[SOLVED] [Ubuntu 3.10] Fatal Error: Couldn't Initialize the Render Device

ZalethonZalethon Rochester, NY Join Date: 2014-03-17 Member: 194789Members
edited March 2014 in Technical Support
I've searched the forum to no avail. (There are a couple of promising topics, but they didn't seem to apply after a while...)

I'm unable to find any logs or anything to share. Where can I find them? Here are my system specs: http://pastebin.com/w8dXHKL4

Thanks for your time


Edit: In my case, a library used by opengl wasn't loading right. Solution:
force_s3tc_enable=true steam
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  • ZalethonZalethon Rochester, NY Join Date: 2014-03-17 Member: 194789Members
    Update

    I realize I didn't provide a whole lot of detail, but there's not much I could. The issue is that the game doesn't start, it just throws that error. I can't find any crash logs, but I don't know where to look. I went through the 'how to install on linux!' stuff, but none of the steps seem to involve my graphics card...

    Speaking of which! I think my graphics card may be the issue. It's just the built-in Intel HD Graphics chipset, and I don't know many other details. Either 2500 or 4000 I believe, but I'm not sure which. It may be that my stupid graphics card just can't handle the game, which makes me sad... (It handles some more intense games fine) I'll keep looking for solutions though.
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  • murraymurray Join Date: 2012-12-22 Member: 175880Members, NS2 Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Please post the output from glxinfo and lspci. I am not sure, but I think a Intel IGP will not be fast enough for this game under Linux.

    And you find the ns2 logfile (log.txt) in
    cd ~/.config/Natural\ Selection\ 2/
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  • ZalethonZalethon Rochester, NY Join Date: 2014-03-17 Member: 194789Members
    lspci: http://pastebin.com/BmWL4Us5

    glxinfo: http://pastebin.com/8GZnSyLQ

    And here's the log!
    GNU nano 2.2.6 File: log.txt

    Date: 03/16/14
    Time: 21:24:37:
    Build 263
    Ubuntu 13.10 x86_64
    Steam initialized
    Num displays: 1
    Error: OpenGL EXT_texture_compression_s3tc extension is required
    Error: Couldn't initialize the render device.

    I'll see if I can't install the library later tonight, tomorrow or over the weekend. Thank you VERY much! Even if the chipset can't run the game fast, if it runs it at all I'll be happy :P
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  • ZalethonZalethon Rochester, NY Join Date: 2014-03-17 Member: 194789Members
    I already have the library, I found I just need to use force_s3tc_enable=true

    (In my case I ran steam with 
    force_s3tc_enable=true steam
    )

    Again, thanks muchly!
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