I'm trying to get iRacing to run on one of my Linux laptops. Supposedly, it will run on a 64 bit Linux box, using Crossover/Wine. However, when I try to launch, I get errors. If I use the open source X.org generic driver, the error is of the form: "Failed to initialize the 3D renderer. Is DirectX installed?". If I install one (of two) of the proprietary AMD/ATI drivers, the Auto-Configure Graphic Options window opens, but stops with the message, "The program iRacingSim.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. This can be caused by a problem with the program or a deficiency in Wine."
I have been exchanging emails with the iRacing tech support, but I'm not optimisitic that they know enough to help. It seems to be an issue with the graphics engine, so I'm asking around these parts. It would be helpful if I could find/configure log files to help pinpoint the problem. Any ideas?
Well, did you install directx in the bottle? Since you didn't say, the question is appropriate. In terms of directx, Crossover doesn't support past directx 9.
Second, sometimes cards don't get recognized properly and some registry hack is necessary. Unfortunatly, I can't remember what exactly the registry entry is, but you might want to search for that on these forums or ask the staff through a support ticket. Not that I'm convinced this part of your problem at all.
Lastly, since you are on 64bit, do you have the 32bit libraries installed for your card? For instance, I have lib32-nvidia-libgl and lib32-nvidia-utils for my card. You would have to get the equivalents for your card and its driver.
As for the debug log, there's a pretty good basic how-to right here. There are a bunch of options, but I'm not too sure what would be of use for you.
Thank you for your interest. Your (sensible) questions are not easy to answer, as the iRacing installer does not make the crossover installation explicit. There is a ".deb" file which installs the crossover and iRacing software. Once installed, the iRacing service runs as a daemon, and opens a web browser to connect to the "members" iRacing site. It took several tries to get the web site to recognize that the daemon was running. Now that it does, I get the errors described in the OP, depending on the display driver in use.
Usually, with a full (and explicit) install of Crossover, we have a utility called cxdiag. It is usually found in /opt/cxoffice/bin. That is a command line utility which make a list of suggested libraries and the reason for them. I don't know if that utility was packaged with your software, but if it did, you might be able to shed some light on the situation.
That will make sure you have all basic libraries. That still leaves the question of your 32bit video card drivers, as you must have those on your system. For example, if you use xf86-video-ati, you also need lib32-ati-dri. Now those are the package names I'm used to on Arch, the names on Ubuntu probably vary, but it gives you an idea what to look for. The catalyst drivers has other 32bit files for the 64bit driver.
J-P is right that you can use the cxdiag utility to find missing packages. On your system, it should be installed in </opt/iracing/bin/cxdiag>. You'll want to look for packages related to graphics or sound. Probably you were missing your 32-bit proprietary drivers.
If cxdiag isn't complaining anymore, you might be running into a crash in iRacing itself. One common issue is that sometimes iRacing gets misconfigured to try to use too much video card memory, which causes crashes. You can try editing <$HOME/iRacing/renderer.ini> and set VidMemMB to a value about 100MB below your actual graphics card maximum. This might resolve the crash.
If neither of those solutions help, post back here and we'll try digging deeper.
Andrew
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