Problems with Games

Jim Smith jim at oz.net
Wed Apr 11 02:19:53 UTC 2007


Jim Smith wrote:
> Now that I have everything working to my satisfaction on this laptop,
> its time to turn my attention to a couple of little problems I am having
> getting some games to run. The games in question are Planet Penguin
> Racer and Emilia Pinball. The machine is a Sony VAIO VGN-FJ250P. OS
> version is Ubuntu Feisty with latest upgrades installed. Graphics is
> Intel. As games would not load at all from the menu I opened a terminal
> and used the command line.
>
> For PPRacer this is the resulting message:
>  jim at JimsBook:~$ ppracer
> PPRacer 0.3.1 --  http://racer.planetpenguin.de
> (c) 2004-2005 The PPRacer team
> (c) 1999-2001 Jasmin F. Patry<jfpatry at sunspirestudios.com>
> PPRacer comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
> and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for details.
>
> *** ppracer error: Couldn't initialize video: Couldn't find matching GLX
> visual (Success)
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> jim at JimsBook:~$
>
> And for Pinball a very similar message:
> jim at JimsBook:~$ pinball
> Couldn't open config file: /home/jim/.emilia/pinball
> Using default values
> Initing SDL
>
> 0 joysticks were found.
> Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
> jim at JimsBook:~$
>
> Checking with synaptic shows I have GLX libraries installed.
>
> Also attached is System.txt
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
>
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Linux JimsBook 2.6.15-27-386 #1 PREEMPT Fri Dec 8 17:51:56 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
> 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
> 0000:06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 0000:06:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
> 0000:06:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
> 0000:06:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/PCI7620 Dual Socket CardBus and Smart Card Cont. w/ 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port  PHY/Link-Layer Cont. an
> 0000:06:0a.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Capabilities: [e0] #09 [2109]
>
> 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
> 	Region 0: Memory at b0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
> 	Region 1: I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
> 	Region 2: Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
> 	Region 3: Memory at b0040000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
> 	Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>
> 0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Region 0: Memory at 52000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=512K]
> 	Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>
> 0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 0x10 (64 bytes)
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
> 	Region 0: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 	Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
> 		Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
> 	Capabilities: [70] #10 [0091]
>
> 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 193
> 	Region 4: I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
>
> 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 201
> 	Region 4: I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
>
> 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 193
> 	Region 4: I/O ports at 1080 [size=32]
>
> 0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 209
> 	Region 4: I/O ports at 10a0 [size=32]
>
> 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 193
> 	Region 0: Memory at b0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
> 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 	Capabilities: [58] #0a [20a0]
>
> 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=216
> 	I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
> 	Memory behind bridge: b0100000-b01fffff
> 	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000050000000-0000000051f00000
> 	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
> 	Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]
>
> 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
>
> 0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 80 [Master])
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 0
> 	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 177
> 	Region 0: I/O ports at <unassigned>
> 	Region 1: I/O ports at <unassigned>
> 	Region 2: I/O ports at <unassigned>
> 	Region 3: I/O ports at <unassigned>
> 	Region 4: I/O ports at 1870 [size=16]
> 	Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>
> 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10
> 	Region 4: I/O ports at 18a0 [size=32]
>
> 0000:06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 217
> 	Region 0: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
> 	Region 1: Memory at b0104000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> 	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>
> 0000:06:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 168, Cache Line Size: 0x20 (128 bytes)
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
> 	Region 0: Memory at b0105000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 	Bus: primary=06, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
> 	Memory window 0: 50000000-51fff000 (prefetchable)
> 	Memory window 1: 54000000-55fff000
> 	I/O window 0: 00002400-000024ff
> 	I/O window 1: 00002800-000028ff
> 	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+
> 	16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
>
> 0000:06:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 32 (750ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x10 (64 bytes)
> 	Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 201
> 	Region 0: Memory at b0104800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
> 	Region 1: Memory at b0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> 	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME+
>
> 0000:06:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/PCI7620 Dual Socket CardBus and Smart Card Cont. w/ 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port  PHY/Link-Layer Cont. an
> 	Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 81f1
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 57 (1750ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x10 (64 bytes)
> 	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10
> 	Region 0: Memory at b0106000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>
> 0000:06:0a.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
> 	Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2751
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> 	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> 	Latency: 32 (750ns min, 6000ns max), Cache Line Size: 0x10 (64 bytes)
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 225
> 	Region 0: Memory at b0107000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> 		Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> 		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
>
>   
This is an old sysinfo, kernel is actually latest.
Jim




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