[Solved] Can't launch Löve 0.9.0 on Ubuntu 13.10

[Zulli4n]

Hey everyone,

I've just installed Löve 0.9.0 on my computer (Ubuntu 13.10, 86_64x, Nvidia GTX 560 Ti), but I can't run it, it give me this error :

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zulli4n@zulli4n-pc:~$ love
Could not set video mode: No OpenGL support in video driver
Error: [string "boot.lua"]:322: Could not set window mode
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'assert'
	[string "boot.lua"]:322: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:233>
	[C]: in function 'xpcall'
Could not set video mode: No OpenGL support in video driver

(Same result if I try to launch any .love file, or any folder, obviously.)

Since I can't find anything about it after few hours of search, I now come to you and ask for your help. =(

I don't really know what kind of informations I can give...
-I've installed the libsdl2 we can find here (the "Raring" series, "Saucy" isn't in the list...).
-I also tried to compile the Löve sources myself, same result.
-I've tried differents Nvidia drivers : nvidia-319, nvidia-319-update, and Nouveau (the open-source one).

I don't really know what else I can try. If you guys have any idea...Thanks.

[veethree]

Tried installing the ppa from the home page?

[Zulli4n]

Yup. Everything seems to be ok, and up-to-date.

[veethree]

Yup. Everything seems to be ok, and up-to-date.

Well the error seems to speak for itself, your driver doesn't have openGL support, and löve uses opengl, hence the error. Do you have another OS installed along side ubuntu? if so does löve work on that?

[Zulli4n]

Yeah, but still, this error is weird, since I have no problem with OpenGL applications usually. (For exemple, glxgears can run without any problem)

I had Windows 7 x64 before, Löve used to work perfectly. Same GPU, just Windows Nvidia driver obviously.

EDIT : And Glmark2 works too.

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OpenGL Information
    GL_VENDOR:     NVIDIA Corporation
    GL_RENDERER:   GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    GL_VERSION:    4.3.0 NVIDIA 319.60

[veethree]

Weird indeed. Have you tried 0.8.0? Perhaps this has something to do with 0.9.0.

[ryanleesipes]

I'm on 13.10 and I haven't had any issues. Try uninstalling and reinstalling love.

[Zulli4n]

Well. I've uninstalled Löve 0.9.0, then installed 0.8.0. It works.

Right after, I uninstall everything and make a clean installation of Löve 0.9.0 : Same problem.

So, yeah, the problem comes from the version 0.9.0. Still a problem, since I don't want to use 0.8.0... =(


Just some details :

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zulli4n@zulli4n-pc:~/projets/löve$ sudo apt-cache policy love
love:
  Installé : 0.8.0-6ubuntu1
  Candidat : 0.9.0ppa4
 Table de version :
     0.9.0ppa4 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bartbes/love-stable/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
 *** 0.8.0-6ubuntu1 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

So, 0.8.0-6ubuntu1 works, 0.9.0ppa4 doesn't.

[slime]

Do other programs which use SDL 2 (e.g. Steam's Big Picture mode) work for you?

It sounds like SDL might be being built without GLX support on your system, for some reason.

[Zulli4n]

Just tried it, Steam's Big Picture works perfectly.