Ubuntu crashes when gaming

bouc-hemisphere · Post by **bouc-hemisphere** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:17 am

Hello,

I am a french Ubuntu user since a few weeks. So, please excuse my English and my Technical knowledge.

I've got a problem when I play games with wine : my computer crashes and reboots.

I tried two games : wow and oblivion.

Here is my config :
ubuntu 9.04 « Jaunty Jackalope » 64 bits + Ext 4
Graphic card GeForce GTX 260 PLUS - 896 Mo DDR3
INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9400 - 2.66 GHz
3 x (KINGMAX DDR2 PC2-8500 - 2 Go)

I use the last wine stable version.

Could you help me ?

Thanks a lot.

FrÃ©dÃ©ric Delanoy · Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:17 am

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:17 PM,
bouc-hemisphere<[email protected]> wrote:

Hello,

I am a french Ubuntu user since a few weeks. So, please excuse my English and my Technical knowledge.

I've got a problem when I play games with wine : my computer crashes and reboots.

I tried two games : wow and oblivion.

Here is my config :
ubuntu 9.04 Â« Jaunty Jackalope Â» 64 bits + Ext 4
Graphic card GeForce GTX 260 PLUS - 896 Mo DDR3
INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9400 - 2.66 GHz
3 x (KINGMAX DDR2 PC2-8500 - 2 Go)

I use the last wine stable version.

Could you help me ?

Thanks a lot.

Which version of Wine are you using? (try "wine --version" in a terminal)
Which Ubuntu and which video driver are you using ?

bouc-hemisphere · Post by **bouc-hemisphere** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:43 am

Hi,

thank you for your answer.

I play with Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 64 bits + Ext4
My wine Version is 1.0.1
And I Use Nvidia's not free video driver - nvidia-glx-180 (don't know how to get more details :s)

I really need help, Yesterday night, my system reboot 5 times in two hours when I was tanking a mob ^^

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:59 am

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:43 AM,
bouc-hemisphere<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi,

thank you for your answer.

I play with Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 64 bits + Ext4
My wine Version is 1.0.1

Update to the latest version.

And I Use Nvidia's not free video driver - nvidia-glx-180 (don't know how to get more details :s)

$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia

--
-Austin

bouc-hemisphere · Post by **bouc-hemisphere** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:29 am

Here are the informations I get about my Graphic Card.

ii nvidia-173-modaliases 173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-180-kernel-source 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii nvidia-180-libvdpau 180.44-0ubuntu1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
ii nvidia-180-modaliases 180.44-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-71-modaliases 71.86.08-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-96-modaliases 96.43.10-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-common 0.2.11 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-glx-180 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii nvidia-settings 180.25-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

Is this configuration ok ?

Thanks for your help, I go to update my wine version.

Frédéric Delanoy · Post by **Frédéric Delanoy** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:31 pm

On 07/23/2009 06:29 PM, bouc-hemisphere wrote:

Here are the informations I get about my Graphic Card.

ii nvidia-173-modaliases 173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-180-kernel-source 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii nvidia-180-libvdpau 180.44-0ubuntu1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
ii nvidia-180-modaliases 180.44-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-71-modaliases 71.86.08-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-96-modaliases 96.43.10-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-common 0.2.11 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-glx-180 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii nvidia-settings 180.25-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

Is this configuration ok ?

Thanks for your help, I go to update my wine version.

Yes, the binary nvidia driver works fine.

However, you should upgrade to latest wine (1.1.26) and retest.
See instructions on winehq's download section

Frédéric

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:11 pm

Frédéric Delanoy wrote:

On 07/23/2009 06:29 PM, bouc-hemisphere wrote:

Here are the informations I get about my Graphic Card.

ii nvidia-173-modaliases 173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-180-kernel-source 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii nvidia-180-libvdpau 180.44-0ubuntu1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
ii nvidia-180-modaliases 180.44-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-71-modaliases 71.86.08-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-96-modaliases 96.43.10-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-common 0.2.11 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-glx-180 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii nvidia-settings 180.25-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

Is this configuration ok ?

Thanks for your help, I go to update my wine version.

Yes, the binary nvidia driver works fine.

However, you should upgrade to latest wine (1.1.26) and retest.
See instructions on winehq's download section

Problems like this indicate an improper video driver installation. It
looks like there are several nVidia drivers installed where there should
only be one.

James McKenzie

arjenv · Post by **arjenv** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:30 am

What might help is turning off fancy appearance options in Ubuntu. Switch it back to the most basic appearance option and check again.

arjenv · Post by **arjenv** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:30 am

What might help is turning off fancy appearance options in Ubuntu. Switch it back to the most basic appearance option and check again.

Frédéric Delanoy · Post by **Frédéric Delanoy** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:16 am

On 07/23/2009 06:29 PM, bouc-hemisphere wrote:

Here are the informations I get about my Graphic Card.

ii nvidia-173-modaliases 173.14.16-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-180-kernel-source 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii nvidia-180-libvdpau 180.44-0ubuntu1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
ii nvidia-180-modaliases 180.44-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-71-modaliases 71.86.08-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-96-modaliases 96.43.10-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-common 0.2.11 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-glx-180 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii nvidia-settings 180.25-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

Is this configuration ok ?

Thanks for your help, I go to update my wine version.

After further investigation, it seems you should use the v185 driver. Sorry for my previously misleading post.
-> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_disp ... 18.14.html

However, this driver is not available (yet?) in stock Ubuntu, so you might have to install it manually

Frédéric

bouc-hemisphere · Post by **bouc-hemisphere** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:36 am

Hi,

thank you very much for your help,

I will try to re-install my nvidia drivers and will tell you if it's okay ^^

Thanks !