topic Workaround for: Opening python console crashes CityEngine on Linux (libcairo problem) in ArcGIS CityEngine Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/workaround-for-opening-python-console-crashes/m-p/490768#M6634 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear all,</P><P>we noticed that on some Linux systems, CityEngine crashes when the python console is opened.</P><P>You'll get a message like</P><P style="padding-left: 30px;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="font-family: andale mono,times;"> java: cairo-misc.c:380: _cairo_operator_bounded_by_source: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.</SPAN></P><P>That's a well-known problem with libcairo and there is a workaround: add the line</P><P style="padding-left: 30px;"><SPAN style="font-family: andale mono,times;">-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.cairoGraphics=false</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">to the CityEngine.ini file.</SPAN></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Jun 2015 07:29:05 GMT Matthias_Specht 2015-06-22T07:29:05Z Workaround for: Opening python console crashes CityEngine on Linux (libcairo problem) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/workaround-for-opening-python-console-crashes/m-p/490768#M6634 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear all,</P><P>we noticed that on some Linux systems, CityEngine crashes when the python console is opened.</P><P>You'll get a message like</P><P style="padding-left: 30px;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="font-family: andale mono,times;"> java: cairo-misc.c:380: _cairo_operator_bounded_by_source: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.</SPAN></P><P>That's a well-known problem with libcairo and there is a workaround: add the line</P><P style="padding-left: 30px;"><SPAN style="font-family: andale mono,times;">-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.cairoGraphics=false</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">to the CityEngine.ini file.</SPAN></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Jun 2015 07:29:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-cityengine-questions/workaround-for-opening-python-console-crashes/m-p/490768#M6634 Matthias_Specht 2015-06-22T07:29:05Z