Ubuntu 11.04 OpenGL

[WHG]

Hi,

I recently removed windows 7 from my notebook and loaded Ubuntu 11.04. I am very impressed so far, manged to get all the work related applications going with winetricks.

I also installed the AMD ATI Catalyst driver software. I have a ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT displaycard.

Do you guys have any tips related to opengl with ubuntu?

I play the game rift, i got it loading but the graphics are all mangled. Screen is flashing and almost looks like 8bit graphics reversed

 

[Avenue]

try asking here

 

[w1z4rd]

I have (had) Rift running using Wine quite happily, and used my Wine install to copy over to a Windows partition to try it there. Even the downloader worked fine. I sometimes saw a number of game errors with connecting to the patching process when I hit "Play", but retrying a couple of times normally solved that issue.

I tended to use the low graphics settings simply because Wine doesn't seem to deal very well with the graphic libraries that Rift uses. Advanced settings can be used, but performance really does suffer even on an i7 with a dedicated graphics card.

It would be nice if there was a proper native Linux client. It's incredibly useful being able to easily switch away from Rift to another workspace to look something up, or do something else whilst the game is busy doing stuff - under Windows I can't do this easily.

And given my work situation, all my machines (home and office) are Linux-based, so if I can't play something under Wine, I don't play it.

Use winetricks to install DX3D9

http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

save that as a file and run sudo chmod +x ./winetricks to make it executable.

The game works pretty much flawlessly in Wine. As long as you install directx9 (easiest way is through winetricks) it works great.

http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-general-discussions/tech-support/61870-rift-linux-wine.html

 

[WHG]

Thanks guys,

Will go though the suggestions again

I get the idea that Nvidia is much better supported than ati in wine...

 

[w1z4rd]

Thanks guys,

Will go though the suggestions again

I get the idea that Nvidia is much better supported than ati in wine...

Yeah, Nvidia actually write drivers for Linux (though I heard that ATI has tried to play catch up in this area now, but theyre still behind).

Install directx through winetricks as mentioned, turn the graphics down, and it should work.

 

[WHG]

Yeah, Nvidia actually write drivers for Linux (though I heard that ATI has tried to play catch up in this area now, but theyre still behind).

Install directx through winetricks as mentioned, turn the graphics down, and it should work.

I read that AMD hired two guys this year that had wine code knowledge, does not help me yet

I have done that, even went down to 640x480, no joy everything loads, music plays i can make out the menu etc... Will continue to fiddle though