some games won't start

brettman73 · 02-20-2002, 08:37 PM

i have 8.1,and i can't get my openGL games such as the tron lightcycle game to work. When clicked on, it doesn't even boot up. I checked the software manager, and it shows the game is installed, and i even re insalled it. still nothing. Why?

Aussie · 02-20-2002, 08:49 PM

Probably a missing library, cd to the directory where the game binary is installed and do "ldd *name of game*" and look for missing libs.

hanzerik · 02-20-2002, 09:33 PM

Do you have the openGL drivers loaded for your video card?

brettman73 · 02-20-2002, 10:55 PM

i don't knowhow to tell. i gues you mean the equivalent to direct x? I would have thought the install would have included drivers. where can i get them, and how can i check them in my system?

brettman73 · 02-20-2002, 10:55 PM

i don't knowhow to tell. i gues you mean the equivalent to direct x? I would have thought the install would have included drivers. where can i get them, and how can i check them in my system?

Linux_N0oby · 02-20-2002, 11:44 PM

What type of video card is it?

brettman73 · 02-21-2002, 12:13 AM

GeForce 256 (generic)

Linux_N0oby · 02-21-2002, 02:48 AM

You need to get the GLX driver, and video driver from NVidia, and you should be good to go. You need to also opt out some stuff from "XF86Config-4". It's all in the doc file on the driver page at nvidia.com . :P The NVidia cards really hate the built-in drivers. ( So they seem to me )

amp2000 · 02-21-2002, 03:01 AM

I had the exact same problem. You will need Nvidia driver's for open GL, seeing as you have 8.1 same as me, here is a step by step post to installing the driver's.
Check out the 3rd post by Thymox
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ernel+question

figadiablo · 02-21-2002, 02:58 PM

NVidia offers Linux drivers support
Go to the website, http://nvidia.com/ and look for the drivers. They even have detailed instructions on how to install the drivers and enable opengl.
Hope this helps!