Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Anyone using the shadow client on this? Looks like it only supports 18.10 or 18.04
Any luck on using it with the current LTS?
Posted May 7, 2020, 2:37 AM UTC
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Yes, I have used it on Pop OS 20.04 and it works without issue.
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cj87, are there any special things you have to do to get it to work? I've tried Shadow in Pop_OS 20.04 and 19.10. Thanks for any thoughts, in advance!
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No, it could be a hardware issue on your end. Can you provide your specs? Also, run the app image in terminal and post what it spits out.
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Thanks for the quick reply and sorry for the delay, CJ. Intel Celeron J3455, Intel® HD Graphics 500, 8th or 9th gen. Tried running that vainfo business, but did not spit out what was optimal I guess. Shadow launches, but just spins at the 'SHADOW IS READY' screen... I tried installing drivers, but i'm a bit of a noob. Any thought you might have is appreciated. Thanks!
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Ok, that should be enough to run Shadow. Try running the program in terminal and see what it spits out. I had a similar issue and the reason why it stalled on that screen is because I needed to setup VA-API.
Run this in terminal: sudo apt install libva-glx2
After doing so, restart the launcher.
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Had the same issue : Shadow would not work on Pop!OS 20.04. I followed this YT tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-2Zq5clV_k .
Basically I hit this command line in the terminal :
sudo apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free libva-glx2 && LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
Then it worked.
I had to say Shadow did not worked "like a charm" on Pop!OS, it lagged quite a lot for some reason, which is not a connexion issue. Since on the very same laptop, Shadow DID work like a charm with Windows 10.
A pity.
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I'm pretty sure it's an appimage, so it should work in theory, but I haven't used it personally