[LINUX] Black screen systematically after precaching

BurukunBurukun Join Date: 2013-09-03 Member: 187737Members
in Technical Support
Hey everyone,

First of all I apologize for my poor english.
I'll try my best effort to write a good post.

Since I have bought NS2 on Steam, it never launch on my desktop.
Systematically when I launch the tutorial or the game, I have a black screen after precaching.

It seems I can't move in the game, but when I quit the game by clicking on cross window, I heard the exit sound.
So the game don't freeze.

I have do multiple tests with this properties :
- No mods
- No subscription on workshop
- All the default parameter excepted the resolution : 1280x800 Windowed

I have do these tests :
- With a fresh install
- After delete the game by Steam, and the ~/.config/Natural Selection 2, and reinstall NS2
- After delete the shaders repertory and the ~/.config/Natural Selection 2, and verifying the game integrity by Steam
- After delete the shaders repertory, lua repertory and the ~/.config/Natural Selection 2, and verifying the game integrity by Steam

In all these tests, I have always a black screen after precaching.

You find in this post :
- my configuration
- the log.txt in attachement
- a link to a video show the loading map, the black sceen and the log.txt refreshing : http://ubuntuone.com/5hfr4SyDEZfFz2QIL75ucr


You have an idea to resolve this bug ?



My configuration :
System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 04/09/2013 20:19:40
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo

SYSTEM INFORMATION
Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 13.04 (raring) release.
GNOME: 3.6.3 (Ubuntu 2013-03-18)
Kernel version: 3.8.0-29-generic (#42-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 13 23:12:18 UTC 2013)
GCC: 4.7 (i686-linux-gnu)
Xorg: 1.13.3 (17 April 2013 10:42:56PM)
Hostname: Burukun-Ubuntu
Uptime: 0 days 0 h 20 min

CPU INFORMATION
AuthenticAMD, AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
Number of CPUs: 4
CPU clock currently at 3400.000 MHz with 512 KB cache
Numbering: family(16) model(4) stepping(3)
Bogomips: 6784.69
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt nodeid_msr hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save

MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 4032 MB
Total swap: 5718 MB

STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: HL-DT-ST
Model: BDDVDRW CH10LS20
SCSI device - scsi4
Vendor: ATA
Model: ST3320413AS
SCSI device - scsi5
Vendor: ATA
Model: ST3320413AS
SCSI device - scsi6
Vendor: ATA
Model: ST3320413AS

HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation A770CrossFire Motherboard
PCI bridge(s)
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port A) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port B) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port E) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
ISA bridge
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 439d
IDE interface
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller (rev 40) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 439c

GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
NVIDIA Corporation GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0585

SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies Inc. M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496

NETWORK
Ethernet controller
Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1083

NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION
Model name: unknown
Card Type: unknown
Video RAM: unknown
GPU Frequency: unknown
Driver version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 304.88 Wed Mar 27 14:31:12 PDT 2013


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Comments

  • BurukunBurukun Join Date: 2013-09-03 Member: 187737Members
    Hey,

    Anyone have an idea ?
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  • ConfusedConfused Wait. What? Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12904Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester

    I would try starting steam with LANG=en_US
    Also your driver seems a bit old you may want to update it.

    If neither of those help you might try removing ns2/lua and core/lua and verifying your cache
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  • BadevilBadevil Join Date: 2009-07-04 Member: 68028Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    You defiantly have a translation problem, the game is right now just working in English so Confused comment will help.
    Confused wrote: »
    I would try starting steam with LANG=en_US

    And you driver is really old for gaming newer is most of the time better, but first fix the language issue and if you have still/new problems an update of nvidia can help (http://packages.debian.org/experimental/nvidia-driver).
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  • BurukunBurukun Join Date: 2013-09-03 Member: 187737Members
    Hey Everyone,

    Thanks for your reply Confused and Badevil.

    I have test your purpose on a fresh installation (after delete the game by Steam, and the ~/.config/Natural Selection 2).
    So I have upgrade my nvidia drivers (to the lastest version, v313.30) and I have started steam with LANG=en_US.

    And it works very well.

    Thanks a lot.

    I have tested to start steam without the LANG=en_US, and I reproduce the same bugs even with the laster drivers.
    Thus for the people who have the same problem, try to launch steam with this command : LANG=en_US steam
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