Having issues with Dolphin no matter which version or operating system I use

[Artemis55555]

I just want it to work on at least one version. So first I tried on Ubuntu without WINE, but it was only running at around 15-20 FPS. I tried installing the Windows version with PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu, but it wouldn't even install there. Then I tried using 3.5 on Windows, but even though 3.5 worked for me a few months ago I kept getting the error "Failed to initialize Direct3D," right before it crashed every time I clicked on a ROM. I looked up the issue and updated DirectX, which didn't change the issue at all. Then as I was signing up here I noticed 3.5 is old and unsupported, so I got the 4.0 one from a few hours ago. Now whenever I click on a ROM I get the following errors (the only response to any of them I can give is the "OK" button):
"GPU: OGL ERROR: Does your video card support OpenGL 2.0?"
"GPU: OGL ERROR: Number of attributes 0 not enough. GPU: Does your video card support OpenGL 2.x?"
"GPU: OGL ERROR: Need GL_ARB_framebuffer_object for multiple render targets. GPU: Does your video card support OpenGL 3.0?"
"GPU: OGL ERROR: Need GL_ARB_vertex_array_object. GPU: Does your video card support OpenGL 3.0?"
"GPU: OGL ERROR: Need GL_ARB_map_buffer_range. GPU: Does your video card support OpenGL 3.0?"
"GPU: OGL ERROR: Need GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object. GPU: Does your video card support OpenGL 3.1?"
It doesn't matter what game I select, I still get all of these problems. My computer is a year old (give or take a few days) and is an Alienware, so none of these things should be an issue. Is there any way to fix any of these problems? I don't care if it's on 3.5 or 4.0 on Windows, or with or without WINE on Ubuntu, I just want to be able to play games.

[JMC47]

Have you updated your video card's drivers at any point?

[Artemis55555]

(06-14-2014, 10:25 PM)JMC47 Wrote: Have you updated your video card's drivers at any point?

I just did a system update on Windows a few hours ago. I'm mostly a Linux user, so I don't know what these updates do. If Windows Update updates the drivers, then yes. If not, then I haven't updated the drivers since I got this computer.

[Anti-Ultimate]

Are you sure your computer ONLY has a Intel GPU?

On Windows, install the latest Intel drivers. On Ubuntu, you should use the latest kernel and latest version of Ubuntu. You're using Mesa, right?

[Artemis55555]

(06-14-2014, 10:40 PM)Anti-Ultimate Wrote: Are you sure your computer ONLY has a Intel GPU?

On Windows, install the latest Intel drivers. On Ubuntu, you should use the latest kernel and latest version of Ubuntu. You're using Mesa, right?

I've been trying to install the latest Intel drivers for a while now and nothing seems to be working. I tried looking it up and found no one having the same issue, so I don't know if that means they're installed or not. With Mesa, I haven't heard of that before and tried looking it up but I still can't find anything on what that is. What is it? I'm using Ubuntu 13.10.

[lok1]

Before you do anything you should try upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04(it comes with Mesa 10.1.0 and is also a longterm release), and see if that fixes the problem.

To see what OpenGL version your system supports type this command into terminal.
glxinfo | grep OpenGL

If you need a newer mesa on Ubuntu use the Xorg-edgers ppa.
https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa

And you can get the latest kernel releases packaged for Ubuntu from here.
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

[PureTryOut]

I'm sorry, an Alienware (highly overpriced piece of crap btw) without a dedicated GPU? I find that hard to believe.
Alienware is ment to play games on, and you can not play games properly on a integrated GPU (well except for Dolphin maybe )
Make sure you are not running some kind of AMD or NVIDIA card, try installing Speccy in Windows and maybe it shows you
If it doesn't show you, then search for your laptop/computer model number on the internet.
As a last resort (if you have a desktop), you can always pull the graphic card directly out of your computer and have a look at it.

If you have a NVIDIA card then download your driver from here (for both Windows and Linux).
If you have an AMD card then download your driver from here (for both Windows and Linux).

Also like lok1 said, first upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04, since it comes with newer drivers for everything, and should be much more stable then 13.10.
13.10 will be unsupported soon anyways.

I would not recommend updating your kernel by the way, I rather have you updating your whole OS. Updating your kernel means some programs may break, since they may rely on certain ways to access parts of your kernel. These ways to access parts of your kernel may have changed, or these parts may have been removed all together. When possible, just stick with the kernel the OS came with, since it was made for it.

Lastly, an explanation about Mesa.

[Artemis55555]

(06-15-2014, 09:51 AM)PureTryOut Wrote: I'm sorry, an Alienware (highly overpriced piece of crap btw) without a dedicated GPU? I find that hard to believe.
Alienware is ment to play games on, and you can not play games properly on a integrated GPU (well except for Dolphin maybe )
Make sure you are not running some kind of AMD or NVIDIA card, try installing Speccy in Windows and maybe it shows you
If it doesn't show you, then search for your laptop/computer model number on the internet.
As a last resort (if you have a desktop), you can always pull the graphic card directly out of your computer and have a look at it.

If you have a NVIDIA card then download your driver from here (for both Windows and Linux).
If you have an AMD card then download your driver from here (for both Windows and Linux).

Also like lok1 said, first upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04, since it comes with newer drivers for everything, and should be much more stable then 13.10.
13.10 will be unsupported soon anyways.

I would not recommend updating your kernel by the way, I rather have you updating your whole OS. Updating your kernel means some programs may break, since they may rely on certain ways to access parts of your kernel. These ways to access parts of your kernel may have changed, or these parts may have been removed all together. When possible, just stick with the kernel the OS came with, since it was made for it.

Lastly, an explanation about Mesa.

How do I know if it has a dedicated GPU? Also, I tried downloading the drivers on Ubuntu since that's what I'm using right now, but for some reason they won't download. Are they only available from this one site? Also, what do I do with them after I download them?

This is what I got when I typed that OpenGL command in the terminal: OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel® Ivybridge Mobile
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.1 (Core Profile) Mesa 9.2.1
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)

[PureTryOut]

Well there should be a sticker if you have a laptop. If you have a desktop, you can just open the case and take a look inside.
Try finding the model number of your desktop/laptop (which one is it actually?) and then search on the internet. Also if you found the model, please mention it here too.

And what are you downloading? NVIDIA or AMD drivers? Don't try any of them before you know for sure what graphic card you have.
Also, there are probably more places too download the drivers from but I only recommend these ones.

Anyways, your integrated GPU seems to be working fine with indeed Mesa. I do not understand why it wouldn't work for you.