I know Arch probably isn't high on the list of linux distro compatibility but i thought it'd be helpful to post what i'm seeing. I downloaded from http://uberent.com/launcher/padownloads. Extracted to /home/<myuser>/pa changed to the pa directory and ran below from terminal Code: [<myuser>@<mymachine> pa]$ ./PA [18:24:02.095] INFO Log file /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-18-24-02.095.txt opened [18:24:02.095] INFO FILE [18:24:02.095] INFO S: /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-18-23-36.347.txt [18:24:02.095] INFO L: /user/log/PA-18-23-36.347.txt [18:24:02.095] INFO FILE [18:24:02.095] INFO S: /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-17-56-49.067.txt [18:24:02.095] INFO L: /user/log/PA-17-56-49.067.txt [18:24:02.095] INFO FILE [18:24:02.095] INFO S: /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-18-04-53.949.txt [18:24:02.095] INFO L: /user/log/PA-18-04-53.949.txt [18:24:02.095] INFO FILE [18:24:02.095] INFO S: /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-18-00-54.580.txt [18:24:02.095] INFO L: /user/log/PA-18-00-54.580.txt [18:24:02.095] INFO FILE [18:24:02.096] INFO S: /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-17-43-15.492.txt [18:24:02.096] INFO L: /user/log/PA-17-43-15.492.txt [18:24:02.096] INFO FILE [18:24:02.096] INFO S: /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-18-24-02.095.txt [18:24:02.096] INFO L: /user/log/PA-18-24-02.095.txt [18:24:02.096] INFO FILE [18:24:02.096] INFO S: /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-18-19-17.534.txt [18:24:02.096] INFO L: /user/log/PA-18-19-17.534.txt [18:24:02.096] INFO FILE [18:24:02.096] INFO S: /home/<myuser>/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-17-42-06.635.txt [18:24:02.096] INFO L: /user/log/PA-17-42-06.635.txt [18:24:02.282] INFO GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc. [18:24:02.282] INFO GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series [18:24:02.282] INFO GL_VERSION: 4.2.12337 Compatibility Profile Context 12.10.17 [18:24:02.282] INFO GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.30 [18:24:04.155] INFO Configure, 1280 by 720 [18:24:04.155] INFO build version 49595 [18:24:04.155] INFO Coherent content root: "file:///home/<myuser>/pa/media/ui/" [18:24:04.155] INFO Coherent host dir: "/\x00h\x00o\x00m\x00e\x00/\x00n\x00i\x00c\x00k\x00/\x00p\x00a\x00/\x00h\x00o\x00s\x00t\x00/\x00" [18:24:04.156] INFO Coherent local store: "/\x00h\x00o\x00m\x00e\x00/\x00n\x00i\x00c\x00k\x00/\x00.\x00l\x00o\x00c\x00a\x00l\x00/\x00U\x00b\x00e\x00r\x00 \x00E\x00n\x00t\x00e\x00r\x00t\x00a\x00i\x00n\x00m\x00e\x00n\x00t\x00/\x00P\x00l\x00a\x00n\x00e\x00t\x00a\x00r\x00y\x00 \x00A\x00n\x00n\x00i\x00h\x00i\x00l\x00a\x00t\x00i\x00o\x00n\x00/\x00l\x00o\x00c\x00a\x00l\x00s\x00t\x00o\x00r\x00e\x00" [18:24:04.246] INFO setupViewportStack : 1 [3862:3862:ERROR:resource_bundle.cc(578)] Failed to load /home/<myuser>/pa/host/ui_resources_100_percent.pak Some features may not be available. [3862:3862:WARNING:resource_bundle.cc(304)] locale_file_path.empty() [18:24:04.297] INFO {{FMOD}} fmod buffer size 5 [18:24:04.322] INFO Setting graphics to high [18:24:04.356] INFO SystemReady [3885:3885:INFO:renderer_main.cc(220)] Running without renderer sandbox [3893:3893:INFO:renderer_main.cc(220)] Running without renderer sandbox [3896:3896:INFO:renderer_main.cc(220)] Running without renderer sandbox setOption medium [18:24:06.073] INFO Setting graphics to medium setOption medium setOption medium setOption medium [18:24:06.074] INFO Setting camera mouse pan speed to 1x [18:24:06.074] INFO Setting camera key pan speed to 1x [18:24:06.074] INFO Setting camera zoom speed to 1x [18:24:06.074] INFO Setting camera edge scroll to off (no mouse lock) [18:24:06.075] INFO Setting planet pole lock to off [18:24:06.132] INFO resetGameState [18:24:06.132] INFO Mouse constraint cleared. [18:24:06.132] INFO setupViewportStack : 1 What i'm seeing is a window that is black and unchanging with a title of '???'. After it opens i get background ambiance noise just like when i run it from Windows 7 (same machine dual booted arch/Win7). After closing the window this is added to the commandline: Code: XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" after 66 requests (66 known processed) with 0 events remaining. Don't know how useful this will be but i figured some info is better than no info. System info dump from steam: Code: Processor Information: Vendor: AuthenticAMD Speed: 3200 Mhz 4 logical processors 4 physical processors HyperThreading: Unsupported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSSE3: Unsupported SSE4a: Supported SSE41: Unsupported SSE42: Unsupported Network Information: Network Speed: Operating System Version: "Arch Linux" (64 bit) Kernel Name: Linux Kernel Version: 3.9.6-1-ARCH X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Server Release: 11204000 X Window Manager: Openbox Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release-i386_2013-05-08 Video Card: Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series Driver Version: 4.2.12337 Compatibility Profile Context 12.10.17 Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz VendorID: 0x1002 DeviceID: 0x6819 Number of Monitors: 1 Number of Logical Video Cards: 1 Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Primary Display Size: 6.30" x 3.54" (7.20" diag) 16.0cm x 9.0cm (18.3cm diag) Primary VRAM Not Detected Sound card: Audio device: Realtek ALC889 Memory: RAM: 7981 Mb Miscellaneous: UI Language: English LANG: C Microphone: Not set Total Hard Disk Space Available: 65639 Mb Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 19899 Mb Also, forgot to mention i had to install gconf because PA said it was missing libgconf-2.so.4 and i had to link /usr/lib/libudev.so.0 to /usr/lib/libudev.so.1
check dmesg -T or syslog - you'll find GPU or Coherent log messages in that. Check ps aux | grep -i coherentui for legacy processes & kill 'em if they're running. When there's not a clean exist they can hang around and it can cause PA to crash out. I get X errors when Coherent is still running - it handles the UI side of things.
After clearing out any Coherent processes (clean reboot) i launched and got the same output. Checked dmesg and saw these: Code: [ 263.451730] CoherentUI_Host[773]: segfault at 44 ip 00007f32c2e0a51f sp 00007fff5914c630 error 4 in fglrx_dri.so[7f32c20cf000+1d9a000] [ 264.543754] CoherentUI_Host[819]: segfault at 44 ip 00007f2149fae51f sp 00007fff96f24fa0 error 4 in fglrx_dri.so[7f2149273000+1d9a000] [ 265.433509] CoherentUI_Host[848]: segfault at 44 ip 00007f260ca9a51f sp 00007fff6dbc9780 error 4 in fglrx_dri.so[7f260bd5f000+1d9a000]
Which AMD drivers are you running? I couldn't get PA to run on the beta drivers - just segfaults with fglrx - ended up having to use the 13.4 ones.
I have the catalyst 13.6-1 package installed. amdcccle shows: Driver Packaging Version: 12.10.17-130320a-154718E-ATI 2D Driver Version: 13.10.10 Catalyst™ Control Center Version: 2.18 RandR Version: 1.3 OpenGL Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OpenGL Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series OpenGL Version: 4.2.12337 Compatibility Profile Context 12.10.17
Same here, latest amd 13.6 beta drives gives black screen while the current 13.4 non-beta drivers work wonderfully. Linux Mint 14 KDE Radeon 5870m Tyler Seacrest
It worked fine for me on Arch after I linked Code: /usr/lib/libudev.so.0 to Code: /usr/lib/libudev.so . I've no idea why they're linking to such an old version of this library. Ironically, PA won't work on Debian due to requiring newer libraries. It would be nice to have a proper bug tracker. You know, to actually report bugs with as much technical detail as possible. (Here I am, hoping some dev will read this )
debian stable will work if you make a local install of newer libc6, just to use with PA. on the other hand, there was no need to link the libudev.so.0. the more intricate part was getting proper graphics from the ivy bridge, newer mesa and newer kernel needed. bugtracker: http://pa.lennardf1989.com/Tracker/
I'm not sure it's something PA have control over - the libudev req comes from CoherentUI_Host (ldd host/CoherentUI_Host).
Running arch with custom kernel compile 3.6.7 amd64; catalyst-total 13.4 from AUR, game runs with no dependancy problems and low cpu usage lower that win7 and I only have AMD A10-5800K with integrated graphics; I have LXDE window manager with minimal set of libs, lxde being gtk based, game installed on my solid state drive, only 2.95GB of files for OS in /root partition, /home partition 64GB PA installed there it may grow bigger thant my OS on game final release. when game final version is released might create custom USB3 flash stick with minimal form of Arch Linux bootable exclusively for running PA; f$#k maybe even make it boot straight to PA with no WM just bareX if possible and openGL drivers appears to use gtk2, cairo, asound, libGL, gdk, gconf, libgcc, pixman, dbus, xdamage, libnss, udev, pthreads, glib, atk some Xlibs and pretty much standard set of libraries. Working good until last build with display glitch. Now all I need is a videocard.
Someone should put together a PA-on-a-stick USB disk image that works just like you describe. Configure it for wide hardware support and fast boots and you'd have a great lan party utility.
I've made an ArchLinux package I've posted on AUR. Dependency installation and symlining a missing .so file are handled there. You'll need to manually download the PA tarball though, since that's not publicly available.
I was able to run PA on Arch successfully today. I put the fix here: http://forums.uberent.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=48482&start=20
If you only get 1 FPS with the nvidia binary driver (version 325.15). Dowgrade to nvidia stable (version 319.49).
One question, what is your hardware? Do you have SLI or multi monitor setup? It's quite interesting because we know that Nvidia have shared codebase across all platforms and Windows users have low FPS with Nvidia too.
uhm sorry, you guys managed to get it to run? I'm having libcurl errors. Specifically my curl is too new. % ldd PA ./PA: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4: version `CURL_OPENSSL_3' not found (required by ./PA) libcurl.so.4 => /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4 (0x00007fc0e4657000)
Make symlink to where your libcurl located, everything will work just fine. Oops sorry, I'll check what you can do now.
Okay looks like a fix is to even build 7.32 from curl.haxx.se/download.html (i'm a new user so can't link directly apparently..annoying) (i just did ./configure --prefix=/tmp ; make; make install), copied the /tmp/lib/libcurl.so and .so.4 to the PA dir and it fires up at least). apparently PA is using a deprecated var that was not in 7.24, and last present in 7.23. I'm not sure why it works though when I build 7.32...idk maybe it build with deprecated stuff and arch does not? p.s. these captchas really freaking suck.
