Ubuntu – WebGL is not initializing properly

11.04firefoxgoogle-chromewebgl

I've the latest stable versions of firefox and chrome. But when I run bodybrowser I get the following error:

Google Body uses WebGL, a new standard
for 3D on the Web. Your browser
supports WebGL, but WebGL is not
initializing properly

How can I get this to work?

Best Answer

In order to check whether your browser supports WebGL, visit http://get.webgl.org/

Linux and WebGL have teething problems, and in many cases it just does not work. Whenever there is a support question, you need to provide

  1. what graphics card you have
  2. which driver you are using (mostly if they are the free/closed ones for ATI or NVidia). Newer Intel graphics drivers may be supported, older are quite unlikely.

In most cases you can force your browser to use WebGL; follow the link that it given when you visit http://get.webgl.org/

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