I installed the .deb package on Ubuntu and when I try and run the asteroid example I get a huge(huge) list of openGL errors
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 on virtual box(not sure if it makes a difference) 
at the end it says
(program exited with code: 139)
any help would be appreciated 
can you try to run panda in software rendering mode? (change config.prc file setting). also please upload the error log somewhere. it should contain a lot more useable information about why it failed than the simple fact “that” it failed.
I think I have narrowed down the issue.
I tried to take a screen shot of the error and all I got was a black image with a cursor.
Next I ran the glxgears test and just got a black screen.
So for some reason there is a problem with openGL
I will get the exact error report in a about an hour or two.
OK i am just about fed up with this
I am using SPE so when I run the scripts and the output console does not support copy and paste I would show you a screen shot of the error but the same openGL problem haunts my screen shot applications 
And so I don’t know how to show you the error 
I really need to figure this out any 3d application does the same thing so it isn’t really a panda3D problem. If any one has had this problem before or has a sneaking suspicion as to what it might be please let me know.
screenshots appearing blank is nothing unusual. it often happens if your gpu uses overlay where a certain color in your screen is later replaced with a gpu-rendered output. that’s nothing to be worried about.
you can run the scripts using the standarg ubuntu terminal. it supports copy/paste.
sorry I’m a noob to Ubuntu how would I run it from the terminal