Starcraft slow under Ubuntu; fine under Slackware?

[Neo40]

Hi,

I really like Ubuntu. My system is perfect so far! Today, I installed starcraft (and broodwar) with cedega. The cinematic is playing fine but when I play a game it is a bit slow when I compare it with Slackware 10. Yes, I have Nvidia driver installed. Is it just me with this problem? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Nevermind. I rebooted my machine and SC is playing just great!

[patrick295767]

I have it running without any problem.
I played today with it !!
Long time I didnt, was great game ! Protoss are very nice to be played with Broodwar.

I have an ATI and I am sure with the nvidia, it can work. Could you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?

Greetz

[Micoz]

I have similar problem. I istalled cedega 5.1 today and installed using it Starcraft. Ok, it started, logos showed, and... The menu and the rest of the game is SLOOOW. I don`t know how to make it faster. Could you help me?

I use Ubuntu Dapper Drake.

my /etc/X11/xorg.conf


Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NoLogo"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "FLATRON L151"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31-61
VertRefresh 56-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
Monitor "FLATRON L151"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[ed_agamemnon]

start the game with:


nice -n 20 wine "/wherever/starcraft.exe"

[Micoz]

Ok, but how to force it to use CD-ROM? I can`t run it, cuz` it doesn`t see cd in drive.

[Neo40]

Open up Cedega, right click on the icon Starcraft and select edit profile. On general tab, make sure scheduler is set to "No". It should work now!