If you're running Starfarer using an ATI graphics card on Linux, you might experience the game crashing shortly after startup. To get around this:
1.
Install OpenJDK.
2. Modify starfarer.sh to launch the OpenJDK java. In most cases, just change the first line from
to
This will run the game using your default jvm. You can see which one that is if you type "java -version" in the console. If that's not the OpenJDK jvm, change starfarer.sh to point to your OpenJDK java executable.
If the above does not work try the
official ATI drivers in addition to running with OpenJDK.