(Ubuntu 14.04) Dissapearing Kerbin at the Space Center, Lag, Bluescreen VAB

[Peter Ambos]

Hi there!

I just got KSP for the first time, and gave it a spin on my Windows 8.1. install - no problems whatsoever. But I wanted to try Ferram's mods, and seeing as how they don't work under x64 Windows, I decided to install it under my Ubuntu 14.04 install (both times through Steam). I tested it without mods first, but sadly, it didn't work as expected. The main menu was fluid and not a problem at all, but as soon as I start a game it becomes laggy and the graphics go wierd. See the pictures below.

Kerbin (and most of the Space Center) dissapearing:

Inside the VAB:

I've tried the Steam launch parameters

LD_PRELOAD="libpthread.so.0 libGL.so.1" __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 ./Steam 

but they don't help.

Here is the lshw output (abridged) as a reference for my hardware, I think I have all the latest drivers:

peter-p15xemx
    description: Notebook
    product: P15xEMx (Not Applicable)
    vendor: CLEVO
    version: Not Applicable
    serial: Not Applicable
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=Not Applicable sku=Not Applicable uuid=0090F5D4-60B3-0000-0000-000000000000
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: P15xEMx
       vendor: CLEVO
       physical id: 0
       version: Not Applicable
       serial: Not Applicable
       slot: Not Applicable
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: 4.6.5
          date: 01/24/2013
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 4032KiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
     *-cache:0
          description: L2 cache
          physical id: 10
          slot: CPU Internal L2
          size: 512KiB
          capacity: 512KiB
          capabilities: internal write-through unified
     *-cache:1
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 11
          slot: CPU Internal L1
          size: 128KiB
          capacity: 128KiB
          capabilities: internal write-through data
     *-cache:2
          description: L3 cache
          physical id: 12
          slot: CPU Internal L3
          size: 3MiB
          capacity: 3MiB
          capabilities: internal write-back unified
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 13
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 8GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
             product: CT51264BF160B.C16F
             vendor: 859B
             physical id: 0
             serial: 03207787
             slot: ChannelA-DIMM0
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: [Empty]
             vendor: [Empty]
             physical id: 1
             serial: [Empty]
             slot: ChannelA-DIMM1
        *-bank:2
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: [Empty]
             vendor: [Empty]
             physical id: 2
             serial: [Empty]
             slot: ChannelB-DIMM0
        *-bank:3
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
             product: CT51264BF160BJ.C8F
             vendor: 859B
             physical id: 3
             serial: 50060000
             slot: ChannelB-DIMM1
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 14
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz
          slot: SOCKET 0
          size: 1800MHz
          capacity: 3800MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms cpufreq
          configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 09
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 09
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f6000000-f70fffff ioport:e0000000(size=301989888)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: GK104M [GeForce GTX 670MX]
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: a1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
                resources: irq:16 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 09
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:46 memory:f7400000-f77fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64)
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:47 memory:f7b10000-f7b13fff

Is there any way I can get KSP to run properly? Thanks in advance for any advice

[steve_v]

You have 2 GPUs, no? which one are you running KSP with?

The on-die intel GPU will most likely a) struggle with KSP, or any game for that matter. & require you to use the 'fallback shaders' in GFX settings.

Is this laptop an optimus/primus setup? If so, install the NVIDIA proprietary drivers & look here or here.

I don't have any hardware with this setup to test, so YMMV.

Also, post your Player.log

Edited December 26, 2014 by steve_v

[Mecripp]

Start KSP and then goto settings and then graphics try turning off Anti-Aliasing or edge highlighting (PPFX) it was one of those.

[Peter Ambos]

The lag was solved by installing Bumblebee and running KSP via Optirun (steve_v's post), and the graphical bugs by disabling edge highlighting (PPFX) (MeCripp's post). Thanks to you both