New Install of Nexuiz won't launch on Kubuntu Linux [FIXED]

[disturbedite]

Kubuntu Linux 7.04 Herd 2
Nexuiz 2.2.1 (have to wait till 2.2.2 is available for my distro)

i had nexuiz 2.2 installed from the ubuntu repos, but i had some problems and figured that uninstalling it and then reinstalling would prolly fix the problems. well, it didn't.

i unisntalled neuixz (and the supporting packages) with adept, then from console purged all remaining nexuiz files with dpkg --purge nexuiz, and then i reinstalled nexuiz (version 2.2.1) with adept. but the problem still persists.

this is the end of the console output:
Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/mainmenu
OpenGL Backend shutting down

i tried adding the game path to command via kde and via console, but the same error comes up! i tried pointing it to /usr/share/games/nexuiz/data, /usr/lib/games/, /usr/lib/games/nexuiz.bin, and also to /usr/games/nexuiz (since i didn't know which to use) but neither worked.

its a fresh install with all the files from the previous installation removed. this prolly shouldn't be happening. a bug maybe?

could someone please help me out? lemme know if more info is required. i say that cuz it seems like it should be something that i can "fix" just by adding to the launch command. thanks

[Vendor]

The version of Nex in the feisty repos is maintained not by Ubuntu, but is auto-synced from Debian - at this stage in developing 7.04 it is unlikely that any further updates will be made before release :s.

The package in the repos depends on nexuiz-data, but not on nexuiz-server and only recommends nexuiz-music - you could try installing them as well if you are determined to get the repo version working.

However, as Nexuiz is under moderately heavy development, I wouldn't recommend you use the Ubuntu (Debian) .debs, but instead install directly from the Nexuiz download section. I usually use a user-install with the game installed in ~/Nexuiz, as it makes updating simpler (plus it gives me the opportunity to teach my kids how to install apps without root privileges).

With this setup I know that I can launch Nex with a simple

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ian@tux:~$ Nexuiz/nexuiz-linux-686-glx -basedir Nexuiz/ +exec my.cfg

and know that it should work. I use a seperate config file ("my.cfg") for all my customised stuff, which is the "+exec my.cfg" bit - this is NOT necessary though.

Your error message does look like a path problem though - try reporting a bug on launchpad.

[C.Brutail]

And what do you launch? is there a shellscript or just a precompiled binaries?

[disturbedite]

And what do you launch? is there a shellscript or just a precompiled binaries?

i use the shell script in kde. but as i said, i also tried launching it from command line. the version in the repos uses a shell script to launch.

@Vendor

i do have those other packages installed.
i like your suggestion, i think i'll try that. set up an install that makes it easier to launch and update.

[esteel]

Well first of all.. that ARE your problems with Nexuiz? Does 3d accelerated opengl work for you? Does [code]glxinfo | grep -i 'direct\|string'[code] say direct rendering: yes ? If no you will have to install drivers that offer 3d accelerated opengl..

[disturbedite]

Well first of all.. that ARE your problems with Nexuiz? Does 3d accelerated opengl work for you? Does [code]glxinfo | grep -i 'direct\|string'[code] say direct rendering: yes ? If no you will have to install drivers that offer 3d accelerated opengl..

i can already tell you that it doesn't. i have a crappy intel i845 onboard chip. i play nexuiz with low graphics settings. but i can confirm that it doesn't with the command.

[disturbedite]

UPDATE: i finally figured out my problem!

after the 2.2.3 release for ubuntu linux, i still had this same problem. this had me concerned.

but i managed to see in the console that nothing in the gfx/ directory was being found. i didn't know why. but then i was looking around in the different nexuiz directories and noticed something. there was an old patch in /usr/share/games/nexuiz/data that i had "manually" put there to update nexuiz. (i forget which version, i deleted it, i should have wrote it down). since the newer data pack "obseleted" the older patch, i just deleted it.

i tried nexuiz again and voila! it worked just like before.

just thought i'd post that just in case it might end up helping anyone else.