Hi,
Got Vendetta to install in /home/user/bin

When I click the icon, it runs the update utility, then I click play and nothing happens.

Please help (linux newbie here)...

Try running it from command line and copy/paste output here.
To run from commandline, open terminal, navigate to /home/user/bin and type ./vendetta
Also post /home/puciek/.vendetta/errors.log

ok, output is:
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
ALSA lib ../../../src/pcm/pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Fatal Error: Couldn't open window.

Hmm try those commands
glxinfo | grep rendering
cat /etc/X11/XF86Config | grep glx

and post output here so we will get some more info. Also did you turn on using of restricted drivers for your graphic card ? And what card you got.

user@Ellington:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".

and

user@Ellington:~$ cat /etc/X11/XF86Config | grep glx
cat: /etc/X11/XF86Config: No such file or directory

No graphics card in use. I am using a Foxconn M7VMX-K Motherboard
with built in NVIDIA GeForce 7050

I am using EnvyNG (not restricted drivers).

Have you tried any other 3D games? Looks like your hardware acceleration is disabled.

Could you post the contents of
/var/log/Xorg.0.log? (or better use pastebin.com that thing is pretty long)

Well there we go, use official(restricted) drivers, thos open source ones won't give you anything but crappy 2d support.

Envy is just an installation script for the official drivers ..so it should work too. Maybe it screwed up or something.

Eh why would you need a gui for that ? It's very simple to install and will for sure clear any possible problems.
Can you try locating your xorg.conf and post it here? I'm not sure where is it on ubuntu but you may try default patch which is /etc/X11/xorg.conf so we will find out is graph card set right.

AFAIK it tends to provide newer versions than those bundled with the distro and automatically configures X. But I've never used it.

I get:
vendetta: ../common/dri_bufmgr_fake.c:982: dri_fake_emit_reloc: Assertion `target_fake->is_static || target_fake->size_accounted' failed.

Greetings,

In Ubuntu go to the System:Administration menu and select Hardware Drivers. If there is a proprietary driver for your machine it will most likely be listed there. If so, click on activate. It will download and install drivers. Caution, when using prop drivers strange things can happen (including X not starting) and you'll have bigger problems than Vendetta not running. Once you know if there are prop drivers suggest you search the web regarding their effects and stability prior to activating them.

I had this problem with my gaming machine. A couple of nVidia 8800 GTX cards in SLi. Took a few trys to get the prop driver to work but it was way more than worth the pain.

Good luck,

wmc