.9) from the AMD driver page, no effect.

Does anyone can give me a hint what to do or where i can get further informations how to find out what causes this error?

Thanks in advance

Schappenberg

**larsivi** · October 24th, 2011

I am seeing this too.

**larsivi** · October 24th, 2011

Ok, I solved this for me.

I removed all fglrx packages that I had installed using

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge

and then installed the fglrx-amdcccle-updates and fglrx-updates packages, rebooted and it worked.

There is a conflict between those two lines, possibly because my fglrx packages at some point came from a ppa repository. If they came from the official ubuntu repos, it is an Ubuntu packaging bug.