Hello,

I am a Linux beginner and I have made a Doom 3 installation on

HP620 notebook, openSUSE 12.3 x86_64, KDE 4.10.5 "release 1"

When I try to launch the game either from the menu or as command (either as root or user) - the screen resolution is changed, some messages are quickly displayed, the game seems to start ... but the system logs out.

Thank you for any help

How did you install doom on OpenSUSE ?
please post a link to the guide you fallowed



Was it this ?
if not please post the link
http://wiki.iodoom3.org/Downloading_...ng_under_Linux

as in did you use the rather old 12.1 instructions

http://wiki.iodoom3.org/Downloading_...Linux#OpenSUSE

also have a look at this phoronix forum page
http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showt...ative-on-Linux

I did something as in this link (first with demo version)
http://anton.logvinenko.name/en/blog...-on-linux.html

To hopefully keep a logfile, try:

that's doom3.log:
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libGL error: failed to load driver: i965
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
DOOM 1.1.1286 linux-x86 Nov 24 2004 17:56:04
GetLocalAddress failed: gethostbyname failed: localhost host not found
------ Initializing File System ------
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/game00.pk4 with checksum 0x7dafc4d4
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/game01.pk4 with checksum 0x16cf3b8a
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak000.pk4 with checksum 0x28d208f1
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak001.pk4 with checksum 0x40244be0
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak002.pk4 with checksum 0xc51ecdcd
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak003.pk4 with checksum 0xcd79d028
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak004.pk4 with checksum 0x765e4f8b
Loaded pk4 /usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak005.pk4 with checksum 0x8ffc3621
Current search path:
/root/.doom3/base
/usr/local/games/doom3/base
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak005.pk4 (63 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak004.pk4 (5137 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak003.pk4 (4676 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak002.pk4 (6120 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak001.pk4 (8972 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/pak000.pk4 (2698 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/game01.pk4 (2 files)
/usr/local/games/doom3/base/game00.pk4 (2 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
file system initialized.
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----- Initializing Decls -----
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------- Initializing renderSystem --------
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
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5151 strings read from strings/english.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing editor.cfg
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec DoomConfig.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
5151 strings read from strings/english.lang
----- Initializing Sound System ------
sound system initialized.
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----- R_InitOpenGL -----
Setup X display connection
dlopen(libGL.so.1)
Initializing OpenGL display
Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2
DGA DirectVideo Mouse (Version 2.0) initialized
Free86-VidModeExtension Activated at 640x480
Using 8/8/8 Color bits, 8 Alpha bits, 24 depth, 8 stencil display.
GL_RENDERER: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset
GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_window_pos GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_copy_texture GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_polygon_offset GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_subtexture GL_EXT_texture GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_ATI_draw_buffers GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3 GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_INGR_blend_func_separate GL_MESA_pack_invert GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

------- Input Initialization -------
XKB extension: compile ALSA lib dlmisc.c:236snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 81 requests (81 known processed) with 4 events remaining.
time 0x1:0x0, runtime 0x1:0x0: OK
XKB extension present on server ( 0x1:0x0 )
------------------------------------
dlopen(libasound.so.2)
asoundlib version: 1.0.26
Alsa is available
------ Alsa Sound Initialization -----
snd_pcm_open SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK 'default' failed: No such device or address
dlclose
WARNING: sound subsystem disabled

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----------- Alsa Shutdown ------------
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...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
...using GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_add
...using GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
...using GL_ARB_texture_compression
X..GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc not found
...using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
maxTextureAnisotropy: 16.000000
...using GL_EXT_texture_lod
...using GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias
X..GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found
...using GL_EXT_texture3D
...using GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
X..GL_NV_register_combiners not found
...using GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
X..GL_ATI_fragment_shader not found
X..GL_ATI_text_fragment_shader not found
X..GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object not found
...using GL_ARB_vertex_program
...using GL_ARB_fragment_program
X..EXT_depth_bounds_test not found
---------- R_NV20_Init ----------
Not available.
----------- R200_Init -----------
Not available.
---------- R_ARB2_Init ----------
Available.
Cg not available.
---------------------------------
---------- R_Exp_Init -----------
Disabled at compile time.
---------------------------------
----- R_ReloadARBPrograms -----
glprogs/test.vfp

are you trying to do this on a laptop/notebook with a Intel "3d chip" ( i965)

and not a FULL Nvidia or ATI card

wine uses OpenGL 2.2+ to emulate the Microsoft Direct X code

so you have to have full 3d card


install Windows 7 and play the direct X game on windows7 as it was intended to be ran on .

For Doom3 in Linux, I recommend dhewm3, which uses SDL.

Dunno if it will work with i965.

I have Windows XP 32-bit with Doom 3 on the same laptop and it had no problem. Maybe I have should install 32-bit openSUSE instead of 64-bit, the laptop has only 2GB RAM and no hardware virtualization

Doom 3 BFG Edition HD Textures from here h__p://linuxtor.org/viewtopic.php?t=31
Works perfectly and no dancing with a tambourine. Played on Linux Mint 17.1 cinnamon
In the description of the game said:
This distribution includes high resolution textures. Loaded levels for a bit longer but it's bearable. The build is disabled FFMPEG and SDL 1.2. Was going on openSUSE 13.1 x64. Serviceability checked on ROSA Desktop x64.

Since the thread was bumped and I still haven't played DOOM 3:

What are the currently recommended source ports for playing DOOM 3 with? I assume RDOOM3-BFG for the BFG edition and DHEWM3 for the regular edition?

And John VV, I assume you've realized your mistake after a year and two months, but DOOM 3 is not only not a DirectX game, it was actually released by its developers as a native Linux game. That is not to say that it can't be improved with one of the source ports that have come out since then.