No Background for Login Screen

[jmulloy]

Hello,

Unfortunately, I am unable to get past the login screen.  It is mostly white with some text.  I am unable to locate a field to enter Login and Password though I can see the words.  When I try to type something as soon as I hit a key it states that I need to enter a password.

I am running Ubuntu 7.10 - with an ATI video card.

I found a similar post from a couple years ago here:

http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=17516.0

but it was locked and there was no resolution.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you! - Josh

[Mordraugion]

First are you using your own svn build? second check that you have the current up to date drivers then look here for some tips

[jmulloy]

Hi Mordraugion,

Thank you for your informative response!

I downloaded the binary install with a torrent "PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x86.bin".  Should I be using an SVN?

The video card is a Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500], which is not listed on the ATI site.  I am wondering if the card is just not up to the task ... could you recommend a AGP card that works well with PlaneShift?

Again, thank you for the help! - Josh

[ThomPhoenix]

Did you enable restricted drivers for Ati in Ubuntu? If you didn't do that yet you can find it somewhere under System --> Administration --> Restricted Manager.
Also check if you have a skin set in the pssetup utility.

[jmulloy]

Hi ThomPhoenix,

Thank you for the response!  Unfortunately, when I go into System --> Administration --> Restricted Manager it simply states that my hardware does not require any restricted drivers.

In pssetup it has the elves skin selected.

I tried typing in my username pressing tab then typing my password and pressing enter but it just said that no name with that account was setup.  I can't see what I am typing so I could be entering stuff in the wrong fields.

[Caarrie]

what does glxinfo | grep rendering show?

[jmulloy]

Hi Caarrie,

Thank you for responding!

When I glxinfo | grep rendering I get:

direct rendering: Yes

If it would help I could post all of the glxinfo output.

[jmulloy]

Well,

I have a strong feeling the video card or driver is the problem.  I decided to order a new video card to see if that does it.  It's a cheap fanless XFX GF6200 256MB.  With any luck I should be able to play in a couple days.

In the meantime, it would still be fun to try to get this card running.  I have found references to the same problem going back a few years but never a resolution.  Even if we could definitely state that when this happens it means the card/driver is sub par.

Even though we haven't figured it out, I really appreciate all the helps from folks here!  I am impressed by the strong community.

Thank you! - Josh

[tkncz]

Hi, I have the same problem as the original poster (did getting a new card help, BTW?). I'm using Debian etch, lspci output: VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY.

If I run the client from the command line, I get the following messages:
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Crystal Blue
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  1.2.0 [Unix-x86-GCC]
    1913 LOG_ANY flag deactivated with no filter.
<snip>
    1922 All LOGS are off.
Mounting skin: /this/art/skins/default.zip
    5638 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5639 Could not open image: >/this/art/gui/border/topleft.png<
    5639 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5639 Could not open image: >/this/art/gui/border/topright.png<
    5639 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5639 Could not open image: >/this/art/gui/border/bottomleft.png<
    5639 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5639 Could not open image: >/this/art/gui/border/bottomright.png<
    5639 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5639 Could not open image: >/this/art/gui/border/leftmiddle.png<
    5639 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5639 Could not open image: >/this/art/gui/border/rightmiddle.png<
    5639 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5639 Could not open image: >/this/art/gui/border/topmiddle.png<
    5639 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5639 Could not open image: >/this/art/gui/border/bottommiddle.png<
    5640 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5640 Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/top_left_1.png<
    5640 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5640 Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/top_right_1.png<
    5640 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5640 Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/bottom_left_1.png<
    5640 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5640 Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/bottom_right_1.png<
    5640 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5640 Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/left_1.png<
    5640 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5640 Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/right_1.png<
    5640 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5640 Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/top_1.png<
    5640 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
    5640 Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/bottom_1.png<
Mounting skin: /planeshift/art/skins/base/client_base.zip
   13137 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
   13158 Could not open image: >/paws/real_skin/gui/cleaver.png<
   13159 <src/common/paws/pawsimagedrawable.cpp:56 PreparePixmap>
   13159 Could not open image: >/paws/real_skin/gui/longsd.png<
  psEngine initialized.
Using fontsize 13 for resolution 800x600

I do have the background properly rendered in the setup and the updater, and also when I get the error the message telling I need to enter passwd/no account with that name, so it doesn't look like it's a problem my video card (I'm no expert on the matter though, so it might be...). Any ideas?


edited to add: after leaving the login screen on for a while (while registering on the forums typing up my post), the program produced the following errors:

  959630 <src/common/net/netbase.cpp:1108 QueueMessage>
  959656 *** Input Buffer Full! Yielding for packet, client 0, type MSGTYPE_DISCONNECT, input queue 0!

<snip>

 1040421 <src/common/net/netbase.cpp:1116 QueueMessage>
 1040421 *** Input Buffer Full! Yielding for packet, client 0, type MSGTYPE_SYSTEM, input queue 0!
psEngine destroyed. <-- that was me pressing the Quit button
Segmentation fault

All progam output is now written in italics.

Thanks for any help...

[jmulloy]

Hey tkncz,

The ATI apparently wasn't up to the task.  I got a cheap fanless XFX GeForce 6200 (around $50) and it worked great!  Now I am playing and thoroughly enjoying the game.  Sorry I can't help you with your current card, I know it has something to do with the 3D capabilities of the card.  I believe it is the driver not the hardware that is at fault but I don't know how to write drivers and ATI does not seem to have very good support for Linux.  Let me know if you get things figured out!

 

Hi, I have the same problem as the original poster (did getting a new card help, BTW?). I'm using Debian etch, lspci output: VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY.

If I run the client from the command line, I get the following messages:
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.

Thanks for any help...

[tkncz]

Thanks for the reply, gaming is about the last thing I want to spend money on right now, so I'll just have to give up on this game unless I manage to get the driver working somehow. I'll probably have access to a decent computer (with working drivers) for 2 weeks, so I can at least try it out, then I'll see if I can fix this one...not holding my breath though
Thanks again and happy playing