right, so i got ut2k4(had it since the launch week) and i recently moved to linux. well, ive started to get back into. but now, i have to reboot to windows just to play my games. and that takes like half an hour because windows takes so freakin long to load(stupid ad-ware).

so my current problem is this, when ever i try to start the game, it just doesnt do anything at all. the screen doesnt flicker or anything. its just....normal.........

specs:
pentium 4. 2.6 ghz
768 2400 ram(maybe 2100, i dont remember)
geforce 4 MX 420
fedora core 3
updated ut2k4 all the way

can anyone help me???

Hi.

Try launching it from a shell, and see if there's any errors. I take it you're using the nVidia drivers from their website?

Dave

umm...sorry, but im kinda new to gaming on linux(this is my first try)....

how do i launch from a shell? (do you mean a terminal?)

Yeah, a terminal.

I'd do '/home/ut2004/ut2004', but it'd depend on where you installed UT to.

Dave

well, it started to work(thanks, its farther than ive gotten). but i got this...

[silintninjya@localhost ~]$ /home/silintninjya/ut2004/ut2004
Failed to enter NvidiaLogo.ut2: Can't find file for package 'ONSNewTank-A'

History:

Exiting due to error
[silintninjya@localhost ~]$


sooo...i have to go find that file i assume.

edit: ok, got that in. now i get

[silintninjya@localhost ~]$ /home/silintninjya/ut2004/ut2004
WARNING: ALC_EXT_capture is subject to change!

Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

Are you using the 'nvidia' or the 'nv' driver?

i do not know, nor do i know how to check...

If you don't know, then you're using the nv driver, which means you don't have 3D acceleration.

Go to http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-6629.html to get the latest driver.

Make sure you read '(sec-03) EDITING YOUR X CONFIG FILE' in the readme at ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...629/README.txt

It's a pretty painless install. Once you're finished, you should have a working 3D driver, and UT2004 should work fine.

Dave

awesome, thanks!

how do i get out of X??? i cant figure it out and i dont want to crap anything up(i need to get into vga).

The easiest way is to do 'telinit 3' as root.

Dave

i copied and pasted that and it didnt work. ill do a search for google, but unless i report back, assume i failed.

edit:....i got a little farther on my own. now i have this error

[silintninjya@localhost ~]$ /home/silintninjya/ut2004/ut2004
WARNING: ALC_EXT_capture is subject to change!
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Signal: SIGSEGV [segmentation fault]
Aborting.


Crash information will be saved to your logfile.
X Error of failed request: BadColor (invalid Colormap parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 79 (X_FreeColormap)
Resource id in failed request: 0x2e00001
Serial number of failed request: 76
Current serial number in output stream: 78
[silintninjya@localhost ~]$

Hi again.

Do you have 'Load "glx"' in the Module section of xorg.conf (and do you have 'Driver "nvidia"' in the Device section)?

Dave

i do have load glx. and when i put nvidia and reboot, my computer gets mad at me and it sets it back!

Hmmm.

Did the nvidia driver install OK?

it had to compile itself if i remember correctly. something about the kernel.

do i have to reboot for changes to take effect? i just went and put nvidia with out putting a # in front of DRI and the same thing happened. would you like for me to copy and paste my whole file?