Slitherine

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nvidia GT 325M gfx card,
Solved the problem was caused by the fact that the nvidia optimus technology is not supported by the recommended nvidia driver on the official Ubuntu depots. Installing the alternative Bumblebee driver solved the problem
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Hi,
Using Linux Kubuntu 13-4
I just downloaded Linux 64 version, Unziped it without problem but when I launch the Pandora.bin, I get

2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] /home/Pandora/Binaries/Pandora.bin
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Pandora 0.19.0 (Beta 0, Linux-x86_64 Sep 2 2013 17:51:18)
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Copyright (C) 2011-2013 by Proxy Studios.
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] All rights reserved.
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Detected 4 hardware threads.
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Initializing config ...
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Loading config ...
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Initializing updater ...
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Quit.
kalafox@kalafox-pc:~$ [2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] ArgumentManager.cpp(57): void proxy::core::ArgumentManager::set(): Warning: Unknown option "ask".
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] /home/kalafox/Pandora/Binaries/../Binaries/PandoraUpdater.bin
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Pandora Updater 0.19.0 (Beta 0, Linux-x86_64 Sep 2 2013 17:51:18)
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Copyright (C) 2011-2013 by Proxy Studios.
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] All rights reserved.
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Detected 4 hardware threads.
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Initializing config ...
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Loading config ...
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Initializing network ...
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Initializing updater ...
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Initializing input ...
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Initializing video ...
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Standard exception thrown:
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] Display.cpp:64: proxy::video::Display::Display(proxy::input::Input&, proxy::video::Video&): Error: Could not initialize video system.
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (0) [0x0x6246b8] proxy::core::StackTrace::log() + 0x28
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (1) [0x0x5e1e25] proxy::core::ExceptionHandler::handleException() + 0x35
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (2) [0x0x7fae53adbf76] + 0x5ef76
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (3) [0x0x7fae53adbfa3] + 0x5efa3
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (4) [0x0x7fae53adc1de] + 0x5f1de
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (5) [0x0x51ad4d] proxy::video::Display::Display(proxy::input::Input&, proxy::video::Video&) + 0x3dd
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (6) [0x0x54b78f] proxy::video::Video::Video(proxy::input::Input&) + 0x36f
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (7) [0x0x4b2550] pandora::updater::game::Game::initVideo() + 0x60
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (8) [0x0x4b3ca0] pandora::updater::game::Game::initUpdater() + 0x420
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (9) [0x0x4b78fd] pandora::game::Game::main(int, char**) + 0x13d
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (10) [0x0x4af79a] main + 0x3a
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (11) [0x0x7fae531bbea5] __libc_start_main + 0xf5
[2013-Sep-05 18:07:46] (12) [0x0x4af699] +

I am not a Linux expert, but my sytem should be up to date.
I have libX 11-6 installed.

Any idea?

Most likely there is something wrong with your graphics drivers. You could try starting "glxgears" to see if that runs. In any case you should install the latest (preferably proprietary) drivers.

Normally you should also start "Pandora" rather than "Pandora.bin".

Cheers,
Rok

All right, I finally fixed it and get the installer running, after updating the game seem to work fine.

It seems that the issue came from the fact that the nvidia optimus technology is not supported by the recommended nvidia driver on the official Ubuntu depots.
As a result I was trying to pay with the default intel low specs GPU.

I installed the alternative bumblebee driver that support the optimus technology.

Excellent!