[braid] Trouble Starting Braid on Debian Lenny

[Harry P]

I updated the bug report (see the most recent comment). The new patch
allowed the game to start, but I'm still having a lot of texture and speed
problems to the point where the game is still unusable.

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Harry P <habstinat.mail at gmail.com> wrote:

> In case any of you were interested, I posted this bug to bugzilla:
> http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4848.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Harry P <habstinat.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I installed driconf and toggled the setting. This seemed to have
>> fixed the problem with launching the application, but there appears to be
>> another problem keeping it from running.
>>
>> Now, whenever I run the game with -windowed, the game appears with a black
>> screen, my mouse pointer changes, and the command line starts outputting a
>> bunch of errors and my computer freezes. I was able to reproduce this twice.
>>
>>
>> I can still get to a terminal via Ctrl-Alt-F1, but killing the process ID
>> with kill didn't seem to do anything. I can't copy/paste the errors because
>> my computer usually freezes right after it outputs them. Here is a picture I
>> took with my phone: http://oi54.tinypic.com/25jgn6v.jpg
>>
>> Do you think this is a problem with the game, my graphics card, or
>> freedesktop.org? Thanks for your assistance so far.
>>
>> ~Harry
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Lakota Morris <lakota.james at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> This has been talked about already on the mailing list, but basically
>>> it's this bug report: http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4825
>>>
>>> One of the extensions uses patented stuff, so it's disabled by
>>> default.  There's a tool you can download to reenable it.  Look
>>> through the bug report or the mailing list, they have the fix in there
>>> somewhere. :)
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Harry P <habstinat.mail at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > The subject pretty much explains it all. Here's the error:
>>> >
>>> >> habs at habs-desktop:~/braid$ ./braid -windowed
>>> >> Game Startup Error: Unable to set up graphics.
>>> >> Reason: Missing required OpenGL extension.
>>> >>
>>> >> To help fix this problem make sure you are running the newest version
>>> of
>>> >> your video drivers.
>>> >> Lastly, you could try running this game with the -windowed
>>> command-line
>>> >> option.
>>> >
>>> > As you can see, the -windowed option does not fix my problem. A window
>>> opens
>>> > with a white screen for about a second, but it quickly closes and
>>> outputs
>>> > this error.
>>> >
>>> > To be honest I'm not sure if this is considered a bug report because
>>> there
>>> > is no bug, it's simply my computer not having the right extensions to
>>> run
>>> > the game.
>>> >
>>> > If this would require patches specific to my hardware, I'm on a Dell
>>> > Dimension 3100, the specs for which can be found here:
>>> > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3100/en/sm/specs0.htm
>>> .
>>> >
>>> > Some more specs that may or may not matter: Debian Release 5.0.7
>>> (lenny),
>>> > Kernel Linux 2.6.26-2-686, GNOME 2.22.3, 1002.2 MiB Memory, Intel
>>> Pentium 4
>>> > CPU 3 GHz Processor.
>>> >
>>> > A link to the OpenGL extension or some tips, or help with
>>> troubleshooting
>>> > would be greatly appreciated.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > ~Harry
>>> >
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