Trying to run for the first time

[zantocon]

Just unziped and tar-xvfd the launcher on my computer, and it tells me I don't have a compatible card. Well let me record the exact error.

Unsupported video card!

There are three possible causes for this error:
1. Your video card is too old
2. You haven't installed the latest available drivers
3. You haven't installed the latest DirectX version

I'm using a Radeon 9700
With the updated drivers from their site, on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R300 20060815 AGP 1x x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE TCL
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 6.5.2
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x27 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x28 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x29 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x2a 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x2b 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2c 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x2d 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x2e 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x2f 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x30 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x31 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x32 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x4b 32 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

Not sure if that helps any, but it seems to be info on another card. But I'm not 100% tech savy when it comes to cards, more of a software man than hardware. Any ideas?

[surak]

You need to enable s3tc texture compression. Somebody can help with this? I don't know about driconf and all that stuff.

[Tendestin]

i cant help you... i dont know you tell O.o

[tak]

There is a small GUI tool for enabling S3TC.
Download it from here
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriConf
Should be selfexplaining. If not ask away.

[Anpu]

Hi, I have problem, I downloaded driconf and when I start it, it says:
Could not detect any configurable direct-rendering capable devices. DRIconf will be started in expert mode

And then starts smthg where are from left listed 2 files and dont have any "options" to set.

I m using ATI 9250, Mesa 7.0.1.

How can I enable s3tc compression?
ty

[trash]

ATI put no effort into their drivers, and their Linux one is even worse than their windows one. Sell up and get a cheap Nvidia card, that's the quickest solution. I'm using an old 5200 using Feisty and opengl and it runs real nice

[Myxir]

Originally Posted by trash

ATI put no effort into their drivers, and their Linux one is even worse than their windows one.

That's simply what your name tells. TRASH!
okay, the ati driver cannot be compared to the nvidia drivers YET. But the last reslease boosted the performance. Some people say the next driver will do it, too.
Radeon 9700 should be good enough to run Regnum.
With the mesa driver Regnum seems not be possible to play.

direct rendering: No

This means that there is no 3D support. Usually this means that the driver is not installed correctly.
Could you post the output of "fglrxinfo" please?

[Anpu]

I fixed problem, Regnum works with Mesa 7.0.1 for ATI 9250