KSP 1.1.1 -> 1.1.2 update broke Linux

[evilwombat]

Ever since patching v1.1.1 to v1.1.2, startup on Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, x86_64, nvidia) results in the following error.

steve@hypernelson:~/KSP_linux$ ./KSP.x86_64
Set current directory to /home/steve/KSP_linux
Found path: /home/steve/KSP_linux/KSP.x86_64
Mono path[0] = '/home/steve/KSP_linux/KSP_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/steve/KSP_linux/KSP_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/steve/KSP_linux/KSP_Data/Mono/etc'
displaymanager : xrandr version warning. 1.4
client has 2 screens
displaymanager screen (0)(DP-2): 1920 x 1080
displaymanager screen (1)(DP-1): 1920 x 1080
Using libudev for joystick management

Importing game controller configs
PlayerInitEngineNoGraphics settings: Could..... not preload global game manager #0   i=0
Failed to initialize player

steve@hypernelson:~/KSP_linux$

 

Edited May 2, 2016 by evilwombat

[evilwombat]

Solution: Rather than using the Patcher, (re-)download KSP 1.1.2 from the KSP Store and unzip it overtop your existing KSP_linux directory. That should fix it.

[v8Dave]

You will also find better info on a crash in the log files, either in you KSP directory or in .config/unity3d

[evilwombat]

7 minutes ago, v8Dave said:

You will also find better info on a crash in the log files, either in you KSP directory or in .config/unity3d

Such logs do not exist in the event of this crash.

[v8Dave]

Do you have a preferences file -  .config/unity3d/Squad/Kerbal Space Program/prefs
 or .config/unity3d/SQUAD/KSPLauncher/prefs

I was getting logs even when the CLI messages only got to the game controller message

[sal_vager]

The Unity3D prefs file could have been corrupt.

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PlayerInitEngineNoGraphics settings:

If it doesn't exist yet it is created, but Unity can also fail to detect your screen correctly, if this reoccurs try editing the prefs file, as mentioned by @v8Dave.

[RFDownlink]

I was having a similar issue with my fresh install of KSP 1.1.2 on my Opensuse 13.2 Box.

I was getting the following in the ~/.config/unity3d/Squad/Kerbal\ Space\ Program/Player.log:

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Selecting FBConfig
GLX_FBCONFIG_ID=167
GLX_BUFFER_SIZE=32
GLX_DOUBLEBUFFER=1
GLX_RED_SIZE=8
GLX_GREEN_SIZE=8
GLX_BLUE_SIZE=8
GLX_ALPHA_SIZE=8
GLX_DEPTH_SIZE=24
GLX_STENCIL_SIZE=8
GLX_SAMPLES_ARB=0
GLX_SAMPLE_BUFFERS_ARB=0
GLX_CONFIG_CAVEAT=NONE

Desktop is 3200 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Invalid resolution: 1920 x 24
Failed to initialize ScreenManager
 

Thanks to @v8Dave and his suggestion I looked in  the prefs file in the same directory and found it was trying to make my display 1920x24...... Not good...

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unity_prefs version_major="1" version_minor="1">
        <pref name="Screenmanager Is Fullscreen mode" type="int">0</pref>
        <pref name="Screenmanager Resolution Height" type="int">24</pref>
        <pref name="Screenmanager Resolution Width" type="int">1920</pref>
        <pref name="UnityGraphicsQuality" type="int">5</pref>
        <pref name="UnitySelectMonitor" type="int">-1</pref>
</unity_prefs>
 

So I edited the "Screenmanager Resolution Height" to something more reasonable. E.G: "1200".

 

So you might check the prefs file to make sure the screen resolution matches that of one of your displays. 

 

Hope that helps, sorry for the long post, just wanted to to make sure all the info was there.