I recently tried installing numerous games from the Ubuntu Software Center and about 90 % of them simply wouldn't start up. Is this a known problem or is it just something I am experiencing?
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I'm an indie game developer currently targeting platforms such as iphone, mac osx, ipad, android and windows.I would like to know if there is any way to deploy paid apps (particularly games) on the ubuntu software center, because I feel the open software community has been left adrift regarding games by the great companies, and that's just unfair.
View 6 Replies View Relatedi have geforce 8800 gts, ubuntu 10.04 when i don't install nvidia drivers movies plays great ( including HD) but programs (games,media center) does not play well at all choppy when i do install the opposite is correct movies plays choppy but all other progs plays great.
View 1 Replies View RelatedFirst off I cant seem to get any drivers installed for my GFX card, I've got an ATI Radeon X1300 and when I go to System > Admin > Hardware drivers it seems to find nothing. I'm pretty sure thats whats causing my next problem; Lag with games. I installed one of my favorite games, Blockland and ran it with Wine, First thing right off the bat is its lagging like hell. But, an even worse problem is happening. It doesn't even seem to start up now...
Alright, now let's go to java. One of my other favorite games, Minecraft, A game made with java, doesn't seem to work. I can play it for about 10 - 20 seconds until the game just turns white. There's also Dwarf Fortress, and it seems that I cant even get the linux version running. I looked at the requirements and got some of them, but not all and when I try to run it nothing even happens.
Lastly, Steam. So far steam is working fine, except when I try and install a game off of it, Steam just immediately closes... So, If you need my specs or anything just ask. I'd relaly like to fix some of these things so I use Ubuntu over windows, because I just love the feel more than windows.
I have Ubuntu 9.10 on my netbook, and the preinstalled games work fine. But every game I've tried to install, SuperTux, SuperTuxKart, and Freedoom, specifically, crashes. I haven't tried any other ones because of this. They will start, and then I'll get to the main menu and choose to start a new game, and then the game just closes.
All the drivers are updated as of a couple weeks ago. I read something about disabling screen savers and desktop effects, but I already have all that done. Somebody also mentioning installing caffeine, but apparently, that just automatically does the same thing.
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx from the previous version. After doing so, all of the games I have installed that require 3D of any kind (and one that does not) refuse to start with an error similar to the following:
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$ openarena
openarena: error while loading shared libraries: libfusion-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The complete tests will be attached seperately. For the purpose of this post I tested DOSBox, Sauerbraten (Cube 2) and FrozenBubble. All fail to start and all complain about not finding libfusion-1.0.so.0. I cannot find that particular version installed but a newer version appears to be in place:
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$ locate libfusion
/usr/lib/libfusion-1.2.so.0
/usr/lib/libfusion-1.2.so.0.8.0
/usr/lib/libfusion.a
/usr/lib/libfusion.so
/usr/lib/googleearth/libfusioncommon.so
I can't imagine so many games would be left with an old dependency and forced not to work. I made sure that the games I tested were all in the official repos and if I accidentally include one that isn't, please disregard it.
As an aside, Wine applications requiring 3D start just fine, like Star Wars: Jedi Outcast in OpenGL mode.
For some reason (unknown to me) my Ubuntu Software Center will no longer do installs, I keep getting a pop up window with the message:
Items cannot be installed or removed until the package catalog is repaired. Do you want to repair it now?
If I click Repair and then input in my password I get a another pop-up window which says:
Package operation failed
The installation or removal of a software package failed.
The Details say:
installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ...
Preconfiguring packages ...
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 202950 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sun-java6-jre (from .../sun-java6-jre_6.26-1natty1_all.deb) .....
And then the first pop-up pops up again and the whole process repeats for a while, until I hit cancel enough times that I get another pop-up window which says:
The package system is broken. Check if you are using third party repositories. If so disable them, since they are a common source of problems. Furthermore run the command in a Terminal: apt-get install -f
The details say this:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
jonas-5.2: Depends: java5-jdk but it is not installed
Depends: upstart-job but it is a virtual package
When I run that command in a terminal I get:
dlazov@ubuntu:~$ apt-get install -f
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
I also tried the following but not sure what exactly it means or how to fix or repair any of this:
dlazov@ubuntu:~$ gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"
dlazov@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
[sudo] password for dlazov:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
compizconfig-settings-manager is already the newest version.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
jonas-5.2 : Depends: sun-java6-jdk but it is not going to be installed or java5-jdk but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
dlazov@ubuntu:~$
I saw in the error log a command to type in I tried that but got this:
dlazov@ubuntu:~$ dpkg-reconfigure debconf
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure must be run as root
dlazov@ubuntu:~$
I never created a root user during installation and I have no idea on how to login as root. ?
I have installet ubuntu lucid and it works fine.
After the installation of other user software like keepass and truecrypt, the software-center utility doesn't start.
I start it but the process start and after few second it exit from top utility. No screen output it doesn't start.
I tried to start in terminal and receive this log:
Traceback (most recent call last) code...
I am having issues launching the Ubuntu Software Center. I click it and it appears to start, but a window never comes up. I would like to either uninstall it and reinstall it or start it from the terminal.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI've already tried reinstalling it and all of the Python packages from Synaptic. (See, I did my homework! )Here's the terminal output I get trying to start it:
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[my name]@ubuntu:~$ /usr/bin/software-center
Traceback (most recent call last):
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I run Ubuntu 10.10 on a dual monitor set up with one direct to my monitor and one to my TV through HDMI. I run the screens in clone mode with the TV showing exactly what is on my monitor(same resolutions/refresh rates). My problem is that I have problems with software that involves any sort of 3d rendering/openGL. I have ATI drivers installed and catalyst control center. I first noticed the problem just after install where I am unable to see any of the screensavers that have GL in the title. My screen just goes black even in preview mode.
I started downloading a few games. All my 2d games work, but when I installed Oolite all I got was a black screen. So I uninstalled all my ATi software and Oolite worked just fine without the ATI drivers. The screen savers still refuse to work and I am not sure where to begin to diagnose the problem. I also notice alot of tearing when watching any sort of videos on my TV screen. I haven't found any way of creating a "theater mode" where by I get fullscreen video with full V synch on one monitor whilst windowed on the other monitor.
Below are a few of my system specs:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3200+
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset SiS 761, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (11/09/07)
Display
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series (512 MB)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter Analog Devices AD1888 @ SiS 7012 Audio Device
I've been trying to download some software stuff off of the Ubuntu Software Center, but every time I try it tells me "Waiting for other software managers to quit", and just sits there at 0%. I've been waiting for 45 minutes for it to start the download of Pidgin.I looked in the Processes of System Monitor, and I dunno what other Software manager would be running. The only processes that are running are System Monitor... and then the process"software-center" under the Waiting Channel tab goes from 0 to "do_wait" to "poll_schedule_timeout", and its status goes from Running to Sleeping.
View 9 Replies View RelatedSuddenly I seem not to be able to start Ubuntu Software Center anymore. It worked ok for 2 months. When I try software-center in the Terminal here is what comes out.
File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 78, in <module>
from softwarecenter.app import SoftwareCenterApp
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 43, in <module>
from view.installedpane import InstalledPane
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/installedpane.py", line 36, in <module>
from softwarepane import SoftwarePane, wait_for_apt_cache_ready
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I have recently been having problem starting my software center. even opening it in sudo in the terminal does not work anymore and I get this error report.
File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 80, in <module>
app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path)
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 221, in __init__
self.config = get_config()
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do all programs installed from software center lanuch from applications? installed fcrackzip but i can't find it to open it.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen I start software-center 2.1.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
following message shows in terminal and utility crashes code....
I'm fairly new to Linux. I just installed Ubuntu recently. I've recently been having problems with the Ubuntu Software Center. It will not start up and I cannot start it from the Terminal. This is the message it gives me (with nothing left out):
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This is what I get when trying to start synaptic:
E: Type 'ain' is not known on line 3 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/am-monkeyd-nautilus-elementary-ppa-natty.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
I admit fooling around with trying to install nautilus elementary, not really knowing what I was doing, and now things are all messed up.
Is there any parameter for this? For exampleCode:gnome-terminal --maximizestarts Terminal fullscreen. I want to start calc in the screen's center so I won't need to search it on the display every time I run it. It'a annoying.
View 2 Replies View RelatedYesterday, I made a clean install of 10.10 (64 bit). Among others, I installed World of Goo from a .deb file, and it worked fine.
Today, I wanted to install Skype from the .deb file. When I double-click the file, I get a "wait" cursor for ~20 sec, then nothing happens. When I try to start Software Center from the Main menu, I also get the Wait cursor and then nothing happens.
I started software-center from the terminal and the software center opened, despite some warnings in the terminal. I could install some random application from the list. Then I tried to start
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And the software center window showed, with Skype selected. When I clicked Install, there was an error message. Despite the "no such a file or directory" part, I am sure that the file name is correct (I tab-completed it).
This is the error message I received when I tried to install:
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Here are the warnings I received when I started the software center:
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There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at [url] and retry.
Traceback (most recent call last):
I run apache on a non standard port(82).I just installed unity to play around with it and while I was playing with it I installed prixfixe through software center to edit the menus.While prixfixe was installing my computer was acting very slow which was odd, but not completely unusual.During this time I ran ps aux which showed that my apache server was taking up most of the processing power.I was about to stop my web server,but I waited just in case the web server was updating a few things (I run ampache).
My computer finished installing the software and then I ran some command with sudo (I can't remember what the command was), but it threw back some message saying "setid blabla". I restarted my computer and when I got to my gdm my normal user account did not show up. There were no accounts and the restart/shutdown buttons didn't work.Now I'm running on a livecd and checking out my apache access logs, apache error logs,and kernel logs,but nothing looks out of place..
I'd like to make all window of of all applications are located in the center of screen when they are started every single time, is there any way to do that ? of course,what i am saying that they are GUI apps, and when they are not started as maximum size window
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on the same harddrive that I already have Windows XP on, but on a different partition, and now it won't start. I've installed it with a USB-stick after I split the harddrive. When I turn on the computer, it goes directly to XP, so that tells me it should be a problem with the bootloader?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a media centre running mythbuntu 10.10, with an Athlon X2 2400 in it. I've just replaced my aging nVidia GeForce 6200 with an nVidia gt430. After restarting the box with the new card in it, and an old VGA monitor plugged in X won't start properly. It fails with "Screens found but no valid configuration" or similar. I removed the old xorg.conf and tried restarting, and it will actually go into X, but when I try to run nvidia-settings, it tells me I'm not using the nVidia driver.
I then tried deactivating the nvidia driver and reactivating it, then using sudo nvidia-xconfig, but when rebooting I get the same error as above. dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg seems to no longer do anything i.e. if I delete xorg.conf and run this, no new xorg.conf is generated. I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to get the new video card working properly. I'm going to put the box back together and plug it back into the flat screen tv and see if it all works. no xorg.conf allows me into X, but without being able to configure with nvidia-settings. running nvidia-xconfig gives me an xorg.conf, but won't allow X to start...
i cannot start a newly installed 11.04, i installed the boatloader into the root partition because i use another bootload called boot-us which start from its own partition, this worked fine with other ubuntu versions, but now i got the following errors after i try to start ubuntu with grub:
error no such device following a number
error no such disk
error you need to load the kernel first
I have xp, vista and w7 installed on my pc's hard disk. I installed ubuntu 10 on the usb disk but I dont see how to start it.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI installed updates a few days ago and now my computer just hangs. After the blue and white bar at the bottom of the screen disappears when loading F11, I get a blank screen with the following: ADDRCONF (NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready. I think this happened after I had some kernel updates installed. The only way I can get Fedora to run is by booting up with a previous version. How do I fix this? I seem to be having alot of issues with updates messing up some part of my system lately.
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View 8 Replies View RelatedThe pc has 3 disks sda and sdb not partitioned (for future raid use, the first 3 disks are hot pluggable) and sdc (on sata port 4) with
sdc1 for /boot (shared)
sdc2 set to swap
sdc3 extended
sdc5 for another linux distribution
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I have installed without any problem but at time to configure the bootloader the only choiches are sda or sdc1.
I have also lilo installed on the mbr so i have added in its configuration the image and the initrd of centos with root configured as /dev/sdc6.
In every case the system stat, try to find raid devices, try to resume from sdc4 (this will be another problem in the future, I need to disable this), and later hal with a kernel panic unable to find root.
I think the kernel command line parameters are not correct but seriously i am not able to find them.
Interested in trialing Varkon and used Synaptic Package Manager to download and install. According to the [url]...nstalling.html it should be there under 'Applications'. I've looked through them all and no sign of Varkon. I've also tried to see if Varkon was installed so I looked via Ubuntu Software Center under installed software. No sign. Did a file search for Varkon.
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