android emulator won't start on ubuntu 12.04 after when run from ssh

Question

I built the android source code based on the http://source.android.com/source/building.html on Ubuntu 12.04 and when I run the emulator I'm getting the error and emulator won't start:

WARNING: Application calling GLX 1.3 function "glXCreatePbuffer" when GLX 1.3 
         is not supported!  This is an application bug!
X Error of failed request:  GLXUnsupportedPrivateRequest
  Major opcode of failed request:  146 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  16 (X_GLXVendorPrivate)
  Serial number of failed request:  20
  Current serial number in output stream:  22

Any idea how can I fix that?

I need to mention that I connect to the machine with SSH. When I connect from an Ubuntu machine and run, it works fine but when I connect to it with my macbook machine through the SSH and try to run it gives me above error.

BR, Ramin

Answer 1

Found out about a work around yesterday.

The issue seems to be with android-sdks/tools/emulator, while emulator-arm seems to work fine.

To test cd to the android-sdks/tools directory and type: emulator-arm -avd your_avd

Looks like this forces the emulator to use the software renderer instead of OpenGL, but for me (using NX) it worked.

I found the work around here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/203681

Answer 2

This error probably indicates the app requires direct access to the screen. Using nx rather than X over SSH may avoid the problem. Look if there is a run time option on the emulator too.