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onimusha92

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Error: Couldn't initialize OpenGL renderer!
« on: December 18, 2006, 02:20:09 pm »
I got an error when trying to run UFO AI in my brother's laptop . This is the error output.
other openGL eg. tremulous run ok . OpenGL games on wine also doesnt have any problem.

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Adding game dir: ./base
using /home/-/.ufoai/base for writing
Adding game dir: /home/-/.ufoai/base
execing default.cfg
execing config.cfg
execing keys.cfg
Console initialized.

------- sound initialization -------
Loading snd_sdl sound driver
Soundsystem: SDL.
SDL version: 1.2.9
SDL audio driver is "alsa".
Bits: 16
Frequency: 48000
Samples: 4096
Channels: 2
sound sampling rate: 48000
------- Loading ref_gfx.so -------
LoadLibrary("ref_gfx.so"): can't open /etc/ufo.conf - setting search path to .
LoadLibrary("ref_gfx.so") failed: No such file or directory
Dumped console text to /home/-/.ufoai/base/gl_debug.txt.
SDL audio device shut down.
recursive shutdown
Error: Couldn't initialize OpenGL renderer!
Consult gl_debug.txt for further information.


Can anyone help me out.His laptop spec is

Centrino machine
i855GM
Xorg 7.1
2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 kernel
FC6

P/S i'm trying to run the rc5 version.

HaJo

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Re: Error: Couldn't initialize OpenGL renderer!
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2006, 05:37:48 pm »
Quote from: "onimusha92"
I got an error when trying to run UFO AI
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recursive shutdown
Error: Couldn't initialize OpenGL renderer!
Consult gl_debug.txt for further information.


What text is in gl_debug.txt ?

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Error: Couldn't initialize OpenGL renderer!
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2006, 07:21:23 pm »
try to set the vid_ref cvar to glx - not to gfx :-D