Pysol issue. freezes system

[tadrane]

Hope this is in the correct forum.

Recently loaded pysol, and when opening and starting the game, sometimes just seconds, other times a minute or so into it,
the laptop freezes.
Just asking to see what and where I can check to solve this. Had the games on an older, now dead, laptop, without issue.

System Info as follows..... Thank you for any help!!!!!!!!

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System:    Host: tom-Inspiron-15-3567 Kernel: 4.13.0-26-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.4.6 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) dm: lightdm Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Machine:   System: Dell (portable) product: Inspiron 15-3567 Chassis: type: 9
           Mobo: Dell model: 04YVDP v: A00 Bios: Dell v: 01.07.00 date: 04/07/2017
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-7200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10848
           clock speeds: min/max: 400/3100 MHz 1: 2700 MHz 2: 2700 MHz 3: 2700 MHz 4: 2700 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Device 5916 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5916
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 620 (Kaby Lake GT2)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel Device 9d71 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-26-generic
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: ath9k bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0036
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-3: Atheros usb-ID: 001-008 chip-ID: 0cf3:e005
           IF: null-if-id state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2000.4GB (26.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST2000LM007 size: 2000.4GB serial: WDZ6VKRJ
Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.8T used: 484G (28%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.45GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
RAID:      System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nilarimogard-webupd8-xenial.list
           deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial main
           deb-src http: //ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com sonya main upstream import backport
           deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ xenial partner
Info:      Processes: 198 Uptime: 41 min Memory: 1151.9/7846.6MB
           Init: systemd v: 229 runlevel: 5 default: 2 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Unknown python2.7 client inxi: 2.2.35

[Hoser Rob]

I had a look here ...

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/application ... e/pysolfc/

... and here ...

https://pysol.en.uptodown.com/ubuntu

... and it appears to be abandonware. The newest supported Ubuntu version says 13.10, which is about 5 years old, and the page with the dl link (I suspect it's a tarball, ugh) is dated 2012.

The truth is that Linux does not have backwards compatibility like Windows so I'm not surprised it's failing. I'd be looking for another program that IS supported.

[Jim Hauser]

I have been using pysolfc found in the software manager. It runs fine with Mint KDE 18.3 and every version I have had going back to 17.

[zaivala]

I am using PysolFC on nearly every system I have. Including my current laptop, with LinuxMint 19.1 MATE, MX 18, Ubuntu Studio 18.10, and LinuxMint 19.1 XFCE partitions.

ONLY on the Mint XFCE partition do I get this lockup. Strangely, it does NOT lock up my system, just the game. It loads fine, and as soon as I start to move a card, it locks. But I can still do other things on my system (including, last nigt, system updates) while the game is so locked.

This is bad behavior. And as stated, it does not do this in LinuxMint 19.1 MATE. I suggest you install that and stop using the XFCE version. I have not tried this on Cinnamon, as I have an up and down relationship with Cinnamon and MATE works better.