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Studley Raymaker
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07-02-2008 15:35
i did a comple upgrade motherboard asus p5nt deluxe 2 gig ddr 3 ram pci ex geforce 9600 evga video card 512 ram but sl wont run it gives me the error unable to create window anyone know what this is all about?
SuezanneC Baskerville
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07-02-2008 16:03
You might find you get a better response if you use punctuation. It makes it more likely for people to read what you have to say. Those folks might be the ones that could have answered your question.

What flavor of Linux?

Do you have the proper drivers for your card?

Are you using Wine?

Where is that error message coming from?

Was that the complete text of the error?
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Studley Raymaker
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07-02-2008 16:28
From: SuezanneC Baskerville
You might find you get a better response if you use punctuation. It makes it more likely for people to read what you have to say. Those folks might be the ones that could have answered your question.

What flavor of Linux? ubuntu hardy

Do you have the proper drivers for your card? to the best of my knowledge

Are you using Wine? no

Where is that error message coming from? a small window pops up

Was that the complete text of the error? error creating window and in the terminal i see this txt " WARNING: createContext: window creation failure. SDL: Couldn't find matching GLX visual"



i just answered al the question within the quote
Adamas Carter
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07-02-2008 17:34
Your problem is with the video driver. It is not properly installed.

Please refer to your distribution's instructions on installing it correctly.

Also, punctuation really does help.
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Jillian Callahan
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07-02-2008 19:04
Turn on the restricted driver for your video.
SuezanneC Baskerville
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07-02-2008 21:53
What kind of video card is it?
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TiGuy Goalpost
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Jillian Callahan suggestion solved this exact same problem for me
07-02-2008 22:46
I unfortunately started another tread before I found this one... see it for more details about what happened to me and my solution. It's very likely that it would solve Sudley's problem as well.

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Thanks Jillian