Launching Issue (Linux) [no OpenGL HW support]

Sickened

OS: Lubuntu 17.04, 64 bit

I installed Doomsday using the Synaptic Package Manager, but when I attempt to run it from the Games tab it doesn't do anything. As an alternative I tried using the console, simply typing "doomseeker" or "doomseeker engine" in which the response would be "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" even when I extended it with "-iwad doom". Any help?

fabrice

command is "doomsday -game doom1/doom2/... -iwad LINK_TO_IWAD"

skyjake

It would be helpful to see the doomsday.out log.

One common source of problems is OpenGL drivers. Can you share some details about your GPU and its drivers?

Sickened

Sadly I have no idea how to find GPU information. Neither through BIOS, or installed software applications. However, I was able to retrieve my computer, display, and OpenGL details with "System Profiler and Benchmark".

(Computer)
Processor: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 3840MB (564MB used)
Operating System: Ubuntu 17.04

(Display)
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer: Unknown
X11 Vendor: The X.Org Foundation

(OpenGL)
Vendor: Unknown
Renderer: Unknown
Version: Unknown
Direct Rendering: No

Also; I'm missing the ".doomsday" folder.

skyjake

Based on that information I believe your computer uses an integrated Intel graphics GPU, and it appears it doesn't have hardware accelerated drivers installed.

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with Linux to give much further advice, but I suggest you look into what OpenGL drivers are available for Intel graphics on Linux.

PaddyMac

Just my 2 cents, but you could try something like "glxinfo | grep version" in your terminal and look for a line such as "OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 17.1.2". If you don't have that installed, it should be part of mesa-progs (though the package name might be different in Ubuntu).