Posted May 05, 2017
I'm new to the Linux world of gaming, but I have a lot of experience on Windows machines. Initially, I tried running Painkiller and Medal of Honor using the PlayOnLinux app included in the Software Center, but I ran into installer issues with the new gog installers, so I axed that for binaries compiled specifically for Ubuntu.
I downloaded BG, ran the installed, and have shortcuts on my desktop. When I click on any of the three installers, my CPU cycles go up, but then immediately back down, and I get nothing rendered.
I ran into a forum post about a similar issue (https://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/games_wont_launch_in_linux), but following those instructions didn't help. I did install the packages he's referring to, but when I start from terminal, this is what I get:
user@laptop:~/GOG Games/Baldurs Gate The Original Saga$ ./start.sh
Running Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga
[drunk][04/05/2017_19:45:25] WINEDEBUG=trace+x11settings
[drunk][04/05/2017_19:45:25] WINEDLLOVERRIDES=mscoree,mshtml=
[drunk][04/05/2017_19:45:25] WINEPREFIX=/home/user/GOG Games/Baldurs Gate The Original Saga/drunk/../prefix/
[drunk][04/05/2017_19:45:25] starting wine
[drunk][04/05/2017_19:45:25] starting drunk daemon
[drunkd][04/05/2017_19:45:25] preparing to start drunkd
[drunkd][04/05/2017_19:45:25] primary display device detected as: LVDS-1
[drunkd][04/05/2017_19:45:25] current resolution stored: 1366x768
[drunk][04/05/2017_19:45:25] wine run ended
user@laptop:~/GOG Games/Baldurs Gate The Original Saga$ [drunk][04/05/2017_19:45:26] waiting for BGMain2.exe to start
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
Edit: That's Xubuntu 16.04.2 x64
Is there any reason you prefer to run the legacy version of Baldur's Gate instead of the Enhanced Edition? BG:EE offers you better support for high desktop resolutions and is a recommended way to run the game now.
However, if you want to run the The Original Saga, you need to install dependencies for it. The game uses Wine to run on Linux, so you need to install your local Wine package:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine
Also if you have more than one monitor, please make sure to disable all your secondary screens.
If that won't help, please contact our support: https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?game=1207658886