Installation problems - Ubuntu/Linux newbie

[badbetty]

Hello folks - thank you for reading on please:

Its a steep learning curve is this linux experience (currently using Ubuntu 9.10).

Anyway, I'm trying to install Nexuiz and on executing the nexuiz-linux-sdl.sh file, I get the following out put (see below). No game play.
I have no idea where to start to fix, so if anyone more experienced can shed some light on this for me - even perhaps suggest a fix - that would be much appreciated.

To be honest, there are quite a few games that are failing to load/install/play for some reason, but that's another [connected perhaps] story.

Thank you
BB

Output:

Nexuiz Linux 08:38:45 Oct 1 2009 - release
Trying to load library... "libz.so.1" - loaded.
Added packfile data/common-spog.pk3 (26 files)
Added packfile data/data20091001.pk3 (9053 files)
Trying to load library... "libcurl.so.4" - loaded.
Failed to init SDL joystick subsystem:
Trying to load library... "libvorbis.so.0" - loaded.
Trying to load library... "libvorbisfile.so.3" - loaded.
Trying to load library... "libogg.so.0" - loaded.
Trying to load library... "libtheora.so.0" - loaded.
Trying to load library... "libvorbis.so.0" - loaded.
Trying to load library... "libvorbisenc.so.2" - loaded.
Trying to load library... "libOffscreenGecko.so" "./libOffscreenGecko.so" - failed.
execing quake.rc
execing default.cfg
execing defaultNexuiz.cfg
execing physics26.cfg
execing ctfscoring-div0.cfg
execing balance.cfg
execing effects-normal.cfg
execing turrets.cfg
execing unit_machinegun.cfg
execing unit_hk.cfg
execing unit_hellion.cfg
execing unit_mlrs.cfg
execing unit_flac.cfg
execing unit_fusreac.cfg
execing unit_plasma.cfg
execing unit_plasma2.cfg
execing unit_tesla.cfg
execing unit_phaser.cfg
execing unit_walker.cfg
execing unit_ewheel.cfg
couldn't exec unit_repulsor.cfg
execing default25.cfg
execing physics25.cfg
execing balance25.cfg
couldn't exec config.cfg
couldn't exec data/campaign.cfg
execing config_update.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
Client using an automatically assigned port
Client opened a socket on address local:2
Client opened a socket on address 0.0.0.0:0
Client opened a socket on address [0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0]:0
Initializing Video Mode: fullscreen 1024x768x32x60hz
Linked against SDL version 1.2.11
Using SDL library version 1.2.13
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 135 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 15
Current serial number in output stream: 15

[lda17h]

Hi,

please come to the #nexuiz channel on irc.quakenet.org. There we can help you more efficiently.

[lda17h]

Just looking at the output it seems that you do not have any OpenGL drivers installed. As a first thing try the restricted driver dialog. You find it somewhere in the System/Administration menu ("Hardware Drivers"?)..

[badbetty]

hello Ida17h

thanks for taking time to reply. i followed up your observations best i could and you were spot on about the glx driver.

although i had the ati driver loaded, it the 'hardware drivers' it wasn't showing up as activated for some reason. so after some messing around, i managed to get it to activate (and it loaded some other things i think too) and all seems sorted now.

the game plays, although i suspect i will now have to try understand how to get the right configuration (e.g. the mouse is slow, and display not ideal yet), but that's just a case of trying and learning.

thank you again