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Eufloria => Eufloria HD Support => Topic started by: sillytuna on November 17, 2012, 12:33:26 AM

Title: Linux Owners
Post by: sillytuna on November 17, 2012, 12:33:26 AM
If you have problems running or with graphics on Linux, please try and use Mesa 9.0+ and latest video drivers. Gma500 and other old integrated or older chipsets will not work with eufloria hd.

If you still have problems running the game on Linux, please post in this thread. Include the following information:

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glxinfo | grep -e direct\ rendering -e OpenGL
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: Wendigo on November 18, 2012, 07:49:05 PM
Hi sillytuna,
the game runs fine on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit but I made the mistake to choose an unsupported resolution in fullscreenmode. Whenever I run the game the display turns black and says "Unsupported Resolution". Is there a way to reset the resolution manually by editing a config file?

Regards
Wendigo

EDIT:
I found it out myself, for everybody interested:

Rename the OptionsData.bin on your home drive and restart the game
/home/[username]/.local/share/EufloriaHD/OptionsData.bin -> /home/[username]/.local/share/EufloriaHD/OptionsData_bak.bin
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: Leinad83 on November 20, 2012, 10:33:41 PM
Hallo!

the Game (included in Humble Bundle for Android 4) does not run (even not sart) after installing on Ubuntu 12.04 32 Bit. Can anyone help me or give me some advise? THX
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: sillytuna on November 21, 2012, 12:28:21 AM
Hi, please post details on what occurs and follow the instructions at the top of this thread.

I'm told by our Linux expert that most problems are down to video drivers.
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: Eagle0 on November 21, 2012, 05:21:58 AM
The game will run, but most of the moving objects won't render

I run Slackware 13.37 on an atom z520
linux kernel 3.6.7 with framebuffer graphics driver psbgfx

$ glxinfo | grep -e direct\ rendering -e OpenGL
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.9.2
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:
Title: Linux Owners
Post by: sillytuna on November 21, 2012, 06:37:08 AM
Hi eagle. Problems with rendering will be your graphics drivers or graphics cards. Also, old chipsets such as gma500, present on some generally older netbooks and low end laptops will not work.

Edit: I'm informed that this is an old chipset, probably gma500, and a software renderer. This will almost certainly not be compatible with Eufloria. I'm very sorry; blame intel for not supporting OpenGL properly on that chipset!
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: Eagle0 on November 22, 2012, 05:42:50 AM
I use xubuntu 11.10 now with intel emgd driver.
The game works fine now.

$ glxinfo | grep -e direct\ rendering -e OpenGL
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: EMGD on PowerVR SGX535
OpenGL version string: 2.1
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: sillytuna on November 22, 2012, 06:41:37 AM
Great!

I guess moving off the software rasterizer helped :)
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: sephiroth7240 on January 09, 2013, 05:19:54 AM
Hi,
when playing the game on linuxmint 64 bit
it wont allow me to enter fullscreen mode or change the resolution at all

this is what i get when doing glxinfo | grep -e direct\ rendering -e OpenGL
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8400 GS/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.43
OpenGL shading language version string: 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL extensions:
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: sillytuna on January 10, 2013, 05:43:15 PM
I can only repeat what our Linux expert has said in the past - it'll be a driver issue. I'll pass your info on so he is aware or to see if he has any ideas.
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: sillytuna on January 11, 2013, 06:49:32 PM
Sephiroth, from our Mr Linux:

If he can't change resolutions etc..  that probably means his XrandR is messed up.  SDL simply asks the X sserver via XrandR, xinerama, or "old school" xvidmode what resolutions are available, and if it returns no valid resolutions that may hinder the ability to switch resolutions, etc..

Now, currently the game does output text to the console when it cannot change resolution.. (there are fprintf statements in there)..  So if the user can run Eufloria from an xterm and capture that output, that would be helpful..  Also if they can provide the output of the xrandr command.
Title: Re: Linux Owners
Post by: sephiroth7240 on January 17, 2013, 01:56:46 AM
evilytwisted@evilytwisted-desktop ~ $ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
DVI-I-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 709mm x 399mm
   1366x768       60.0*+
   1360x765       60.0 
   1280x1024      60.0 
   1280x800       59.8 
   1280x720       60.0 
   1024x768       75.0     70.1     60.0 
   800x600        75.0     72.2     60.3     56.2 
   640x480        75.0     72.8     59.9 
DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
evilytwisted@evilytwisted-desktop ~ $


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