Even though the netbook is old, it does have accelerated OpenGL. Please see the output of Xorg.log.0:
[ 2372.366] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete > [ 2372.366] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i915 > [ 2372.366] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 832x480 stride > 4096, tiled > [ 2372.378] (II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following > operations: > [ 2372.378] (II) solid > [ 2372.378] (II) copy > [ 2372.378] (II) composite (RENDER acceleration) > [ 2372.378] (II) put_image > [ 2372.378] (II) get_image > [ 2372.378] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled > [ 2372.378] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled > [ 2372.380] (II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor > [ 2372.381] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR > disabled message. > [ 2372.393] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled > [ 2372.393] (==) intel(0): Intel XvMC decoder disabled > [ 2372.393] (II) intel(0): Set up textured video > [ 2372.393] (II) intel(0): Set up overlay video > [ 2372.393] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled > I've setup RetroArch with different librerto emulation cores and they work just fine without X server using hardware acceleration. On 22 February 2015 at 21:33, Debian Bug Tracking System < ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the ioquake3 package: > > #778994: ioquake3 doesn't start outside X server > > It has been closed by Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Simon McVittie < > s...@debian.org> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 778994: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778994 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> > To: Kadrija Hrlovic <kale...@gmail.com>, 778994-d...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:28:46 +0000 > Subject: Re: Bug#778994: ioquake3 doesn't start outside X server > On 22/02/15 20:11, Kadrija Hrlovic wrote: > > I'm trying to start ioquake3 outside X server but it reports errors: > ... > > SDL using driver "fbcon" > ... > > Couldn't get a visual > > Sorry, this is not something that is meant to work. ioquake3 on Linux > requires accelerated OpenGL on X11 (or perhaps eventually Wayland). Any > other vaguely modern 3D game (Quake 2 or newer era) is likely to have > the same requirements. > > > I'm trying to build a minimalistic game system using Asus eee pc 701 > > netbook. > > I would recommend running X11 anyway, perhaps with a minimal window > manager such as Openbox. > > S > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kadrija Hrlovic <kale...@gmail.com> > To: sub...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 21:11:06 +0100 > Subject: ioquake3 doesn't start outside X server > > Package: ioquake3 > Version: 1.36+u20140802+gca9eebb-2+b1 > > I'm trying to start ioquake3 outside X server but it reports errors: > > Trying to load "renderer_opengl1_x86.so" from "/usr/lib/ioquake3"... >> ------------------------------- >> QKEY found. >> ----- Client Initialization Complete ----- >> ----- R_Init ----- >> SDL using driver "fbcon" >> Initializing OpenGL display >> Estimated display aspect: 1.667 >> ...setting mode 3: 640 480 >> Available modes: '800x480 320x200 640x400 320x240 512x384 640x480' >> Couldn't get a visual >> ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3) >> Initializing OpenGL display >> ...setting mode 3: 640 480 >> Available modes: '800x480 320x200 640x400 320x240 512x384 640x480' >> Couldn't get a visual >> ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3) >> ----- Client Shutdown (Client fatal crashed: GLimp_Init() - could not >> load OpenGL subsystem) ----- >> RE_Shutdown( 1 ) >> Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok >> ----------------------- >> GLimp_Init() - could not load OpenGL subsystem >> > > The game works just fine when I run it under X server. > I'm trying to build a minimalistic game system using Asus eee pc 701 > netbook. > I'm using Debian jessie, kernel 3.16.0-4-586 #1 Debian 3.16.7-ckt4-3 > (2015-02-03) i686 GNU/Linux. C library version: 2.19-13. > Thank you > >