Euro Trucks 2 starting with black screen

[computerwhiz1]

I recently bought Euro Trucks Simulator 2 on steam for linux, and when I start the game, all I get is a black screen with sound. I have an intel HD 4000 graphics chipset, and I beleive I have the mesa drivers properly installed. I'm not really sure what the problem could be, as it seems to be working fine for other people.

[computerbob]

Google search
Euro Trucks Simulator 2 +minimum requirements
Graphics card
On board graphics chip set is not enough

[xenopeek]

That's correct. The Linux System requirements on Steam's ET2 page show "MESA may not work reliably with ETS2". Always read the system requirements carefully. Also this blog post, which clarifies ET2 is not working at all on older mesa versions and still has artifacts on newer mesa versions (that was in April last year though).

Which version of Linux Mint do you have? On Linux Mint 16 you would be using mesa 9.2 I think. You can upgrade to mesa 10.1 using the xorg-edgers PPA: https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa. You'll be running on the edge though, so it might give you other problems and you shouldn't consider doing this if you don't want to risk stability of your system. But it might let you run ET2.

[konjad]

The game works fine on my laptop with HD4000 and MESA 9.2.0, so @computerbob lies, xenopeek is partly right though, as I had artifacts in Linux Mint 15, but it works just fine after updating everything (from level 1 to 3 updates with default repositories, so I am not sure what exactly fixed this, I guess MESA update). If default repos do not help you, try updating MESA from a different source.

[xenopeek]

Awesome konjad, thanks for confirming Now we wait for OP to confirm which version of Linux Mint OP has...

[computerwhiz1]

I have Linux mint 16. It's a fresh install and prior to this I didn't have any version of Linux installed on the system. It also shows Mesa 9.2. I only am going to use this for ETS2 (my normal windows gaming pc is at home while I'm at college using a MacBook dual booting Linux mint 16.) I will try updating to Mesa 10 of that's what you guys think will work? What about trying another desktop environment? I'm using cinnamon at the moment.

[xenopeek]

I'm not sure, but konjad is using Xfce and Xfce by default won't make use of your graphics card while Cinnamon does us it. Perhaps that causing a problem. I'd say it's worth a shot trying Xfce (or MATE).

[konjad]

1. Install all level 1-3 updates, restart, try if ETS2 works.
2. If not: Add repositories with most recent MESA, update, restart, try ETS2.
3. If it still doesn't work as it should, install Xfce, restart, run Mint in Xfce mode and check ETS2.
4. If this still doesn't fix the problem, Mint 16 must have some issues previous one does not. You might also try asking on official ETS2 forum or just check how is it in Mint 15.

Cinammon/KDE/Gnome3 are rather crappy, as they use lots of resources for pretty animations and decline performance in games and 3D software.

[computerwhiz1]

Ok, I will try the above posted solutions and report back later tonight. Thanks guys for the help. Hopefully some of this works.

[computerwhiz1]

I installed all of the updates; that didn't work. Then I updated to MESA 10.1; that didn't work. Then I tried xfce; that didn't work. So now I am going to try a reinstall of the game, and if that doesn't work, I will try ubuntu 13.10 to see if I can get things working. Linux Mint is my distribution of choice, but really the only use I have for linux other than tinkering at this point is to play that game so I need to figure out how to get it working. Thanks for the help guys. I will post back on here if I ever get it working. Its possible that it just has something to do with my specific hardware.

[konjad]

Could you check if this folder has a game.log or game.crash file and post them?
/home/[YOURUSER]/.local/share/Euro Truck Simulator 2/

[computerwhiz1]

Here is the log file:

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************ : log created on : Sunday January 05 2014 @ 23:14:58
00:00:00.000 : [sys] running on x86 / Linux
00:00:00.000 : [sys] Command line:  /home/daniel/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Euro Truck Simulator 2/bin/linux_x86/eurotrucks2 -safe
00:00:00.000 : [cpu] CPU0: GenuineIntel [       Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz] with 2 cores (4 threads) at ~2495MHz.
00:00:00.000 : [sys] using 1 worker thread(s)
00:00:00.000 : [sys] using CGT CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW timer with 1nsec resolution.
00:00:00.000 : [mem] physical total: 3860M
00:00:00.000 : [mem] physical avail: 3860M
00:00:00.000 : [mem] virtual total: 4095M
00:00:00.000 : [mem] virtual avail: 4095M
00:00:00.000 : [mem] Trying to allocate memory pool (409600K)
00:00:00.001 : Disabling color wrap as both color strings are empty
00:00:00.029 : [hashfs] base.scs: Mounted and validated, 46485 entries (E68D7545F4EADDDAA46362E9B72BE12B4354C698D27CEF218AD30F89E585A1A)
00:00:00.030 : [hashfs] core.scs: Mounted and validated, 3 entries (B02E667EE09AEC25957BF9CC91CB9600FBD650BAA9B71B452D695D8032BB184)
00:00:00.041 : [hashfs] def.scs: Mounted and validated, 4774 entries (C41E00334F1E7AEBFE03E0D3874B26603DD5A191080874557B5DED09D2BE7F1)
00:00:00.076 : [hashfs] locale.scs: Mounted and validated, 133 entries (F39404BAA7AF2C12B16ABB137297E74B5459A8D476A4CCD29014FE248612BFC)
00:00:00.077 : [hashfs] base_cfg.scs: Mounted and validated, 2 entries (EA51DC23042D645D7906745F4E664B8A6AB94B8426C313D8AB22142F96FDCDE)
00:00:00.077 : [ufs] Home directory: '/home/daniel/.local/share/Euro Truck Simulator 2'.
00:00:00.077 : exec /home/config.cfg
00:00:00.077 : [sys] Executing /home/config.cfg ...
00:00:00.077 : uset r_full_resolution_corrections "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_force_color_shadowmaps "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset g_hw_info "1"
00:00:00.077 : uset g_cargo_sort "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset g_tooltip_delay "0.4"
00:00:00.077 : uset g_global_force_load_selector "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset g_desktop_fadeout "60"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_multimon_border_fov_right "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_multimon_border_fov_left "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_multimon_mode "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_segment_cache_static_buffers "1"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_segment_cache_behavior "3"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_use_depth_bounds "1"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_show_light_pixel_coverage "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_deferred_debug "0"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_mirror_scale_y "1"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_mirror_scale_x "1"
00:00:00.077 : uset r_scale_y "0.75"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_scale_x "0.75"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_normal_maps "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_sunshafts "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_color_saturation "1.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_color_yellow_blue "0.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_color_magenta_green "0.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_color_cyan_red "0.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_color_correction "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_dof_filter_size "0.5"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_dof_transition "400.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_dof_start "200.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_dof "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_mlaa_threshold "1.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_mlaa "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_hdr "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_fake_shadows "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_sun_shadow_texture_size "2048"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_sun_shadow_quality "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_mirror_view_distance "80"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_deferred_mirrors "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_deferred "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_nowmi "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_startup_progress "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_setup_done "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_gamma "1.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_manual_stereo_buffer_scale "1.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_manual_stereo_ui_fov_game "100"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_manual_stereo_ui_fov "80"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_manual_stereo_ui_dist_game "0.5"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_manual_stereo_ui_dist "0.8"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_manual_stereo_in_menu "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_nv_stereo_mode "2"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_no_frame_tracking "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_msaa "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_fullscreen "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_mode "1024x768x32x0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_path ""
00:00:00.078 : uset r_device "gl"
00:00:00.078 : uset i_virtual_cursor_speed "500.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_trackir "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_pedestrian "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_light_span_factor "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_light_distance_factor "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_vehicle_flare_lights "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_auto_traffic_headlights "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_auto_traffic "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_kdop_preview "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_screenshot_on_bug "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_developer "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_wc_fps "0.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_wc_radius "-1.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_steam_screenshots "2"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_artist_id "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_flyspeed "100.0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_news "-1"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_colbox "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_radio_mode "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_ignore_low_fps "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_truck_light_quality "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_truck_light_specular "1"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_gfx_all_scales "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_gfx_advanced "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_gfx_quality "-1"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_menu_aa_limit "8"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_additional_water_fov "20.0f"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_rain_reflect_hookups "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_rain_reflect_actor "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_rain_reflect_traffic "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_rain_reflect_cache "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_rain_reflection "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_reflection "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_grass_density "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_veg_detail "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_minicon "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_console "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_texture_usage_stats "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_fps "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset g_stream_exts ".ogg;.mp3"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_vsync "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_anisotropy_factor "0"
00:00:00.078 : uset r_texture_detail "2"
00:00:00.078 : uset t_averaging_window_length "20"
00:00:00.079 : [lang] Language autodetection: 0
00:00:00.084 : Selected language: en_gb
00:00:00.084 : Euro Truck Simulator 2 init ver.1.8.2.5s (rev. $WCREV$)
00:00:00.084 : [net]  LOG INFO: Started
00:00:00.098 : Setting UI reference mode to: 1440x900...
00:00:00.098 : [gfx] Selected rendering device: gl
00:00:00.099 : [x11] XRandR extension version 1.4 detected
00:00:00.099 : [x11] XF86 extension version 2.2 detected
00:00:00.101 : [gl] GLX extensions: GLX_ARB_create_context GLX_ARB_create_context_profile GLX_ARB_get_proc_address GLX_ARB_multisample GLX_EXT_import_context GLX_EXT_visual_info GLX_EXT_visual_rating GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent GLX_MESA_query_renderer GLX_MESA_swap_control GLX_OML_swap_method GLX_OML_sync_control GLX_SGI_make_current_read GLX_SGI_swap_control GLX_SGI_video_sync GLX_SGIS_multisample GLX_SGIX_fbconfig GLX_SGIX_pbuffer GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap GLX_INTEL_swap_event 
00:00:00.115 : [x11] Using the RandR display backend
00:00:00.115 : [gl] Compatible FBconfig found
00:00:00.115 : [gfx] Trying to set 1024x768 32bpp 60Hz (fullscreen)
00:00:00.840 : [x11] RandR: mode set ok (id: 1 - 1024x768 / 60Hz)
00:00:00.872 : [gl] glXCreateContext: OK
00:00:00.876 : [gl] Max anisotropy factor: 16.000000
00:00:00.876 : [gl] driver: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
00:00:00.876 : [gl] vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center
00:00:00.876 : [gl] version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.0-devel
00:00:00.876 : [gl] GL extensions: GL_ARB_multisample GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_copy_texture GL_EXT_polygon_offset GL_EXT_subtexture GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_texture GL_EXT_texture3D GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_multitexture GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1 GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_INGR_blend_func_separate GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_S3_s3tc GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_MESA_window_pos GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ATI_draw_buffers GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 GL_ATI_texture_float GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_MESA_pack_invert GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture GL_NV_primitive_restart GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_occlusion_query2 GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_sync GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_OES_read_format GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_packed_float GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_texture_sRGB GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_APPLE_object_purgeable GL_ARB_vertex_array_object GL_ATI_separate_stencil GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_texture_array GL_EXT_texture_integer GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_EXT_timer_query GL_OES_EGL_image GL_AMD_performance_monitor GL_ARB_copy_buffer GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_instanced_arrays GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_texture_rg GL_ARB_texture_swizzle GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects GL_EXT_texture_swizzle GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra GL_NV_conditional_render GL_AMD_conservative_depth GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility GL_ARB_blend_func_extended GL_ARB_debug_output GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions GL_ARB_provoking_vertex GL_ARB_sample_shading GL_ARB_sampler_objects GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array GL_ARB_texture_gather GL_ARB_texture_multisample GL_ARB_texture_query_lod GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev GL_EXT_provoking_vertex GL_EXT_texture_snorm GL_MESA_texture_signed_rgba GL_ARB_get_program_binary GL_ARB_robustness GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding GL_ARB_timer_query GL_ARB_transform_feedback2 GL_ARB_transform_feedback3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_ARB_conservative_depth GL_ARB_internalformat_query GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack GL_ARB_shading_language_packing GL_ARB_texture_storage GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample_blit_scaled GL_EXT_transform_feedback GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata GL_ARB_texture_query_levels GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding GL_KHR_debug GL_ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix 
00:00:01.016 : Game viewport set to: (window aspect ratio=1.33); viewport bounds=[left=0.00 right=1024.00 bottom=64.00 top=704.00]
00:00:01.016 : UI viewport set to: viewport bounds=[left=0.00 right=1024.00 bottom=64.00 top=704.00]
00:00:01.016 : <ERROR> [r_effect_man] Failed to create effect 'oculus.correction'
00:00:01.016 : <ERROR> Unable to create correction effect
00:00:01.021 : [al] device: PulseAudio Default
00:00:01.021 : [al] context extensions: ALC_ENUMERATE_ALL_EXT ALC_ENUMERATION_EXT ALC_EXT_CAPTURE ALC_EXT_disconnect ALC_EXT_EFX ALC_EXT_thread_local_context
00:00:01.022 : [al] vendor: OpenAL Community
00:00:01.022 : [al] version: 1.1 ALSOFT 1.13
00:00:01.022 : [al] renderer: OpenAL Soft
00:00:01.022 : [al] extensions: AL_EXT_DOUBLE AL_EXT_EXPONENT_DISTANCE AL_EXT_FLOAT32 AL_EXT_IMA4 AL_EXT_LINEAR_DISTANCE AL_EXT_MCFORMATS AL_EXT_MULAW AL_EXT_MULAW_MCFORMATS AL_EXT_OFFSET AL_EXT_source_distance_model AL_LOKI_quadriphonic AL_SOFT_buffer_sub_data AL_SOFT_loop_points
00:00:01.022 : [snd] Started sound update thread
00:00:01.042 : dispatch
00:00:01.042 : exit
00:00:15.558 : quit
00:00:15.562 : <ERROR> Current profile not set.
00:00:15.562 : <ERROR> Failed to store profile config
00:00:16.327 : [net]  LOG INFO: Stopped
00:00:16.331 : [sys] process shutdown

[Janhaj]

Hi all, I am facing the same issue but with the Intel HD3000 SandyBridge graphic card. Mesa-devel 10 has not solve the too. But I tried Ubuntu 13.10 and there the game works great (in Mint 15 I have flashing screen). Isn't this a configuration issue?

[computerwhiz1]

Works fine under Ubuntu 13.10, so it has to be something specific to Linux Mint 16.