can't get games running

ixion · l33t Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 708

I just got done with my first successful Gentoo install. I had some trouble getting a window manager up, but I'm finally running fluxbox. Anyway, I installed one of my favorite games, LOKI Descent3 for Linux. It starts fine (although it didn't have the graphical install, it was all text based), but when I start a game it reports "Recursive signal cleanup! Hard exit! AHHGGGG!". When I first installed it it had reported a libGL.so error, so I reinstalled the nvidia drivers (which I've been having trouble with) from scratch (downloaded the tar files, unpacked, did 'make install' in the 'kernel' and 'GLX' directories). Could that be causing the problem? I've been bouncing between the 'emerge nvidia-glx/nvidia-kernel (version 3123)' and the 4191's (manual install), could that have corrupted my install? Should I just reinstall gentoo? If I do a reinstall, how would I get the latest nvidia drivers? The only ones that would show up in the tree (with 'emerge -s nvidia') were the 3123's.

Carlos · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 3:30 am Post subject:

First, I'd suggest running something simple like glxgears (you should have it already) to try to get a better idea of where the problem is.

Also, the 4191 drivers are ~x86 masked, so you'll have to put ~x86 in your ACCEPT_KEYWORDS in /etc/make.conf to get them. I personally doubt, though, that the 4191s would work where the 3123s didn't. I also don't think you'll need to reinstall Gentoo; even if a manual install of 4191 borked something, emerging 3123 or the 4191 should get you back in shape.
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ixion · l33t Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 708

ok I reinstalled (sorry, didn't see your post until after I repartitioned:-/), and got the new nvidia's (4191) on first try (without a problem). I can run 'glxgears' which runs like a champ. But my game still does not run the graphical setup, which from my previous experience tells me it's not going to run correctly after installed.

I found in nvidia's README about this problem (X starts fine, but OpenGL applications fail), but can't really follow it. It talks about the libGL symlinks. Some are missing (libGL.so.4191-1.0), but if glxgears runs, that means my environment's fine, right? How can I make my game (descent3) to look at the correct GL libraries? It did run great in slackware, so I must have something configured wrong somewhere.

darktux · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 12:51 am Post subject:

ixion · l33t Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 708

that did it! I logged in as my usual user, su'd to root, ran 'opengl-update nvidia', exited root, started X with usual user, voila!

How can I have this updated automatically on a reboot, so I don't have to type it as root everytime?

darktux · Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 3:03 am Post subject:

You don't have to type it anymore :roll:

The links have been made and you are GOOD TO GO!

btw, you're welcome :evil:

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