Troubleshooting guide for Linux

Problems before entering the game

To start PlaneShift from a Linux command line

If PlaneShift is installed in your home directory:

~/PlaneShift/psclient

or

~/PlaneShift/pslaunch

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To update PlaneShift from a Linux command line

If PlaneShift is installed in your home directory:

~/PlaneShift/pslaunch --console

If the updater fails with errors such as:

Unable to get root node! Segmentation fault

Edit: updateservers.xml and updaterinfo.xml

in the root of the PlaneShift directory so that <mirrors> tag looks like this:

<mirrors>
      <mirror id="1" name="server1" url="http://194.116.72.94/update/" />
</mirrors>

and try to update again.

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Graphics card drivers

Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc, will install or offer to install the latest stable version of your graphics card driver for you.

If you are using a different Linux distribution and it does not automatically install an optimised driver for your graphics card then you can install one manually.

NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

AMD/ATI: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

Intel: http://www.intel.com/p/en_UK/support/graphics/

Each of these web sites have Linux drivers for their laptop and desktop computers' graphics cards. Documentation regarding their installation will be included with the driver.

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Black or grey screens

This suggests your graphics card is not adequate for running PlaneShift.

Another symptom of insufficient Graphics Processing Unit is when creating a character for the first time; the application will apparently just exit.