stellarium problem

[rikona]

On Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:06:18 +0200
Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> hi,
> Am Sonntag, den 05.08.2018, 18:28 -0700 schrieb rikona:
> > 
> > Could not initialize GLX 
> > Aborted (core dumped)  
> 
> this issue is now fixed in the snap "candidate" channel, if you would
> switch your snap over to edge, either through the details page in
> ubuntu software like in: https://imgur.com/ytoYP84 

I tried this and it did work - selected 'edge', as in the graphic, not
candidate.
 
> ... or from the commandline with:
> 
> sudo snap switch --candidate steallarium-plars

Would this give a different result, re candidate?

> then check if it runs and let us know (either here or in the forum
> thread) then it can be promoted to the stable channel.

Seems to run OK now, but it shows daylight sky here - no stars,
but does tell me where venus is :-). 

> thanks a lot for the report and for helping to make it work !

You're quite welcome. I'm not a software person, and thus limited in
how I can help, but I like to help whenever I can.

Thanks!