Linux Support

[kiwibird]

@kiwibird: Osmos makes heave use of framebuffer blending, which ATI cards have been known to support poorly in their drivers. Can you please verify your drivers are up-to-date? Are you using open-source drivers or the official Catalyst drivers from ATI?

I'm using the open source ones, I guess I should try Catalyst once more (removed it before since it was rather buggy on the desktop, maybe they've gotten better…)

[Meal Worms]

Yes, give the drivers from ATI a whirl, kiwibird, and let us know how you get on!

Good luck,
Dave

[Vadi]

On Ubuntu 10.04, there was no sound - but setting the soundDevice to "native" fixed it. It's flawless now.

[lazy_bum]

Just got the full version and got a „issue b” just like in here. It's now running fine and seems that I can't reproduce.

edit
Freezed again. Osmos.log looks like that:

Log opened on Sat May 1 22:06:00 2010
Commandline: ./Osmos.bin32
Preinitializing game: HEMI version 1.6.0 1314
Localization: using language "pl"
Localization: couldn't load Osmos-pl.loc
Localization: falling back to Osmos-en.loc
Arch: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz
OS: Linux 2.6.34-rc6 (#1 SMP PREEMPT Sat May 1 01:03:54 CEST 2010)
Using sound
Showing splash
Using fullscreen mode: 1680 x 1050
Not using vsync
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.24
Initializing game
Initializing GLRenderer...
Loading textures
Loading fonts
Backed up stats to Stats/Backup/Osmos_0000.sta
Initializing SoundSystem...
Initializing OpenAL
Getting OpenAL device list
Found 1 devices:
Device 0: ALSA Software (3: OPENAL DEFAULT)
Pass 1: no valid device was specified (-1)
Pass 2: no valid device was specified (-1)
Pass 3: attempting device 0: "ALSA Software"...
Creating OpenAL context
Opened device "ALSA Software"
Device supports maximum 256 sources
Streaming music
Loading pre-splash sounds
Loading post-splash sounds
Using fullscreen mode: 1680 x 1050
Using vsync
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.24
Initializing game
Initializing GLRenderer...
Using fullscreen mode: 1680 x 1050
Not using vsync
Initializing GLRenderDevice...
OpenGL version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.24
Initializing game
Initializing GLRenderer...

[farvardin]

thank you for the Linux port and support. The game is running fine on Archlinux and Nvidia. It freezes sometime, but not very often, so I'm very happy to play it

It's a refreshing and peaceful game to play...

[macetux]

Hi,

I just downloaded the demo and it worked fine - awesome game btw =)
So i purchased the full version and started downloading the .deb-package for my Ubuntu 10.04.
Now, if i run the deb, it says the package may be damaged and i don't have the rights to open it - but i definitly have.
I downloaded it one more time - the same problem. Im running out of attempts
Im a little puzzled cause the demo worked.
Do you have any idea?

Hope you can help me!

macetux

[Meal Worms]

@ Vadi: glad to hear it! Enjoy.

@ lazy_bum: your log indicates the game is freezing on graphics context switch. A few folks have been reporting this issue... it'd be fab if there was some way to nail a repro. Can you tell if this happens during e.g. desktop notifications, post laptop hibernate, etc etc?

@ macetux: sounds like your download is aborting before its complete. How big is the .deb that you're trying to open on disk?

Thanks,
Dave

[macetux]

Hi Meal Worms,

the .deb is 16MB, exactly 16743984 Bytes big. Is that to small?

Thanks for help!

macetux

[Meal Worms]

Hi macetux,

The .deb should be 19.5 MB (roughly 20 million bytes). Seems like the entire .deb is not downloaded.

Dave

[lazy_bum]

@ lazy_bum: your log indicates the game is freezing on graphics context switch. A few folks have been reporting this issue... it'd be fab if there was some way to nail a repro. Can you tell if this happens during e.g. desktop notifications, post laptop hibernate, etc etc?

The graphics context switch seems to be my vsync on/off in the options. It also seems to freeze without changing vsync option. I use KDE4, but it isn't related to any notifications (don't have any IMs or whatever to notify me ;). That's a desktop computer, so it's not a hibernation issue.

And it freezed for me on three different levels, so no idea how could I reproduce. \:

edit
Had a freeze just now right after entering a level. ):