X-Plane 12

X-Plane 12

Backbone Mar 20, 2024 @ 3:45am
XP 12 won't launch on Linux
I run Steam on Ubuntu 22.04, other games like Factorio works well.
If I launch the game directly from the binary the game starts, but is says that needs to started from steam (I think is a licensing requirement), but if I try to launch the game from Steam it's says for a couple of seconds that's running, nothing happens and returns to the green "Play" button.
I couldn't find any debug or log related to this inconvenient in ./local/share/Steam, I only found some crash dumps but with not a lot of information.
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tfk Mar 20, 2024 @ 3:53am 
There is a log.txt file in the installation root. Is it a clean install or do you have any plugins installed?
Backbone Mar 20, 2024 @ 8:39am 
Thank you for answering!

I don't have the log.txt file, and after reinstalling (just in case) the windows executable versions is being downloaded. In the previous installation Linux binaries were available, even I tried to execute it with "./X-Plane-x86_64" that worked but crashed because Steam was required as I mentioned.
Answering your question about installation, is a clean and plain installation, only some DLC scenarios. I'll try to get back the Linux binaries.
Any further help will be appreciated.
Backbone Mar 20, 2024 @ 9:01am 
Well, the Windows binaries is because I was modifying for testing purposes the compatibility . After restoring to default values I have the Linux binaries again and Log.txt file.

This is the content.
Log.txt for X-Plane 12.0.9-rc-5 (build 120907 Intel 64-bit, Vulkan e7a2496e65ef1077ac022705a74929ab992d1aaf) Compiled on Jan 15 2024 17:01:31 X-Plane Started on Wed Mar 20 12:57:10 2024 This log file is generated automatically by Laminar Research applications and contains diagnostics about your graphics hardware, installation, and any error conditions. If you need to contact tech support or file a bug, please send us this file. NOTE: this file is rewritten every time you start ANY of your X-System applications. processor : 0 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1906.927 processor : 1 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1907.530 processor : 2 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1900.223 processor : 3 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1906.855 processor : 4 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 4274.302 processor : 5 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 6 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1907.137 processor : 7 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 8 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 9 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1396.281 processor : 10 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 11 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1397.216 processor : 12 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1397.217 processor : 13 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 2900.000 processor : 14 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 2004.901 processor : 15 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 MemTotal: 32255288 kB X-System folder:'/<REDACTED>/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/X-Plane 12/', case sensitive=1 0:00:00.000 D/TRN: Unable to determine default language. May need to prompt the user to select. 0:00:00.000 W/TRN: Resetting language selection to force user selection --=={This application has crashed!}==-- --=={FILE: /<REDACTED>.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/X-Plane 12/Log_ATC.txt}==--

Log_ATC.txt has this content.

Log_ATC.txt for X-Plane 12.0.9-rc-5 (build 120907 Intel 64-bit, Vulkan e7a2496e65ef1077ac022705a74929ab992d1aaf) Compiled on Jan 15 2024 17:01:31 X-Plane Started on Wed Mar 20 12:57:10 2024 This log file is generated automatically by Laminar Research applications and contains diagnostics about your graphics hardware, installation, and any error conditions. If you need to contact tech support or file a bug, please send us this file. processor : 0 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1906.927 processor : 1 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1907.530 processor : 2 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1900.223 processor : 3 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1906.855 processor : 4 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 4274.302 processor : 5 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 6 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1907.137 processor : 7 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 8 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 9 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1396.281 processor : 10 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 11 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1452.757 processor : 12 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1396.708 processor : 13 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 2900.000 processor : 14 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 processor : 15 model name : AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics cpu MHz : 1400.000 MemTotal: 32255288 kB X-System folder:'/<REDACTED/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/X-Plane 12/', case sensitive=1
Backbone Mar 21, 2024 @ 7:01am 
If helps someone, I was finally able to run the game in a weird way from which I have not explanation.
What I did, exits Steam and execute the game directly from the terminal with this command:

steam "steam://rungameid/2014780"

This starts again steam and the game. After that I can execute again the game from the GUI.
Weird? yes
Why? no idea
Solves the problem? I think yes, at least I'm able to play.
Backbone Mar 21, 2024 @ 11:49am 
Well, new Info, following this link solved the problem.

Basically I modified the desktop link that executes steam.
The file is /usr/share/applications/steam.desktop and modified this value which by default true:
PrefersNonDefaultGPU=false

Hope that helps someone else.
tfk Mar 22, 2024 @ 3:23pm 
It does help. I haven't seen this one before. I think its because you are using a APU (CPU/GPU in one).
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