Demo crashes - audio problem [ubuntu]

**zk123** · 05-05-2012, 02:39 PM

When I try to play the
Amnesia demo, it first starts normally, tells me the normal stuff, asks
for gamma setting (which all look the same to me, btw), I get to the first
loading screen and then it's just gone.

The terminal output is at http://paste.ubuntu.com/952375/, seems to be some kind of audio problem.
The sound in the menu works fine.

**Urkle** · 05-05-2012, 02:56 PM

The audio errors tend to be misleading. Really that is the openAL library detecting what is on your system. Can you post your hpl.log file? ~/.frictionalgames/Amnesia/Demo/hpl.log and the launcher.log as well.

**zk123** · 05-05-2012, 03:08 PM

(05-05-2012, 02:56 PM)Urkle Wrote: The audio errors tend to be misleading. Really that is the openAL library detecting what is on your system. Can you post your hpl.log file? ~/.frictionalgames/Amnesia/Demo/hpl.log and the launcher.log as well.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/969210/ ← hpl.log
http://paste.ubuntu.com/969212/ ← launcher.log

**plutomaniac** · 05-06-2012, 07:44 PM

I don't know about Linux but as far as I understand you have Intel HD 2000 and a driver from Q1 2011 (7.10.2). The latest is from Q1 2012 (8.0.1) and you can find it here:

http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2012.02.html

Again, I'm a Windows helper so I might be wrong...

**zk123** · 05-07-2012, 09:35 AM

(05-06-2012, 07:44 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: I don't know about Linux but as far as I understand you have Intel HD 2000 and a driver from Q1 2011 (7.10.2). The latest is from Q1 2012 (8.0.1) and you can find it here:

http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2012.02.html

Again, I'm a Windows helper so I might be wrong...

Could that be it? The website says "If you are not experienced doing this, we recommend that you get precompiled packages from one of the many Linux distributions." - where do I get one?

**plutomaniac** · 05-07-2012, 10:53 AM

I don't know how Linux works. I think there is a search place where you can find all linux applications. Search there I guess...

**Your Computer** · 05-07-2012, 11:51 AM

(05-07-2012, 09:35 AM)zk123 Wrote: Could that be it? The website says "If you are not experienced doing this, we recommend that you get precompiled packages from one of the many Linux distributions." - where do I get one?

According to the hpl.log you already have the Mesa drivers installed, but it's not version 8.0.1. Configuring the X server is not a fun task. If you're not used to doing it, i wouldn't mess with it.

**Urkle** · 05-07-2012, 03:17 PM

The reason is this line from the logs.

Texture compression S3TC: 0

You have no S3TC. You have to either compiled & install the libdxt_txcn library or (for more recent distributions) do some mojo to enable S3TC in the open source driver

**zk123** · 05-07-2012, 05:30 PM

(05-07-2012, 11:51 AM)Your Computer Wrote:
(05-07-2012, 09:35 AM)zk123 Wrote: Could that be it? The website says "If you are not experienced doing this, we recommend that you get precompiled packages from one of the many Linux distributions." - where do I get one?

According to the hpl.log you already have the Mesa drivers installed, but it's not version 8.0.1. Configuring the X server is not a fun task. If you're not used to doing it, i wouldn't mess with it.

I remember having some issues with the X server on my desktop once, that was a royal pain in the ass. I'd like to not have to do that ever again...

(05-07-2012, 03:17 PM)Urkle Wrote: The reason is this line from the logs.

Texture compression S3TC: 0

You have no S3TC. You have to either compiled & install the libdxt_txcn library or (for more recent distributions) do some mojo to enable S3TC in the open source driver

Is there any (sort of) simple way to get this done?