I tried that, and although it did make the game considerably faster, the screen was of a resolution where some essential text was unreadable and I know there is a bigger problem besides that. The textures are definitely not being the way they are supposed to. It's probably a problem with DRI as "linux" suggested on my bug report. I'll try contacting others but I think this could be fixed in the game as well.<div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Lakota Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lakota.james@gmail.com">lakota.james@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
There's a command line option, something like -half. or something.<br>
Look in the mailing list and find that, that could help.<br>
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On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Harry P <<a href="mailto:habstinat.mail@gmail.com">habstinat.mail@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I updated the bug report (see the most recent comment). The new patch<br>
> allowed the game to start, but I'm still having a lot of texture and speed<br>
> problems to the point where the game is still unusable.<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Harry P <<a href="mailto:habstinat.mail@gmail.com">habstinat.mail@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> In case any of you were interested, I posted this bug to bugzilla:<br>
>> <a href="http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4848" target="_blank">http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4848</a>.<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Harry P <<a href="mailto:habstinat.mail@gmail.com">habstinat.mail@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks. I installed driconf and toggled the setting. This seemed to have<br>
>>> fixed the problem with launching the application, but there appears to be<br>
>>> another problem keeping it from running.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Now, whenever I run the game with -windowed, the game appears with a<br>
>>> black screen, my mouse pointer changes, and the command line starts<br>
>>> outputting a bunch of errors and my computer freezes. I was able to<br>
>>> reproduce this twice.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I can still get to a terminal via Ctrl-Alt-F1, but killing the process ID<br>
>>> with kill didn't seem to do anything. I can't copy/paste the errors because<br>
>>> my computer usually freezes right after it outputs them. Here is a picture I<br>
>>> took with my phone: <a href="http://oi54.tinypic.com/25jgn6v.jpg" target="_blank">http://oi54.tinypic.com/25jgn6v.jpg</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Do you think this is a problem with the game, my graphics card, or<br>
>>> <a href="http://freedesktop.org" target="_blank">freedesktop.org</a>? Thanks for your assistance so far.<br>
>>><br>
>>> ~Harry<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Lakota Morris <<a href="mailto:lakota.james@gmail.com">lakota.james@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> This has been talked about already on the mailing list, but basically<br>
>>>> it's this bug report: <a href="http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4825" target="_blank">http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4825</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> One of the extensions uses patented stuff, so it's disabled by<br>
>>>> default. There's a tool you can download to reenable it. Look<br>
>>>> through the bug report or the mailing list, they have the fix in there<br>
>>>> somewhere. :)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Harry P <<a href="mailto:habstinat.mail@gmail.com">habstinat.mail@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>> > The subject pretty much explains it all. Here's the error:<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> >> habs@habs-desktop:~/braid$ ./braid -windowed<br>
>>>> >> Game Startup Error: Unable to set up graphics.<br>
>>>> >> Reason: Missing required OpenGL extension.<br>
>>>> >><br>
>>>> >> To help fix this problem make sure you are running the newest version<br>
>>>> >> of<br>
>>>> >> your video drivers.<br>
>>>> >> Lastly, you could try running this game with the -windowed<br>
>>>> >> command-line<br>
>>>> >> option.<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > As you can see, the -windowed option does not fix my problem. A window<br>
>>>> > opens<br>
>>>> > with a white screen for about a second, but it quickly closes and<br>
>>>> > outputs<br>
>>>> > this error.<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > To be honest I'm not sure if this is considered a bug report because<br>
>>>> > there<br>
>>>> > is no bug, it's simply my computer not having the right extensions to<br>
>>>> > run<br>
>>>> > the game.<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > If this would require patches specific to my hardware, I'm on a Dell<br>
>>>> > Dimension 3100, the specs for which can be found here:<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > <a href="http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3100/en/sm/specs0.htm" target="_blank">http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3100/en/sm/specs0.htm</a>.<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > Some more specs that may or may not matter: Debian Release 5.0.7<br>
>>>> > (lenny),<br>
>>>> > Kernel Linux 2.6.26-2-686, GNOME 2.22.3, 1002.2 MiB Memory, Intel<br>
>>>> > Pentium 4<br>
>>>> > CPU 3 GHz Processor.<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > A link to the OpenGL extension or some tips, or help with<br>
>>>> > troubleshooting<br>
>>>> > would be greatly appreciated.<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > Thanks,<br>
>>>> ><br>
>>>> > ~Harry<br>
>>>> ><br>
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