Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:27:43PM -0400, Bob Stia wrote:
>
>> On Friday 17 July 2009 15:03:36 Paul Bransford wrote:
>>> William Coulter wrote:
>>>> I saw this on slashdot today. It looks like some good fun but I haven't
>>>> heard of these games before. On the website they are asking for $5 for
>>>> three games for this weekend only.
>>>>
>>>> William
>>>>
>>>> Are You Afraid? You Will Be...
>>>> http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/07/are-you-afraid-you-will-be.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.penumbragame.com/
>>> Yea, they are well worth it. I recommend them highly.
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Hi Paul, William
>>
>> OK went to the site, paid my 5 bucks, downloaded and installed just fine. Put
>> the games in my "Games" menu. Go to the menu select and click on a game and I
>> get a bouncing cursor for about a minute and then it dies.
>>
>> Then I opened a Konsole and tried to run it there. This is the message I got
>> on Konsole"
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Penumbra: Black Plague exited unexpectedly, please check
>> /home/bob/.frictionalgames/Penumbra/Black Plague/hpl.log
>> for any error messages
>> Also try running
>> ulimit -c unlimited
>> And re-running Penumbra and try and recreate the error
>> then submit the generated core file or stack trace
>> bob@Easystreet:/workspace/PenumbraCollection/BlackPlague>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> So I went and looked at the log. This is what it said:
>> ==============================================
>> -------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
>>
>> Creating Engine Modules
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Creating graphics module
>> Creating system module
>> Creating resource module
>> Creating input module
>> Creating sound module
>> Creating physics module
>> Creating ai module
>> Creating gui module
>> Creating haptic module
>> Creating scene module
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Initializing Resources Module
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Creating resource managers
>> Misc Creation
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Initializing Graphics Module
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Init low level graphics
>> Setting video mode: 800 x 600 - 32 bpp
>> ERROR: Could not set display mode setting a lower one!
>> FATAL ERROR: Unable to initialize display!
>> ==============================================
>> Then I tried running ulimit -c unlimited
>>
>> Didn't get a core dump or a stack trace, but maybe I don't know where
>> it would
>> have put it.
>>
>> Could it be as simple as my xf86.config doesn't allow the 800x600 screen?
>
> Nope. I got the same error, and my xorg.conf shows modelines which
> include this resolution. I didn't find anything obvious on their FAQ, so
> I quit. Since they encourage you to download the demo first to see if it
> would run on your machine, I did that, which is where I got the errors.
> Haven't downloaded/paid for the game, since the demo wouldn't work.
>
> Paul
>
Shoot I used to get these problems. I think it has to do with trying to
grab 32-bit color? I do know that the games start for me without issue.
What kind of video card do you both have?
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