Problems running Sauerbraten

by joakim12 on 01/20/2008 12:58, 18 messages, last message: 02/22/2008 22:27, 3756 views, last view: 05/04/2024 11:29

Hei.

I have Nvidia GeForce 8600GT video card and i have installed newest nvidia drivers with envy to my estobuntu, but sauerbraten doesn\'t start up (Why?):

leho@leho:~/Mängud/sauerbraten$ ./sauerbraten_unix
Using home directory: /home/leho/.sauerbraten
init: sdl
init: enet
init: video: mode
init: video: misc
init: gl
Renderer: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW! (NVIDIA Corporation)
Driver: 1.2 (2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.07)
WARNING: No vertex_buffer_object extension! (geometry heavy maps will be SLOW)
WARNING: No occlusion query support! (large maps may be SLOW)
Rendering using the OpenGL 1.5 assembly shader path.
WARNING: No texture rectangle support. (no full screen shaders)
init: console
init: gl: effects
init: world
init: sound
init: cfg
Could not set gamma (card/driver doesn\'t support it?)
sdl: Gamma correction not supported on this visual
init: localconnect
init: mainloop
read map packages/base/metl4.ogz (0.2 seconds)
Mining Station by metlslime
X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
Major opcode of failed request: 148 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 2 (X_GLXRenderLarge)
Serial number of failed request: 2343
Current serial number in output stream: 2345
leho@leho:~/Mängud/sauerbraten$

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#1: Driver

by Hirato Kirata on 01/20/2008 16:05

is there any reason the driver line says
Driver: 1.2 (2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.07)
instead of
Driver: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.07.

Can you check your xorg.conf file, and make sure the driver selected for your GPU is 'nvidia' and not something else, I think that may be the problem.

it should look something liek this if configured correctly

Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection


This is why I usually install the drivers with a sudo apt-get install module-assistant && sudo m-a update && sudo m-a prepare, and then reboot into recovery mode to remove the splash and then I switch to tty1, log in and sh the NVIDIA* installer, usually after a pkill kdm and a init 3

I hope that stuff helps

~Hirato Kirata

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#2: Re: Driver

by SheeEttin on 01/21/2008 15:32, refers to #1

Switch to VT, "sudo /etc/inid.d/kdm stop" will shut down KDM cleanly. No need to reboot into recovery mode. :)
(As a matter of fact, I've never stopped the X server when upgrading fglrx... No adverse effects here.)

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#3: Sluggish performance

by Poha on 02/14/2008 06:11

I've been playing SPDM for about 3 weeks. Played fast and furious with nothing more then the occasional lockup. Tonight, the game starts and stops intermittently, the sound goes on and off. It is unplayable.

I rebooted to see if that would help but it didn't.

My system is an Intel dual-core with 2G RAM, NVidia 8400GS, regular kb & mouse.

It feels like there is some cache out there that got plugged up.

Thanks,
poha

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#4: Re: Sluggish performance

by SheeEttin on 02/14/2008 23:06, refers to #3

Sooo... How about drivers? Are you using the latest ones?

People recommend Envy (http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html) for installing nVidia drivers.
I've never owned an nVidia card, so I can't say how well it works...

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#5: Re: Sluggish performance

by Poha on 02/14/2008 23:34, refers to #4

I'm using the same drivers I've used for the past month. Only recently did the game go bad on me. I downloaded the assassin version version but have the same problem.

I tried reducing the res but the screen locked up even there. Once I got the res down to 1024 it made no difference.

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#6: Can't run Sauerbraten on laptop - XP pro

by Sam on 02/20/2008 19:48

I have been unable to run Sauerbraten on my laptop.

The start up page loads (just like on the original cube) and I am just able to fire the pistol once and right afterwards, the program shuts down stating:

Runtime error; abnormal program termination.

On the terminal that comes up showing (C:\windows\system \32cmd.exe)as the directory, I notice among the processes going on in the terminal, there are 6 WARNINGS underneath:

-No vertex buffer object extension.
-No occlusion query support
-No shader support
-Using NVIDIA texgen bug workaround
-No frame buffer object support
-Non-power-of-two tetxtures not supported.

Now, I am not a programmer, just more of a hobbyist and amateur gamer - I used to use MSDOS 20 years ago, but looking at others comments, I am way behind the knowledge level of most of you.

Any ideas or ways to adjust the settings (for a layman like me) so that the game will work?

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#7: Re: Can't run Sauerbraten on laptop - XP pro

by MovingTarget on 02/20/2008 19:58, refers to #6

Abnormal program termination? Sounds like a firewall or antivirus may have stopped it. Is Sauer allowed in all your programs, because those warnings shouldn't be fatal.

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#8: Re: Can't run Sauerbraten on laptop - XP pro

by ATIRULE on 02/20/2008 20:42, refers to #6

you need to install the msvisualc++ runtime its located in the sauerbraten\binfolder vcredist_x86.exe

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#9: Re: Can't run Sauerbraten on laptop - XP pro

by This_is_Sam_above on 02/21/2008 01:13, refers to #8

Thank you MovingTarget and ATIRULE, but I made Sauerbraten an exception to the windows firewall AND reinstalled msvisualc++ and neither of these potential solutions worked.

I am still having the problem.

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#10: Mm not sure

by ATIRULE on 02/21/2008 01:59

MM never heard of that flavor of linux I could be the drivers for your distro are bugged
if you know your system give these a shot
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_169.09.html
2/21/08

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#11: Re: Mm not sure

by demosthenes on 02/21/2008 03:16, refers to #10

Who are you replying to? He's on Windows, silly. Use the reply indicators.

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#12: Re: Mm not sure

by ATIRULE on 02/21/2008 06:12, refers to #11

I found out estobuntu "after much googeling" is a Linux distor IF i am reading his post right he says he installed sauer on that os
http://estobuntu.org/

.hack//Trolled

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#13: Re: Mm not sure

by demosthenes on 02/21/2008 06:39, refers to #12

First:

>.hack//Trolled

lol.

Second:

>you need to install the msvisualc++ runtime its located in the >sauerbraten\binfolder vcredist_x86.exe

Was in reply to Sam, and this you posted right after he replied to that and another post:

>MM never heard of that flavor of linux I could be the drivers for your distro are bugged
>if you know your system give these a shot
>http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_169.09.html
>2/21/08

So the logical assumption is that you were still discussing his problem. In no way did you give an indication that you were replying to the original poster rather than being silly.

Verily, thou art troll.

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#14: ..

by ATIRULE on 02/21/2008 07:07

I got confused I also though he was on win then a did some googeling and found he was in linux please Ignore the post about the run time LOL

.hack//Trolled

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#15: Re: Can't run Sauerbraten on laptop - XP pro

by This_is_Sam_above_again on 02/22/2008 00:15

Look, I am not a troll. This is SAM (above) - I'm not on the same I.P. Addy as I have dialup here at my rural home and I was at a wifi location with my laptop when I first noted my problem - It won't let me log in under SAM, as it tells me that name is already taken.

Anyway, I am still having the same problems Can anyone? Demosthenes perhaps? help me? Look at my original post (#6). I am on XP Pro - NOT linux. It appears another poster had a similar problem - maybe something to do with the video card?

I can run the Eisenstern game and the original Cube, but I can not run Sauerbraten nor Eisenstern with the other 4 maps. I get the same errors noted above (in post #6) under both the Sauerbraten and Eisenstern when I try to run Eisenstern on any of the maps except the map it starts with and the RPG test map (those two seem to work fine).

Certainly there has got to be someone out there that knows definitively whether my video card is not supported or I need to adjust something and can tell this by making reasonable assumptions by taking a look at the errors I've recieved which are noted in post #6 (my original post).

NOTE: This "handle" as well as the last one I used come with fake e-mail addresses. I am sorry for that, but I had no choice, since I could not log in as "SAM" again...

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#16: read

by ATIRULE on 02/22/2008 05:19

Um read
Renderer: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW! (NVIDIA Corporation)

you don't have the latest drivers
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html
you have 169.07
latest is 169.21
hear are the Cutting edge drivers BETA
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.28.html

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#17: Re: Can't run Sauerbraten on laptop - XP pro

by demosthenes on 02/22/2008 06:41, refers to #15

- Um, you learn to read, ATIRULE. Sam's not the original poster.

Now, in reply to your post, Sam. You might try re-creating your cookie as Sam (simply delete the cookie you have now, then re-visit the forums and use the link).

A little information about the hardware in the laptop would be nice (chipset and GPU are the most important here, really). I suspect that you've got an intel chipset/gpu combo (not a "real" GPU), or that the drivers for your "real" GPU are borked in some way.

Though, the "NVIDIA texgen bug workaround" suggests to me that Sauer thinks you have an nVidia GPU, so I'm now intrigued. What drivers do you currently have installed?

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#18: Re: Can't run Sauerbraten on laptop - XP pro

by SheeEttin on 02/22/2008 22:27, refers to #17

Recreating the cookie won't work if he didn't use a real email address in the first place.

Sam, if you want to keep your name, you'll need to use a real email address. Use one like from Spamgourmet ( http://spamgourmet.com/ ).

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