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Linux Wont Runjacobroecker02/14/2009 - 01:46

Just downloaded the app and can't get any of the shortcuts to run.  What should information is needed to get things rolling and have some help figuring out what's up.

I'm running 8.10 with edubuntu installed.

Re: Linux Wont RunSlickMcRunfast02/14/2009 - 02:22

I'm on 8.10 Ubuntu (non edu) and the demo runs fine. Try running it from the console with this command

/opt/WorldOfGooDemo/WorldOfGoo

To see if it gives any errors.

Re: Linux Wont RunJanusz1102/14/2009 - 03:54

[quote author=jacobroecker link=topic=1436.msg9631#msg9631 date=1234594013]
What should information is needed to get things rolling and have some help figuring out what's up.


Some more information would definitely help people helping you.

What exactly are you doing? Are there any error messages? Have you checked the log the game generates? What are your system specs?

Re: Linux Wont Runspazturtle02/14/2009 - 05:56

To run it in edubuntu you need the latest drivers
But remember edubuntu has some stuf cut out as it is for educational use

Re: Linux Wont RunKillerSponge02/14/2009 - 08:06

I have (as it appears) the same problem. Immediatly after running the command in the console I get this:

Aborted (core dumped)

Running Ubuntu 8.04. I'm going to try running it on my 8.10 desktop once I get back.

Re: Linux Wont RunSoultaker02/14/2009 - 08:29

There is also a logfile at $HOME/.WorldOfGoo/WorldOfGoo.log (where $HOME is your home directory). Could you paste the top 20 lines or so from that file here?

Re: Linux Wont Runjacobroecker02/14/2009 - 08:33

Thanks guys!  This is great.  Once again, I didn't know what questions to ask my computer to give you guys answers.

I tried the version of running things in Terminal, with one change, I'm running the full version, not the demo.

When I run it in Terminal I get: 

/opt/WorldOfGooDemo/WorldOfGoo
Segmentation fault

As far as my system goes...  well, this is my black computer.  It's not my little black computer or my wife's shiny computer--the one with the fruit on it.  Does this help?  ;-)

Just Kidding:

Here's the Data from "System Monitor"

Ubuntu:


    [li]Release 8.10 Intrepid[/li]
    [li]Kernel Linux 2.6.27-11-generic[/li]
    [li]GNOME 2.24.1[/li]


Hardware:
* Memory 1.5GB
* Processor 0: Intel(R)Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz
* Processor 1: Intel(R)Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz

System Status
* Available disk space 26.8 GiB

I'm running the 32 bit version of Ubuntu.

Re: Linux Wont RunKillerSponge02/14/2009 - 08:51

These are the only five rows in the log file :)

[t=0.00] Failed to read persistent data from "/home/killersponge/.WorldOfGoo/pers2.dat"!<br />[t=0.00] Locale en_US.UTF-8 matched to language en.<br />[t=0.00] Primary language: en<br />[t=0.00] SDL_SetVideoMode(800, 600, 0, 2684354562) failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual<br />[t=0.00] SDL_SetVideoMode(1280, 800, 0, 2684354562) failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

Re: Linux Wont RunSoultaker02/14/2009 - 08:55

Aha! You may not have support for OpenGL enabled. Did you install the necessary video card drivers?

Could you also paste the output of running glxinfo?

Re: Linux Wont Runjacobroecker02/14/2009 - 09:37

Activated my video driver and now I'm up and running.  Thanks folks!