Originally posted by Dresch
Hi,

I have the same Problem.I can`t play PS too.If i want to start the psclient or the updater, i get the  message:

Actually no yours is different read on.

Indirect rendering may indicate a flawed OpenGL setup if you run on a local
X server.


System: Acer Extensa 3001 WMLi
Distribution: SuSE 9.3 Professional
Graphics: XOrg 6.8.2,ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility

PS: Other games are playable without any problems

Greets,

Dresch

The problem in your case is Direct Rendering is not working. Running glxinfo will confirm this in one of the first couple lines.

The reason for this is simple, the solution not always so. The problem is that ATI cards (yours included) use a slightly different implementation of opengl if memory serves. ATI is fairly protective of this brandspecific implementation and as such open source support for it, as is so often the case with this sort of thing, has been difficult at best. However there is hope, ATI has their own set of linux drivers, not open source but precompiled. The hard part is integrating them in your kernel. This involves you patching the kernel to allow it to use this proriatary driver. Going into this whole process and the method how would take us too far on this board. Suffice it to say you will get a lot further by searching google on the subject. The driver in question is often referred to as the fglx driver (fire-glx). Maybe a good place to start would be here :

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=32300

I know its a fedora forum but the general idea should be the same. Maybe there are more specific Suse discussions on there matter if you google for that.

As you can see this process is continually changing as ATI releases new versions anyway which is another reason to look it up in forums specifically geared towards this kind of problem.

Good luck