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Thread: Games crashing on launch

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    Games crashing on launch

    Ok recently I installed some new video drivers for my graphics card. They seem to have installed correctly, I can access all the relevant options through the utility that came with it for config. However a few games that previously work now crash. Steam is one of them, which I'm operating through Wine, but oddly enough Pingus is another one. When I try to launch it from the terminal here is what happens:

    Welcome to Pingus 0.7.2!
    ========================
    data path: /usr/games/../share/games/pingus/data/
    language: English (en)
    font encoding: iso-8859-1
    sound support: enabled
    music support: enabled
    resolution: 800x600
    fullscreen: disabled

    ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
    Unable to initialize SDL_Mixer: No available audio device
    Pingus: Unknown throw caught!

    Can anyone explain to me what the problem is and how to fix it?

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    Re: Games crashing on launch

    The error Pingus gave seems to be related to the audio,did you try Pingus before the you installed the new video drivers? How did you install the graphics driver?
    Desktop 1: Asus A8N-E | AMD Athlon +3200 | 2 GB Ram | Geforce 8500 | Windows XP
    Desktop 2: Soyo-KT600 | AMD Athlon +2600 | 768 MB Ram | Geforce 5200 | Ubuntu 10.04
    Netbook: Asus 1001P, Arch Linux

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    Re: Games crashing on launch

    Pingus did work before I installed the new video drivers. I installed them by working through the terminal using these commands:

    download the driver to your /home dir.
    sudo apt-get install build-essential
    ctrl+alt+f1
    login
    sudo chmod +x NV*
    sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
    sudo sh NV*
    Follow onscreen directions
    sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
    enjoy
    I expect it's a problem with the sound, given the readout of the terminal.

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    Re: Games crashing on launch

    Looks loke sound related issue. If it is possible can you modulate initial situation and check?

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    Re: Games crashing on launch

    I reinstalled the drivers and I can run Pingus again! However I've really got to test out the drivers on some proper games. I'm installing Team Fortress 2 at the moment and hopefully I can get it to run properly. I'll post back saying whether I've solved the problem.

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