VMWare Ubuntu: Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.

[Ryanf55]

Environment

• OS Version: Ubuntu 22.04 running in VMWare on Windows 10
• Source or binary build?
  Binary - Harmonic
  • Rendering plugin: [ ogre2].
    • Sensor rendering error.
    • GUI rendering error.
  • EGL headless mode:
    • Running in EGL headless mode
  • Generally, mention all circumstances that might affect rendering capabilities:
    • running in virtual machine
  • Rendering system info:
    • On Linux, provide the outputs of the following commands:

      LANG=C lspci -nn | grep VGA  # might require installing pciutils
      00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405]
      echo "$DISPLAY"
      :0
      LANG=C glxinfo -B | grep -i '\(direct rendering\|opengl\|profile\)'  # might require installing mesa-utils package
        direct rendering: Yes
            Preferred profile: core (0x1)
            Max core profile version: 4.3
            Max compat profile version: 4.3
            Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
            Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.1
            OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
            OpenGL renderer string: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE;  LLVM;
            OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
            OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.30
            OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
            OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
            OpenGL version string: 4.3 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
            OpenGL shading language version string: 4.30
            OpenGL context flags: (none)
            OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
            OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
            OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10
      
      ps aux | grep Xorg
          ryan        3996  0.0  0.0   9080  2432 pts/0    S+   00:04   0:00 grep --color=auto Xorg
      
      sudo env LANG=C X -version  # if you don't have root access, try to tell the version of Xorg e.g. via package manager
        X.Org X Server 1.21.1.4
        X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
        Current Operating System: Linux ub22d17 6.5.0-28-generic #29~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr  4 14:39:20 UTC 2 x86_64
        Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-28-generic root=UUID=4e184a09-a38b-4a10-a09f-cf3f949d586c ro find_preseed=/preseed.cfg auto noprompt priority=critical locale=en_US quiet splash
        xorg-server 2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.7~22.04.10 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
        Current version of pixman: 0.40.0

    • On Windows, run dxdiag and report the GPU-related information.
    • On Mac OS, open a terminal and type system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType. Copy the output here.
  • Please, attach the ogre.log or ogre2.log file from ~/.gz/rendering

Description

• Expected behavior: I can launch shapes.sdf
• Actual behavior: It launched but did not render shapes - it instead had a flashy rendering window, and a console error.
  If I set

Steps to reproduce

1. Install VMWare 17 on WIndows 10 with Ubunut 22.04 guest
2. Install gazebo harmonic per the standard method
   3.Run gz sim shapes.sdf

Output

Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.

ryan@ub22d17:~/ryan.friedman$ echo $QT_QPA_PLATFORM

ryan@ub22d17:~/ryan.friedman$ gz sim shapes.sdf
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
^Ccontext mismatch in svga_surface_destroy
context mismatch in svga_surface_destroy
context mismatch in svga_surface_destroy
context mismatch in svga_surface_destroy
context mismatch in svga_surface_destroy
context mismatch in svga_surface_destroy
ryan@ub22d17:~/ryan.friedman$ export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland
ryan@ub22d17:~/ryan.friedman$ gz sim shapes.sdf
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.

Stack trace (most recent call last):
#31   Object "gz sim gui", at 0x617d470b817e, in 
#30   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089bea8e19, in ruby_run_node
#29   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089bea5317, in 
#28   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c03a33c, in rb_vm_exec
#27   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c034cc6, in 
#26   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c031ff5, in 
#25   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c02fc64, in 
#24   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089bf7ba4e, in 
#23   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089bea69ac, in rb_protect
#22   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c03ec91, in rb_yield
#21   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c03a33c, in rb_vm_exec
#20   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c034cc6, in 
#19   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c031ff5, in 
#18   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089c02fc64, in 
#17   Object "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.0.0/fiddle.so", at 0x7e089b9ed44b, in 
#16   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libruby-3.0.so.3.0", at 0x7e089bffd0b8, in rb_nogvl
#15   Object "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ruby/3.0.0/fiddle.so", at 0x7e089b9ecd6b, in 
#14   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8", at 0x7e089b996492, in 
#13   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8", at 0x7e089b999e2d, in 
#12   Object "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgz-sim8-gz.so.8.3.0", at 0x7e0897e66865, in runGui
#11   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgz-sim8-gui.so.8", at 0x7e0897071595, in gz::sim::v8::gui::runGui(int&, char**, char const*, char const*, int, char const*, char const*)
#10   Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgz-sim8-gui.so.8", at 0x7e089706f341, in gz::sim::v8::gui::createGui(int&, char**, char const*, char const*, bool, char const*, int, char const*, char const*)
#9    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgz-gui8.so.8", at 0x7e0896f98e0b, in gz::gui::Application::Application(int&, char**, gz::gui::WindowType, char const*)
#8    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5", at 0x7e0895371cec, in QApplicationPrivate::init()
#7    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5", at 0x7e0893f3bb6f, in QGuiApplicationPrivate::init()
#6    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5", at 0x7e0895cc0b16, in QCoreApplicationPrivate::init()
#5    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5", at 0x7e0893f38c07, in QGuiApplicationPrivate::createEventDispatcher()
#4    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5", at 0x7e0893f38712, in QGuiApplicationPrivate::createPlatformIntegration()
#3    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5", at 0x7e0895a90ba2, in QMessageLogger::fatal(char const*, ...) const
#2    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7e089ba287f2, in abort
#1    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7e089ba42475, in raise
#0    Object "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7e089ba969fc, in pthread_kill
Aborted (Signal sent by tkill() 321749 1000)

yan@ub22d17:~$ gz sim -v 3 shapes.sdf
[Msg] Gazebo Sim GUI    v8.3.0
[Msg] Received world [shapes.sdf] from the GUI.
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
[Msg] Gazebo Sim Server v8.3.0
[Msg] Loading SDF world file[/usr/share/gz/gz-sim8/worlds/shapes.sdf].
[Msg] Serving entity system service on [/entity/system/add]
[Msg] Loaded level [3]
[Msg] No systems loaded from SDF, loading defaults
[Msg] Create service on [/world/shapes/create]
[Msg] Remove service on [/world/shapes/remove]
[Msg] Pose service on [/world/shapes/set_pose]
[Msg] Pose service on [/world/shapes/set_pose_vector]
[Msg] Light configuration service on [/world/shapes/light_config]
[Msg] Physics service on [/world/shapes/set_physics]
[Msg] SphericalCoordinates service on [/world/shapes/set_spherical_coordinates]
[Msg] Enable collision service on [/world/shapes/enable_collision]
[Msg] Disable collision service on [/world/shapes/disable_collision]
[Msg] Material service on [/world/shapes/visual_config]
[Msg] Material service on [/world/shapes/wheel_slip]
[Msg] Serving world controls on [/world/shapes/control], [/world/shapes/control/state] and [/world/shapes/playback/control]
[Msg] Serving GUI information on [/world/shapes/gui/info]
[Msg] World [shapes] initialized with [default_physics] physics profile.
[Msg] Serving world SDF generation service on [/world/shapes/generate_world_sdf]
[Msg] Serving world names on [/gazebo/worlds]
[Msg] Resource path add service on [/gazebo/resource_paths/add].
[Msg] Resource path get service on [/gazebo/resource_paths/get].
[Msg] Resource path resolve service on [/gazebo/resource_paths/resolve].
[Msg] Resource paths published on [/gazebo/resource_paths].
[Msg] Server control service on [/server_control].
[GUI] [Msg] Loading config [/home/ryan/.gz/sim/8/gui.config]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [3D View] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [MinimalScene] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-gui-8/plugins/libMinimalScene.so]
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:52:3: QML RenderWindowOverlay: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:67:3: QML EntityContextMenu: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:52:3: QML RenderWindowOverlay: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:67:3: QML EntityContextMenu: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:52:3: QML RenderWindowOverlay: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:67:3: QML EntityContextMenu: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:52:3: QML RenderWindowOverlay: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:67:3: QML EntityContextMenu: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:52:3: QML RenderWindowOverlay: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:67:3: QML EntityContextMenu: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:52:3: QML RenderWindowOverlay: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:67:3: QML EntityContextMenu: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Entity Context Menu] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [EntityContextMenuPlugin] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libEntityContextMenuPlugin.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Scene Manager] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [GzSceneManager] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libGzSceneManager.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Camera view controller topic advertised on [/gui/camera/view_control]
[GUI] [Msg] Camera reference visual topic advertised on [/gui/camera/view_control/reference_visual]
[GUI] [Msg] Camera view control sensitivity advertised on [/gui/camera/view_control/sensitivity]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Interactive view control] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [InteractiveViewControl] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-gui-8/plugins/libInteractiveViewControl.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Camera tracking] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [CameraTracking] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-gui-8/plugins/libCameraTracking.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Listening to stats on [/world/shapes/stats]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Marker Manager] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [MarkerManager] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-gui-8/plugins/libMarkerManager.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Select entities] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [SelectEntities] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libSelectEntities.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Spawn] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [Spawn] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libSpawn.so]
[GUI] [Msg] View as transparent service on [/gui/view/transparent]
[GUI] [Msg] View as wireframes service on [/gui/view/wireframes]
[GUI] [Msg] View center of mass service on [/gui/view/com]
[GUI] [Msg] View inertia service on [/gui/view/inertia]
[GUI] [Msg] View collisions service on [/gui/view/collisions]
[GUI] [Msg] View joints service on [/gui/view/joints]
[GUI] [Msg] View frames service on [/gui/view/frames]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Visualization capabilities] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [VisualizationCapabilities] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libVisualizationCapabilities.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Using world control service [/world/shapes/control]
[GUI] [Msg] Listening to stats on [/world/shapes/stats]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [World control] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [WorldControl] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-gui-8/plugins/libWorldControl.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Listening to stats on [/world/shapes/stats]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [World stats] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [WorldStats] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-gui-8/plugins/libWorldStats.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Shapes] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [Shapes] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libShapes.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Lights] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [Lights] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libLights.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Transform control] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [TransformControl] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libTransformControl.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Screenshot service on [/gui/screenshot]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Screenshot] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [Screenshot] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-gui-8/plugins/libScreenshot.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Copy/Paste] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [CopyPaste] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libCopyPaste.so]
[Msg] Found no publishers on /stats, adding root stats topic
[Msg] Found no publishers on /clock, adding root clock topic
[Msg] Serving scene information on [/world/shapes/scene/info]
[Msg] Serving graph information on [/world/shapes/scene/graph]
[Msg] Serving full state on [/world/shapes/state]
[Msg] Serving full state (async) on [/world/shapes/state_async]
[Msg] Publishing scene information on [/world/shapes/scene/info]
[Msg] Publishing entity deletions on [/world/shapes/scene/deletion]
[Msg] Publishing state changes on [/world/shapes/state]
[Msg] Publishing pose messages on [/world/shapes/pose/info]
[Msg] Publishing dynamic pose messages on [/world/shapes/dynamic_pose/info]
[Wrn] [Model.hh:69] Skipping serialization / deserialization for models with //pose/@relative_to attribute.
[Wrn] [Model.hh:69] Skipping serialization / deserialization for models with //pose/@relative_to attribute.
[Wrn] [Component.hh:144] Trying to serialize component with data type [N3sdf3v145WorldE], which doesn't have `operator<<`. Component will not be serialized.
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Component inspector] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [ComponentInspector] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libComponentInspector.so]
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityTree/EntityTree.qml:148:7: QML ToolButton: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Msg] Added plugin [Entity tree] to main window
[GUI] [Msg] Loaded plugin [EntityTree] from path [/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gz-sim-8/plugins/gui/libEntityTree.so]
[GUI] [Msg] Using server control service [/server_control]
[GUI] [Wrn] [Component.hh:189] Trying to deserialize component with data type [N3sdf3v145WorldE], which doesn't have `operator>>`. Component will not be deserialized.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Model.hh:98] Unable to deserialize sdf::Model
[GUI] [Wrn] [Model.hh:98] Unable to deserialize sdf::Model
[GUI] [Wrn] [Model.hh:98] Unable to deserialize sdf::Model
[GUI] [Wrn] [Model.hh:98] Unable to deserialize sdf::Model
[GUI] [Wrn] [Model.hh:98] Unable to deserialize sdf::Model
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityTree/EntityTree.qml:148:7: QML ToolButton: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/WorldStats/WorldStats.qml:53:3: QML RowLayout: Binding loop detected for property "x"
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:52:3: QML RenderWindowOverlay: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Wrn] [Application.cc:908] [QT] file::/EntityContextMenuPlugin/EntityContextMenuPlugin.qml:67:3: QML EntityContextMenu: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[GUI] [Msg] Loading plugin [gz-rendering-ogre2]
[GUI] [Msg] Move to service on [/gui/move_to]
[GUI] [Msg] Follow service on [/gui/follow]
[GUI] [Msg] Move to pose service on [/gui/move_to/pose]
[GUI] [Msg] Camera pose topic advertised on [/gui/camera/pose]
[GUI] [Msg] Follow offset service on [/gui/follow/offset]

[Ryanf55]

Ironically, running inside a VSode docker devcontainer solves it:

Here's the stripped version with all the random platform-specific stuff removed. To me, "LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE": "1", is very suspicious that our devcontainer doesn't use the GPU and that's why it works.

// See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/devcontainer.json for format details.
{
   "name": "Development Container",
   "build": {
      "context": "..",
      "dockerfile": "../.docker/Dockerfile",
      "target": "dev",
      "args": {
         "DOCKER_GID": "${localEnv:DOCKER_GID}",
      }
   },
   "mounts": [
      "source=/var/run/docker.sock,target=/var/run/docker.sock,type=bind",
      "source=${localEnv:HOME}/.ssh/config,target=/home/user1/.ssh/config,type=bind",
      "source=${localEnv:HOME}/.ssh/known_hosts,target=/home/user1/.ssh/known_hosts,type=bind"
   ],
   "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/ws,type=bind",
   "workspaceFolder": "/ws",
   "runArgs": [
      "--network=host",
      "--cap-add=SYS_PTRACE",
      "--security-opt=seccomp:unconfined",
      "--security-opt=apparmor:unconfined",
      "--volume=/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix",
      "--ipc=host",
   ],
   "containerEnv": {
      "DISPLAY": "${localEnv:DISPLAY}", // Needed for GUI try ":0" for windows
      "WAYLAND_DISPLAY": "${localEnv:WAYLAND_DISPLAY}",
      "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR": "${localEnv:XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}",
      "PULSE_SERVER": "${localEnv:PULSE_SERVER}",
      "LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE": "1", // Needed for software rendering of opengl
      "DOCKER_GID": "${localEnv:DOCKER_GID}",
      "ARCH": "${localEnv:ARCH}"
   },
   // Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
   "customizations": {
      "vscode": {
         "settings": {
            "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "bash",
            "terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
               "bash": { "path": "/bin/bash" }
            }
         }
      }
   }
}

Of other note, running gazebo in WSL2 (with wslg) is much more performant than VMWare. Likely because it's using GPU. For other reasons, WSL2 is not usable for development.

I'm not sure what to try.

[Ryanf55]

Relates to gazebosim/gz-sim#1841

[traversaro]

I guess this is also related to gazebosim/gz-sim#1492, in particular https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/issues/1492#issuecomment-1146663381#issuecomment-1146663381 . I think it would be useful if you could check the test mentioned in that comment to understand which OpenGL extension are available in VmWare GPU's driver. If the problem is indeed the missing extensions, I guess you can try to use ogre instead of ogre2 rendering engine. For debugging, it would also be useful to report the ogre2.log file from ~/.gz/rendering.

[azeey]

Can you try setting QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb? (from ros2/rviz#847 (comment))

[Ryanf55]

Can you try setting QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb? (from ros2/rviz#847 (comment))

No change in behavior

[Ryanf55]

I guess this is also related to gazebosim/gz-sim#1492, in particular gazebosim/gz-sim#1492 (comment) . I think it would be useful if you could check the test mentioned in that comment to understand which OpenGL extension are available in VmWare GPU's driver. If the problem is indeed the missing extensions, I guess you can try to use ogre instead of ogre2 rendering engine. For debugging, it would also be useful to report the ogre2.log file from ~/.gz/rendering.

$ glxinfo | grep GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack
glxinfo | grep GL_ARB_texture_storage

# Optional but really good to have
glxinfo | grep GL_ARB_buffer_storage
glxinfo | grep GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range
glxinfo | grep GL_ARB_base_instance

# misc, just in case. In fact it may be better if this one returns nothing
glxinfo | grep GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect
    GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod, GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack, 
    GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack, GL_ARB_shading_language_include, 
    GL_ARB_texture_storage, GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample, 
    GL_ARB_texture_stencil8, GL_ARB_texture_storage, 
    GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample, GL_ARB_texture_swizzle, 
    GL_ARB_blend_func_extended, GL_ARB_buffer_storage, 
    GL_ARB_buffer_storage, GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object, GL_ARB_clear_texture, 
    GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range, GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc, 
    GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility, GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays, GL_ARB_base_instance, 
    GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays, GL_ARB_base_instance, GL_ARB_blend_func_extended, 
    GL_ARB_map_buffer_range, GL_ARB_multi_bind, GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect, 
    GL_ARB_map_buffer_range, GL_ARB_multi_bind, GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect,

[traversaro]

A lot of extensions indeed are missing. Can you report the full output of glxinfo?

[Ryanf55]

A lot of extensions indeed are missing. Can you report the full output of glxinfo?

here you are:
glxinfo.txt

[traversaro]

Actually the extensions are there, I misunderstood your output. Also the GL_ARB_copy_image extension that was missing for WSLg (gazebosim/gz-sim#920 (comment)) is present. At this point, it could be really useful to also get the ogre2.log file that could contain information on the missing extension, if a missing extension is indeed the problem.

[Ryanf55]

Actually the extensions are there, I misunderstood your output. Also the GL_ARB_copy_image extension that was missing for WSLg (gazebosim/gz-sim#920 (comment)) is present. At this point, it could be really useful to also get the ogre2.log file that could contain information on the missing extension, if a missing extension is indeed the problem.

ogre2_log.txt

[azeey]

I see in your logs

Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in ""
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.

What was the error log after doing export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb and running gz sim?