Hey there, Just upgraded from Linux Mint 17.3 (based on Ubuntu Trusty) to Linux Mint 18 (based on Ubuntu Xenial) and PA stopped working. Upon launching it from Stream a window appears that contains the background slightly offsetted as can be seen on the attached screenshot. The window disappears after 2 minutes and 5 seconds during which the CPU is idle. PA log attached. I tried to reinstall the game from Steam and wiped the configuration by deleting ~/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation but it hasn't made any difference. Relying on your ultimate wisdom. - Laci, a fellow Linux gamer who is also a PA addict
Yeah, that's probably outdated Steam libraries. Try this: https://wiki.palobby.com/wiki/Crashing_in_Ubuntu_16.04_when_using_Steam
Sorry guys but it ain't working again. Sometimes the game starts up but then the audio speeds up, slows down, or gets glitchy, and eventually stops and then the game hangs. Attached is the log. What to do now?
Hmm, that's a new one. How often does that occur? If it occurs quite often, can you try starting PA with --no-audio? If that stops the hanging, then the hanging is definitely audio related. Can you then try running PA with --audiologging and post a new log?
It occurs quite often. Generally, audio speedup / slowdown / glitches start to happen seconds after launching the game, and the audio totally stops either within seconds or a minute or two. Correction: The game only hangs when the audio stopped and I'm trying to quit the game. It does not seem to effect the game while playing. I started PA with --no-audio and the game hasn't ever hanged on quit. Attaching the log file when --audiologging was used and the game hanged on quit. Thank you!
Thanks! Everything seems fine in the log though, so no hint as to what is going on. I'm running Kubuntu Xenial myself and I haven't noticed this. Could you try running PA outside of Steam? You'll have to install the package "libsdl2-2.0-0" if you don't have that already. Also you need to make a symlink to libudev.so.0 because that one doesn't exist in Ubuntu anymore. The easiest is just to pick the one from Steam. So: Code: cd ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Planetary Annihilation ln -s ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0 If that works fine, then that means that there are more outdated Steam libraries causing issues.
Thanks for the idea! Running PA outside of Steam solved the issue! Everything seems to be working now. Cheers!
Darn those Steam libraries! So I guess you have an UberID for online play then. By the way, you may also be able to get away with launching Steam like this: Code: STEAM_RUNTIME=0 steam That may break other games though.
Not sure about my UberID. So far I've only played AI skirmish but if I need my UberID chances are I'm gonna figure it out. Thanks for the further help, I appreciate it!
