diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
index 434b22574..9ef5e9ccb 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ Py::Object View3DInventorPy::saveImage(const Py::Tuple& args)
         return Py::None();
     }
     catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
+        Base::Console().Log("Try disabling the use of pbuffers, set the environment variables\n"
+                            "COIN_GLXGLUE_NO_PBUFFERS=1\n"
+                            "COIN_GLXGLUE_NO_GLX13_PBUFFERS=1\n"
+                            "and re-run the application.\n");
         throw Py::Exception(e.what());
     }
     catch (const std::exception& e) {
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/Gui/TaskShapeBuilder.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/Gui/TaskShapeBuilder.cpp
index a3c2f3bfa..d7d2dbacf 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/Gui/TaskShapeBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/Gui/TaskShapeBuilder.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ void ShapeBuilderWidget::createShell()
     cmd = QString::fromAscii(
         "_=Part.Shell(%1)\n"
         "if _.isNull(): raise Exception('Failed to create shell')\n"
-        "App.ActiveDocument.addObject('Part::Feature','Shell').Shape=_\n"
+        "App.ActiveDocument.addObject('Part::Feature','Shell').Shape=_.removeSplitter()\n"
         "del _\n"
     ).arg(list);
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void ShapeBuilderWidget::createSolid()
         "if shell.ShapeType != 'Shell': raise Exception('Part object is not a shell')\n"
         "_=Part.Solid(shell)\n"
         "if _.isNull(): raise Exception('Failed to create solid')\n"
-        "App.ActiveDocument.addObject('Part::Feature','Solid').Shape=_\n"
+        "App.ActiveDocument.addObject('Part::Feature','Solid').Shape=_.removeSplitter()\n"
         "del _\n"
     ).arg(line);