Startup Error : Unable to initialize OpenGL

[element79]

Hi, using Debian 8 ("jessie") — current stable release — system setup to all defaults, and a GeForce GTX 660 card using NVIDIA Driver Version 340.96. Using kernel version 3.16.0-4-amd64 and the CPU is an Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz. Here is the output:

----- R_InitOpenGL -----
Setup X display connection
dlopen(libGL.so.1)
dlopen(libGL.so.1)
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
signal caught: Segmentation fault
si_code 1
Was in fatal error shutdown: Unable to initialize OpenGL
Trying to exit gracefully..
About to exit with code 0

[Crinkelite]

Are you sure you're on the latest drivers? I have a GeForce GTX 660 and I'm on 375.20-1

 

They're the latest binaries from the Archlinux repositories.

[element79]

These are the latest drivers packaged in the Debian stable repositories and other video games work just fine. I am following exactly the official instructions from: https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers.

[freyk]

Tdm is a 32 bit app and needs 32 bit packages to run on a 64 bit os.

Please follow my howto:

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/18446-tdm-doesnt-start-on-ubuntu-1604/?do=findComment&comment=396273

(With playonlinux)

 

 

Without playonlinux

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/18446-tdm-doesnt-start-on-ubuntu-1604/?do=findComment&comment=396950

 

Please let me know if it works and if you have some improvement suggestions.

Edited November 26, 2016 by freyk

[element79]

I didn't have those three packages installed because:

~/darkmod$ ldd thedarkmod.x86
    linux-gate.so.1 (0xf774a000)
    libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7711000)
    libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xf770c000)
    librt.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xf7702000)
    libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0xf75b0000)
    libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0xf759b000)
    libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0xf7594000)
    libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0xf74a2000)
    libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xf745b000)
    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf743e000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xf7291000)
    /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf774d000)
    libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0xf726b000)
    libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0xf7267000)
    libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xf7260000)

 

But it makes sense that I would need to install them. After doing so, I still get the same exact error message:

----- R_InitOpenGL -----
Setup X display connection
dlopen(libGL.so.1)
dlopen(libGL.so.1)
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
signal caught: Segmentation fault
si_code 1
Was in fatal error shutdown: Unable to initialize OpenGL
Trying to exit gracefully..
About to exit with code 0

[freyk]

If that doesnt help, then is it a driver problem.

[element79]

I came back here to post that it works after installing one last missing library: libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386

[Net User]

Hello. Had the same problem with Ubuntu 19 and OOTB AMD drivers.

Solved it with installing the latest drivers from PPA (not from AMD site - so far it has drivers for Ubuntu 18 only and it did not install well, had to remove them with amdgpu-uninstall).

The correct way to install latest AMD drivers from PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt upgrade

[freyk]

Thanks.

The topicstarter needed some video driver packages.
These things are noted also in:
https://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=Installer_and_Manual_Installation#Installing_TDM_on_Linux_-_Installing_other_packages

(but i dont know why i didnt refer to the videodriver in my first posts in this topic) 

Edited February 18, 2020 by freyk