Cosmic Penguin
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This problem is about running the Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator (which is free software
) on Linux Mint. For some reason the textures on the planets are not showing properly, while running it in Ubuntu did not result in the same problem. Moreover the frame rate literally drops to zero when I run this in Linux Mint; again, this does not happen when I run it in Ubuntu, which is strange. A full description of the problem by more than one user can be found here: http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=32835 and http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=34769
I was using:
- Mint Cinnamon 17.1 64-bit (though IIRC the problem started from at least Mint 15)
- NVidia GeForce GT 640M LE video card (one of those switchable cards on a laptop)
- Latest version of proprietary drivers on the video card
Here's my thread on the issue on the Linux Mint Forums: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=225&t=191159
This is the method I used to install Orbiter on Linux Mint & Ubuntu: http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/orbiter-space-flight-simulator-guide.452//http://devio.us/~dv/linux-orbiter.html
Can someone who is familiar with graphics rendering take a look at this issue? Thanks!
Cosmic Penguin

I was using:
- Mint Cinnamon 17.1 64-bit (though IIRC the problem started from at least Mint 15)
- NVidia GeForce GT 640M LE video card (one of those switchable cards on a laptop)
- Latest version of proprietary drivers on the video card
Here's my thread on the issue on the Linux Mint Forums: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=225&t=191159
This is the method I used to install Orbiter on Linux Mint & Ubuntu: http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/orbiter-space-flight-simulator-guide.452//http://devio.us/~dv/linux-orbiter.html
Can someone who is familiar with graphics rendering take a look at this issue? Thanks!

Cosmic Penguin