Well, as the subject so clearly states, Vendetta doesn't start up. Specifically, it gets through the updater but when I click "Play Vendetta," it just closes it. I'm running Mandrake 10 and have an Athlon 1.1 GHz (effectively) processor with a GeForce MX. The question is, how can I fix this? When I run from the console, it says this:
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Fatal Error: Couldn't open window.

If you aren't doing so already, try starting the game from a terminal to see if it spits anything out.

And posting the contents of ~/.vendetta/errors.log might give some pointers as to what's wrong.

everything in errors.log follows:

[Sat Apr 30 23:09:13 2005] Found driver: "ALSA driver". Type 1, Version 8.1. Load @0x082f2508
[Sat Apr 30 23:09:13 2005] Instantiate address: 0x402f1980
[Sat Apr 30 23:09:13 2005] Found driver: "OpenGL Reference GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 29.0. Load @0x082f3200
[Sat Apr 30 23:09:13 2005] Instantiate address: 0x403d7e20
[Sat Apr 30 23:09:13 2005] Found driver: "Open Sound System driver". Type 1, Version 8.1. Load @0x082f3ef0
[Sat Apr 30 23:09:13 2005] Instantiate address: 0x405682b0
Found joystick 'Saitek Saitek X45'
numaxes = 9
numbuttons = 26
/dev/js1: No such file or directory
/dev/input/js1: No such file or directory
/dev/js2: No such file or directory
/dev/input/js2: No such file or directory
/dev/js3: No such file or directory
/dev/input/js3: No such file or directory
Found 1 joystick(s)
[Sat Apr 30 23:09:14 2005] SetVideoMode failed, line 34
Fatal Error: Couldn't open window.

You either don't have opengl drivers installed (the nvidia binary drivers in your case) or they aren'T configured correctly.

If you have them installed check if the /etc/X11/XF86Config | /etc/X11/Xorg.conf or something like that contains a section that looks a bit like this:

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" #<--- this line needs to be there to run opengl apps
EndSection

That section is not there, how can I get the drivers? I'm not really sure where I'm supposed to go on the nvidia drivers site.

You should probably use your distro's software updating facility and get the nvidia binary driver that way. As a second option, you can use Google and try to find something like this:

http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/NVIDIA_drivers_with_Red_Hat_Linux.html

Also, it cannot hurt you if you show us your XFree86/Xorg config file, there may be other issues. And/or, you may be already using the binary drivers, just missing the glx extension in the config file.

Go to www.nvidia.com and then find (and click on) "Download drivers", then choose Linux drivers. Be aware of the architecture! if you choose wrong architecture it won' work.
You can choose between .rpm and .sh installer. I do use .sh and it works quite nice on my SuSE box. Then, as root, type "sh NVIDIA-(somenumbershere).sh" and follow instructions. You might have to "enable" new module before it will run on your PC. If everything is Ok, you should see NVidia logo for a brief time before your X comes up.

If the error persists, then you should manually add that option to your config file.

I got it working, but went back to playing on windows because my awesome joystick has no drivers for linux, and i can't calibrate it. It's miscalibrated.

Ok, I'm having the same problem, except i have glx installed.

My error report is:

[Thu Mar 30 17:26:33 2006] Found driver: "ALSA driver". Type 1, Version 8.1. Load @0x082edbe8
[Thu Mar 30 17:26:33 2006] Instantiate address: 0xb74a3a40
[Thu Mar 30 17:26:33 2006] Found driver: "OpenGL Reference GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 31.0. Load @0x082ee958
[Thu Mar 30 17:26:33 2006] Instantiate address: 0xb73b5af0
[Thu Mar 30 17:26:33 2006] Found driver: "Open Sound System driver". Type 1, Version 8.1. Load @0x082ef718
[Thu Mar 30 17:26:33 2006] Instantiate address: 0xb7222370
[Thu Mar 30 17:26:33 2006] SetVideoMode failed, line 34: m_currentvideodriverinfo=(nil), m_videodriver=(nil)
Fatal Error: Couldn't open window.

I am running Ubuntu (A debian distro)
I have GeForce4ToGo on a dell laptop.
I am pretty sure I installed the most recent drivers, but i'll check again.

Do you have the proper resolutions in your xorg.conf file? For example, the default res is 800x600. If you don't have RandR and you don't have 800x600 as an alternate res in xorg.conf, it might fail. It shouldn't, but it might.

hmmm.. i'm having the same problem on my laptop for some reason.
i'm using kubuntu on a toshiba satellite pro
i get the exact same error message as the first post in this thread. and the same weird (nil) thingies on my error log.

but my xorg.conf file says load "glx" and whatnot.

it seems like this is something really simple. i just don't know what it is ATM.

Do you happen to use Xgl?