Steam with Cedega and XGL

hosler · 03-17-2007, 11:34 AM

I'm trying to run steam with Cedega. Im currently using XGL. I get this error under XGL, but not under a regular X session:

Code:

daniel@daniel-desktop:~/.cedega/Steam/c_drive/Program Files/Steam$ cedega steam.exe 
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":1.0".
X Error of failed request:  BadImplementation (server does not implement operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  129 (MIT-SHM)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  5 (X_ShmCreatePixmap)
  Serial number of failed request:  3731
  Current serial number in output stream:  3739
X Error of failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  55 (X_CreateGC)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x320037d
  Serial number of failed request:  3734
  Current serial number in output stream:  3739

Other 3D games such as Penguin Racer work fine under XGL, so I'm hoping that Steam with run just as smoothly if I can solve this problem.

cjcox · 03-21-2007, 02:01 PM

In /etc/sysconfig/displaymanger
add -xorgAc to DISPLAYMANAGER_XGL_OPTS
e.g.
DISPLAYMANAGER_XGL_OPTS="-xorgAc -accel glx

buffer -accel xv"

Run:
SuSEconfig
as root

reboot or restart the whole X thing...

Run steam on DISPLAY=:93

I use CrossOver... so mine would be something like:
DISPLAY=:93 /localhome/ccox/.cxoffice/win2k/desktopdata/cxmenu/Desktop/Steam

There's too much in most 3D games to prevent them from running under Xgl. This technique bypasses Xgl and runs them on the Xorg server that is behind the scenes. You can use this for other things, like ut2004 and googleearth (for example).