Fresh Install Game Crash - Linux Mint

[Micah Holmes]

Getting a error on fresh install of game:

 

Running on 64 bit Linux (Linux Mint 22.1) [Kernel 6.8.0.84] with 31965 MB RAM
Game Version: v1.21.5 (Stable)
10/17/2025 2:43:26 PM: Critical error occurred
Loaded Mods: 
System.Exception: ** Unable to start OpenGL graphics. Try: (1) restart the computer (2) update the graphics driver (3) more advice at wiki.vintagestory.at/Troubleshooting_Guide#OpenGL_crash **
 ---> System.InvalidOperationException: GLFW Version unavailable: GLX: Failed to create context: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
   at OpenTK.Windowing.Desktop.NativeWindow..ctor(NativeWindowSettings settings)
   at OpenTK.Windowing.Desktop.GameWindow..ctor(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings)
   at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.GameWindowNative..ctor(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientPlatform\GameWindowNative.cs:line 16
   at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.AttemptToOpenWindow(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings, Int32 openGlMajor, Int32 openGlMinor, Int32 tries) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 363
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.AttemptToOpenWindow(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings, Int32 openGlMajor, Int32 openGlMinor, Int32 tries) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 388
   at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.AttemptToOpenWindow(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings, Int32 openGlMajor, Int32 openGlMinor, Int32 tries) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 410
   at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.Start(ClientProgramArgs args, String[] rawArgs) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 311
   at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.<>c__DisplayClass10_0.<.ctor>b__1() in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 133
   at Vintagestory.ClientNative.CrashReporter.Start(ThreadStart start) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientPlatform\ClientNative\CrashReporter.cs:line 95
System.InvalidOperationException: GLFW Version unavailable: GLX: Failed to create context: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
   at OpenTK.Windowing.Desktop.NativeWindow..ctor(NativeWindowSettings settings)
   at OpenTK.Windowing.Desktop.GameWindow..ctor(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings)
   at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.GameWindowNative..ctor(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientPlatform\GameWindowNative.cs:line 16
   at Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.AttemptToOpenWindow(GameWindowSettings gameWindowSettings, NativeWindowSettings nativeWindowSettings, Int32 openGlMajor, Int32 openGlMinor, Int32 tries) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientProgram.cs:line 363

 

[Micah Holmes]

I was able to fix the issue. I needed to rerun the Nvidia command 

 

sudo apt list --installed | grep -E "mesa|nvidia"

 

not sure why I had to rerun this command but it fixed the issue