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Price as reviewed / Starting price     $1,139 / $749
Processor     2.5GHz Intel Core i5-2520M
Memory     4GB, 1,333MHz DDR3
Hard drive     500GB, 5,400rpm
Chipset     Intel QM67
Graphics     Nvidia NVS 4200M / Intel HD 3000 (Optimus)
Operating system     Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
Dimensions (WD)     13.4x9 inches
Height     1.2 inches
Screen size (diagonal)     14 inches
System weight / Weight with AC adapter     5.2 pounds / 6.1 pounds
Category     Midsize

Yup. It looks as though I was right. You more than likely have a n Nvidia card in there. Check Additional Hardware in your application list (you can search for it right from the desktop) and see if it comes up with an Nvidia 4200M.

If you have one, then you need to install bumblebee so you can run optirun. We will check that in a bit.

Edited by RoninDusette

I'm not finding Additional Hardware in my application list or the software center. However, I do find an Additional Drivers, and it doesn't come up with anything new. Any other ways I can check my hardware?

hmmmmmmmm

use the following command:


sudo lspci

and post that. Lets see what comes up. Im just at a loss right now.

http://pastebin.com/T0hcqh2F

Yeah. I dont seen one listed, but all of the websites totally say that yours does.

Can you boot into the BIOS (Setup page when you FIRST turn the computer on) and see if there is any option to turn a card on or off?

I really cannot think of any other thing that would do this.

One possible thing is that when I purchased this computer, it gave me the ability to customize it a bit (this was about a year back). I purposefully made sure it had minimum graphics card price. Could that do it?

Do this: :)

To enter BIOS setup, press the F1 key when the Lenovo / ThinkPad logo is displayed

when first powering on the system.

Select Config on the first screen.

Select Display on the second screen.

For the Graphics Device selection, change Make sure that its set to nvidia optimus.

Additionally, OS Detection for NVIDIA Optimus can be enabled.

Press the F10 key to save the changed selections and exit BIOS setup.

Its probably turned off in the bios, which would make it not show up in Linux.

One possible thing is that when I purchased this computer, it gave me the ability to customize it a bit (this was about a year back). I purposefully made sure it had minimum graphics card price. Could that do it?

Absolutely, because if you chose the cheapest, it wouldnt come with a graphics card except for the built in one on your i5 CPU, but check the BIOS anyway, just to check.

Will do, as soon as I get Fallout 3 installed.

Checked the BIOS, no other graphics cards.

Followed previous instructions, got the following message in the debugger.
http://pastebin.com/H4xAYXas

Um, how are you starting this program? How did you install it? Did you do another manual install or something? It should have installed a wine version patched for that error.

This is an example from my computer

[06/25/13 07:39:44] - Running wine-1.4.1 /home/joo/Downloads/DePopSfx.exe (Working directory : /home/joo/.PlayOnLinux)

This is from yours

Running wine- Fallout3.exe (Working directory : /home/nicholas/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/Fallout3/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/common/Fallout 3 goty)

See how there is no wine version? It seems like you arent installing this from the script, as required, and trying to do a manual install, which is not downloading the correct version of wine. This is an automatic thing if you run the script, so Im failing to see how its not running.

Explain how EXACTLY, step by step, you are installing this, because somehow you are trying to run the program with the system wine version, and if you installed from the script, there is no way it did that. .

I executed this command in terminal
sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
Then I executed this command in terminal to find my graphics card
lspci -v
Then I deleted by old virtual console for Fallout 3. Then I went to the install programs section of PlayOnLinux, chose the Fallout 3 selection, and followed the instructions to the letter.

Yeah, for some reason the game decided to run with the system wine, instead of the wine that I was given (1.3.26xliveless2). However, when I run the game on that version of wine, I still get an error:

http://pastebin.com/7DEwSGnz

Sorry for the confusion. I guarantee you that I followed your instructions to the letter.

Its ok. Just making sure. lol

Instead of trying to run the game like that, just open up Steam in that virtual drive and run it from within steam.

If you dont see a steam icon:

playonlinux -> configure -> select fallout virtual drive -> create a new shortcut from this virtual drive -> select Steam

Then name it Fallout3-Steam or something like that.

Then, run that, and when it comes up, open your library, and run the game from within Steam (not from a POL icon or from the desktop), and lets see if that works.

I need to see the debug output from the INSTALL SCRIPT list, NOT the virtual drive list in Tools -> PlayOnLinux Debugger -> select Fallout 3 under the list named INSTALL SCRIPT, then click Locate this logfile.

When it opens in your file explorer, open it in gedit or any test editor, and copy the WHOLE thing, top to bottom, into another pastebin, please. I really need to see the whole thing from that exact spot.

Thank you for your advice. Unfortunately, I have other commitments that I must leave for today. I will leave an update here tomorrow with what has happened and what you asked for. Also, my apologies for my misunderstanding what debugger info you've been asking for.

Edited by SweetYoruk

no problem. Im always here. Just update when you can. :)

Did what you told me to. Was able to get steam running from the short cut, Fallout 3 was registered as installed. Ran game and got the launcher menu. When I clicked play from the launcher, the game didn't start. Install script log from text editor included in link below.

http://pastebin.com/FDzRXCJn

07/31/13 17:58:36 - [POL_Wine_Direct3D] Message: Setting wine Direct3D /home/nicholas/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/Fallout3 VideoMemorySize 64
07/31/13 17:58:41 - [POL_SetupWindow_VMS] Warning: Video card does not have enough memory Fallout 3
You did not report enough video memory for this game to work.
Either you did a mistake and adjust the value (Configure button > (select the virtualdrive) > Display tab > Amount of video memory), or this game cannot run on your hardware.
By the way this problem was not reported to you (just logged) because of a bug, now fixed in development version.

Executed following command in terminal to acquire video memory available:

lspci -v -s 00:02.0

Got this output:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21ce
     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
     Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
     Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
     I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
     Expansion ROM at [disabled]
     Capabilities:
     Kernel driver in use: i915
     Kernel modules: i915

My understanding is that the line "Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]" means that I have 256 MB of video memory available. Went to the amount of video memory area illustrated, changed memory to 256, and ran again. Same problem appeared. Here is the install script log:

http://pastebin.com/GKitVCMB

Please let me know if I am incorrect about anything or if you have any advice.

Edited by SweetYoruk

wine: Call from 0x7bc4b400 to unimplemented function ADVAPI32.dll.StopTraceA, aborting
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31861 I'd try with Wine 1.5.15 or newer.
Maybe you'll need a more recent Wine version with a liveless patch, though.

Tried running on the newest wine version (1.6-rc5). Got the error:
wine client error:0: version mismatch 425/440.
Your wineserver binary was not upgraded correctly,
or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH.
Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running?

Install script log:
http://pastebin.com/198FbHEK