Enemy Territory Help
 

i installed Enemy Territory fine, but when i open the gamei get this message...

ET 2.60 linux-i386 Mar 10 2005
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/Zexter/.etwolf/etmain
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain/pak2.pk3 (22 files)
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain/pak1.pk3 (10 files)
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain/pak0.pk3 (3725 files)
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain/mp_bin.pk3 (6 files)
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain

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3763 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec language.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok

------- Input Initialization -------
Joystick is not active.
------------------------------------
Bypassing CD checks
----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
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----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
...loading libGL.so.1: Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 4: 800 600
Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DGA" missing on display ":0.0".
Failed to detect XF86DGA Mouse
XFree86-VidModeExtension Activated at 800x600
Using 8/8/8 Color bits, 16 depth, 0 stencil display.
GL_RENDERER: Mesa GLX Indirect


***********************************************************
You are using software Mesa (no hardware acceleration)!
Driver DLL used: libGL.so.1
If this is intentional, add
"+set r_allowSoftwareGL 1"
to the command line when starting the game.
***********************************************************
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (4)
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 3: 640 480
Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2
XFree86-VidModeExtension Activated at 640x480
Received signal 11, exiting...
[Zexter@172 ~]$



and then i tried to open enemy territory using thi +set r_allowSoftwareGL 1 command
and it the game opens but its way to laggy to even do anything.

so i opened xorg.conf and this is what the driver device section says...

# === ATI device section ===

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"


and also i ran flgrxinfo and this is what came up..

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.2.1)


CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT

Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2
This bit looks funny to me - FC4 uses xorg.

Have you searched LQ for others with this problem? For eg:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=361268
"Mesa GLX Indirect is a software opengl renderer and ET won't run on that."

I also see (google)
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/sho...ewpost&t=75203
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedo.../msg00274.html

That should be a start.

but that refers to nvidia not ati... and i dont understand any of it

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Simon Bridge
[B]Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2
This bit looks funny to me - FC4 uses xorg.

Have you searched LQ for others with this problem? For eg:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=361268
"Mesa GLX Indirect is a software opengl renderer and ET won't run on that."


then how would i get rid od the mesa glx and just use opengl???

I gave you three links - there are many more.

Your initialisation failed to find any xfree gl stuff it looked for because you don't have xfree86 - this is fine, xorg is better. The initialisation then uses
GL_RENDERER: Mesa GLX Indirect

However, that message you faled to understand points out that ET will not work with MESA. You must obtain and install the opengl drivers for your video card. nvidia was used as an example.

You're other try at getting ET to run involved, in effect, not using and acceleration. Naturally this is very slow - as you found out.

Note:
You don't have to understand all the stuff on a technical discussion to get value out of it - try to get the gist from the bits you do understand. Skim a thread for when someone says "thanks, that worked real good", then read the previous post (referring backwards until you get all the references). Research is a skill.

Where you need to understand something you think is crucial - then you can easily state what that is and post a question about it specifically. "I don't understand" dosn't help me help you :)

Your ATI drivers aren't working properly. Actually, they aren't working at all. I use Nvidia so I don't have to deal with all these stupid ATI problems but from my best guess, reinstalling the drivers should fix the issue. I'd say that since you've installed the ATI drivers, you've installed Mesa and it's overwritten the ATI symlinks with it's own which means your OpenGL apps are using that instead of the OpenGL supplied by your graphics card. Software 3D is crap.