WinterSnowfall: Has anyone succeeded in getting the Witcher 2 (Linux version) to work on Mint 18?

I've installed all the dependencies, the options/config dialog launches as expected, but whenever I try to launch the game it crashes... not giving off much info in the logs regarding the problem it's hitting. I'm quite comfortable with Linux but I'm still at a loss as to what I can try to get it running if it doesn't give me any pointers somehow.

I'll try to get the Windows version running in Wine in the meantime, but it feels a bit odd to do that when a Linux version is available...

Any help is appreciated.

WinterSnowfall: Thanks for the support! I've got no issues posting it here, no worries - this is a rig I use exclusively for gaming anyway.

Ok, here goes:
-> full debugger log dump
-> console output
-> system report

dr.schliemann: I'm happy that someone much more competent than me intervened.
Since no significant ideas came to mind, I think I'll leave you in their hands. Good luck! ;-)

WinterSnowfall: Hehehe, thanks! :D It's my first dedicated gaming rig and I sort of went full out when I bought it... it should be a good investment though.WinterSnowfall: No intro, no main menu, the screen goes black & fullscreen or windowed for a few seconds depending on how I configure the game resolution before starting it, like it's trying to load but then quits directly to the debugger/error reporter.WinterSnowfall: Yep, sure. Here's a freshly generated one, since it's created under /tmp.WinterSnowfall: I own quite a few games on GOG that pack Linux builds and I've had no problems whatsoever with them, they just worked (which proves gaming on Linux can be as simple as on other OSes!). For e.g.: SOMA, Divinity: Original Sin, Hollow Knight, Never Alone etc.

I even got The Witcher 3 working on the latest Wine build in staging... managed to get The Witcher 2 working in Wine as well by the way, but it does have some annoying little glitches - like rendering a black screen in cut-scenes if depth of field is enabled. But anyway, that's beside the point :).WinterSnowfall: Yes, the installation went well, no issues there. I've double checked, it's the latest version. Just checked the md5sum as well and it's a match.WinterSnowfall: No need to hold my hand, I know my way around these things :). The penguin is an old friend with few secrets by now.

I'd like to thank you again for spending time on this and I hope it helps someone else in the long run, but I've taken heed of GOG's clear message that gaming on Linux is not a priority and it pains me to say that I've bought and I'm going to install Windows 10 on my rig. It's probably the biggest concession I ever felt I had to do in order to get the full palette of games I'm interested in running properly, indirectly because of GOG's decisions as to Linux support as well. And before you ask, yes, most of the games I'm interested in playing have working Linux builds on other distribution channels.

Again, I'd like to emphasize I've not taken this step due to the issues I've been having with The Witcher 2, because it's actually the only problem I had with any of the GOG packed Linux builds - all the others I've tried worked flawlessly, and I've tried quite a few. The issue is that there aren't that many games with Linux builds in general and I don't have the time to spend tinkering in Wine to get Win builds working under Linux any more.

I'm not going to make a fuss about it any longer, it just saddens me things got in this state. In the long run someone in marketing is going to look at the statistics, see one less Linux gamer and decide gaming on Linux is still not worth investing in, though I'd switch back to Linux in a second if it got proper support... *sigh*.

So, the problem's solved, you could say, at least for me.