Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 8GB RAM, Intel® Quad Core™ i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz, AMD Radeon 7870 with fglrx (proprietary) drivers. PA worked for me two updates ago, but as of when I updated to 70289, I can no longer start the game. When I start PA, a window for "Planetary Annihilation" pops up, it stays clear, and after a few seconds turns the "unresponsive grey" Hitting the close button pops a window saying "This program is unresponsive" with buttons "Wait" and "Force Quit" Updated to 71459, same issue. The log seems unhelpful. Code: [16:37:47.624] INFO Log file /home/ian/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/log/PA-16-37-47.624.txt opened [16:37:47.625] INFO Loading mod : server_browser_show_cheat_servers [16:37:47.625] INFO LoadedLocalModCollection::loadLocalModCollection: Failed listDir call for "/home/ian/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/mods"; no mods will be loaded from this path [16:37:47.625] WARN LoadedLocalModCollection::loadLocalModCollection: Could not open /home/ian/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/mods/mods.json file; mods will not be mounted [16:37:47.625] INFO Client loaded 1 mods, mounted 0 [16:37:47.625] INFO Loading mod : cheat_allow_mod_data_updates [16:37:47.625] INFO Loading mod : cheat_allow_change_vision [16:37:47.625] INFO Loading mod : cheat_allow_change_control [16:37:47.625] INFO Loading mod : cheat_allow_create_unit [16:37:47.625] INFO LoadedLocalModCollection::loadLocalModCollection: Failed listDir call for "/home/ian/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/server_mods"; no mods will be loaded from this path [16:37:47.625] WARN LoadedLocalModCollection::loadLocalModCollection: Could not open /home/ian/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/server_mods/mods.json file; mods will not be mounted [16:37:47.625] INFO Starting async parallel for driver with 3 threads It's a fresh install, with no mods or cheats installed. Didn't know that was a thing yet. So, "INFO Starting async parallel for driver with 3 threads" seems to be the key issue there... whatever that means. I can't find any reference to what that is. Is it a graphics driver issue maybe? I did have problems that one time, where a system update switched it back to the X.Org drivers, but I have tried it with both the "fglrx" and the "fglrx-updates" with the same result. I have had "black screen" problems in the past, but the "--software-ui" worked then, but this isn't that issue. I also read about people having it go "unresponsive grey" but the game still runs, but that's not what is happening here either. Edit: I have tried it both with the "--software-ui" and without. Same both ways.
Seems that you're using the drivers from the official repositories which are outdated. Try this: https://forums.uberent.com/threads/galactic-war-build-70289.62774/page-6#post-986905
After some headache figuring out why the AMD installer was error-ing out. Turns out it needs both "debhelper" and "xserver-xorg-dev" packages installed first. Now, it works with the "--software-ui" mode. Thanks!
