NWN/Graphics Question from Linux Noob

[Raymosexual]

Okay so I have a few questions. I installed NWN according to the instructions on the BioWare website. I also installed all the SDL libraries after i saw this thread (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=92938&highlight=neverwinter+nights). However, when I try to run ./nwn i get this error:

Failed to initialize graphics.
Fatal Signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)

I tried to install the newest nVidia drivers (I have an fx5200 256MB) but I don't know how to end x server state so I can install them. Or perhaps something else is wrong. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Omnios]

try sudo ./nwn

[Raymosexual]

Didn't work

[Omnios]

sounds like something whent wrong with the install, did you follow all the proper steps? I have reinstalled nwn a few times because of bad installs. Check your version against the instructions. If you have half decent hardware it will run fine with the standard install. I have a p4 1.6ghz with a GeForce MX4000 and it runs amazing.

Edit: you may be able to solve the problem though so id keep asking

[Raymosexual]

Reinstalled and got the same error message.
I havn't installed any nVidia driver since I installed Breezy, could that be a problem?

[Omnios]

did you install nvidia-glx that is the one you needif you are using the graphics driver from the install nv driver it does not support 3d

In terminal:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo nvidia-glx-config enable

sudo nvidia-glx-config enable: make shure this part works because it sets up Xserver to use the nividia driver

[Raymosexual]

Well, I didn't have nvidia-glx installed, so I did a sudo apt-get install and that worked, but alas I'm still getting the same error.

[Omnios]

This is from the Unofficial Ubuntu Guide for installing the drivers.

http://ubuntuguide.org/#installnvidiadriver

You will also have to install extra repositoies by uncommenting them (removing # in the sources list)

http://ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories


sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list



think you can do this grom synaptic also which may be easier.

[Raymosexual]

Ok so that works fine now and when i tried ./nwn i didn't get the graphics failure, but i still got the segmentation fault. So i reinstalled and still nothing. Screen goes black for a minute and then goes back to terminal showing segmentation error.

[Omnios]

Try it with sudo again. I remember I had to use sudo to get it to run properly.

Also check out this NWN thread about players.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=111284

ALso if you have a fram rate problem where the mouse does not work properly there is a fix for that on the Bioware forum but not a problem with a Geforce MX4000

[kaamos]

Have you made sure all the files in nwn have correct permissions? This may cause segmentation faults, and personally I just did
chmod +rx Folder_Of_Nwn -R