Someone please correct me if I've missed an important thread, but I am unable to get PA running on Linux. It will start, but stay a black screen, while the steam UI overlay works fine. I've confirmed Vsync off in Catalyst Control Panel, but otherwise am not aware of anything else to try. I will also note that I've confirmed my Steam account and Uber accounts are linked. What else can I do? Steam HW Info: Code: Processor Information: Vendor: GenuineIntel Speed: 2794 Mhz 8 logical processors 4 physical processors HyperThreading: Supported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSSE3: Supported SSE4a: Unsupported SSE41: Supported SSE42: Supported Network Information: Network Speed: Operating System Version: "Gentoo Base System release 2.2" (64 bit) Kernel Name: Linux Kernel Version: 3.8.13-gentoo X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Server Release: 11304000 X Window Manager: KWin Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release-i386_2013-06-28 Video Card: Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series Driver Version: 4.2.12217 Compatibility Profile Context 8.98 Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz VendorID Not Detected DeviceID Not Detected Number of Monitors: 1 Number of Video Cards Not Detected Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Primary Display Size: 20.91" x 11.77" (23.98" diag) 53.1cm x 29.9cm (60.9cm diag) Primary VRAM Not Detected Sound card: Audio device: Realtek ALC888 Memory: RAM: 7979 Mb Miscellaneous: UI Language: English LANG: none Microphone: Not set Total Hard Disk Space Available: 938580 Mb Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 777806 Mb Installed software: Recent Failure Reports: Coherent_UI.log Code: 4489 23:08:56.196977 I | Initializing Coherent UI ver. 1.4.0.0 4489 23:08:56.197010 D | Coherent UI system settings: 4489 23:08:56.197029 D | HostDirectory {/home/emailer33/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Planetary Annihilation/host} 4489 23:08:56.197037 D | EnableProxy {0} 4489 23:08:56.197043 D | AllowCookies {0} 4489 23:08:56.197049 D | CookiesResource {} 4489 23:08:56.197055 D | CachePath {} 4489 23:08:56.197061 D | HTML5LocalStoragePath {/home/emailer33/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/localstore} 4489 23:08:56.197067 D | ForceDisablePluginFullscreen {1} 4489 23:08:56.197072 D | DisableWebSecurity {1} 4489 23:08:56.197078 D | DebuggerPort {9999} 4489 23:08:56.197083 D | WriteMinidumps {0} 4489 23:08:56.197089 D | MinidumpFolder {} 4489 23:08:56.197094 D | Is using default log handler {yes} 4489 23:08:56.197100 D | Is using default file handler {yes} 4489 23:08:56.197105 D | Is using default allocator {yes} PA Log Code: [19:11:13.339] INFO Log file /home/emailer33/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-19-11-13.339.txt opened [19:11:13.339] INFO FILE [19:11:13.339] INFO S: /home/emailer33/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-19-11-13.339.txt [19:11:13.339] INFO L: /user/log/PA-19-11-13.339.txt [19:11:13.507] INFO GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc. [19:11:13.507] INFO GL_RENDERER: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series [19:11:13.507] INFO GL_VERSION: 4.2.12217 Compatibility Profile Context 8.98 [19:11:13.507] INFO GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.20 [19:11:14.706] INFO Configure, 1280 by 720 [19:11:14.706] INFO build version 51853 [19:11:14.706] INFO Coherent content root: "file:///home/emailer33/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Planetary Annihilation/media/ui/" [19:11:14.706] INFO Coherent host dir: "/home/emailer33/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Planetary Annihilation/host" [19:11:14.706] INFO Coherent local store: "/home/emailer33/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/localstore" [19:11:14.780] ERROR reconItemLayerFromString encountered unknown value: [all] [19:11:14.820] INFO {{FMOD}} fmod buffer size 5 [19:11:14.843] INFO Setting graphics to high Also love the game, plays great on Win7 64.
Actually you need to enable: tear free and vsync. Compositing also required if you don't want to have issues with cursor.
Alright, turned on tear free, which in turn sets Vsync to Always On. Checked Xorg log, verified composite is enabled. Still have a black screen . Is there anything else I can try, any more in depth log files to check or a command-line parameter to pass in steam?
You also need to report your problem to AMD if you want it to be fixed: http://devgurus.amd.com/community/steam-linux