Gentoo AMD64

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:54 pm

Hello,

I can't get Privateer 1.0 to work on Gentoo 2005.0 for AMD64. The installer drops back to the shell right after decompression. I'm able to extract the files and attempt to run the program anyway, but whichever way I try to run the vegastrike binary, I get an immediate segmentation fault.

I had better luck with this alternative installer; the game ran, but it was missing critical functionality (eg, the commodity exchange and ship merchant had no goods). I had to copy the vegastrike.config file from the original distribution to get that far.

I've got an Athlon 64 3000+, nforce3 chipset, GeForce 4400, 512MB RAM. The latest Gentoo packages as far as xorg, nvidia drivers, etc. Kernel 2.6.9-gentoo-r4.

I've posted this to the Privateer forums too.

Please help!

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:56 pm

any chances that the archive file is messed up? maybe as simple as this...

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:04 pm

That's an interesting idea... I tried the new ebuild, and normally those verify MD5s, but maybe it didn't. I'm re-downloading now. I can't seem to find on the Privateer site what the correct MD5 is, but I'll be able to tell if it's different from my original file.

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:13 pm

Doesn't look like that's it. The new download and the file I've been working with both MD5 to 1c3eb237fca954bf03c1e06dd56ac340.

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:25 pm

In this thread, somebody fixes an x86-64 problem by recompiling his nvidia drivers. I doubt it'll help here, but it's worth a shot just to eliminate it.

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:27 pm

charlieg wrote:In this thread, somebody fixes an x86-64 problem by recompiling his nvidia drivers. I doubt it'll help here, but it's worth a shot just to eliminate it.

It would be surprising if that worked, especially since I got the game to at least run with the Loki installer. Gave it a shot anyway, no luck... Remerged nvidia-kernel, nvidia-glx, and the emul-nvidia thing. Same story. I'm emerging world updates now, maybe that'll fix something, but I kind of doubt it.

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:03 am

I doubt it too. Do you have any kind of stacktrace or debugging output that might be useful?

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:41 am

I hope I did this right...

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bash-2.05b$ gdb
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This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu".
(gdb) file /usr/share/games/privateer/bin/vegastrike
Reading symbols from /usr/share/games/privateer/bin/vegastrike...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/share/games/privateer/bin/vegastrike
Warning:
Cannot insert breakpoint -2.
Error accessing memory address 0xbbb0: Input/output error.

(gdb)

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bash-2.05b$ strace ./vegastrike
execve("./vegastrike", ["./vegastrike"], [/* 57 vars */]) = 0
[ Process PID=11035 runs in 32 bit mode. ]
uname({sys="Linux", node="xbox", ...})  = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x947f000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc64c)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 105810, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 2, 0x3) = 0x5556c000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200U\2"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc6c0)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 34, 0xffffffff) = 0x55586000
mmap2(NULL, 447840, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x55587000
mmap2(0x555e4000, 65536, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, 0x7 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x555e4000
mmap2(0x555f4000, 1376, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, 0x7 /* MAP_??? */, 50, 0xffffffff) = 0x555f4000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib32/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)     = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340\v\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc6a4)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 12392, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x555f5000
mmap2(0x555f7000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x555f7000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib32/tls/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`H\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc688)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 74224, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x555f9000
mprotect(0x55607000, 16880, PROT_NONE)  = 0
mmap2(0x55608000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x55608000
mmap2(0x5560a000, 4592, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 50, 0xffffffff) = 0x5560a000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib32/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\360P\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc66c)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1142060, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x5560c000
mmap2(0x5571d000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x5571d000
mmap2(0x55721000, 7468, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 50, 0xffffffff) = 0x55721000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/emul/linux/x86/usr/lib/libX11.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\21\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc650)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 829304, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x55723000
mmap2(0x557eb000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x557eb000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/emul/linux/x86/usr/lib/libXext.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 )\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc634)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 61204, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x557ee000
mmap2(0x557fc000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x557fc000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib32/tls/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p3\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc618)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 34, 0xffffffff) = 0x557fd000
mmap2(NULL, 139424, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x557fe000
mmap2(0x5581f000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x5581f000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\267\n"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc578)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 7276776, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x55821000
mmap2(0x55ee2000, 114688, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x55ee2000
mmap2(0x55efe000, 80104, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 50, 0xffffffff) = 0x55efe000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib32/opengl/nvidia/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\3\0\000"..., 512) = 512
lseek(3, 1304, SEEK_SET)                = 1304
read(3, "\4\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\1\0\0\0GNU\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\2\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
fstat64(0x3, 0xffffc55c)                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 5588, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, 0x5 /* MAP_??? */, 2050, 0x3) = 0x55f12000
mmap2(0x55f13000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 2066, 0x3) = 0x55f13000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 0x3 /* MAP_??? */, 34, 0xffffffff) = 0x55f14000
mprotect(0x55f12000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) = 0
mprotect(0x55f12000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
mprotect(0x55821000, 7081984, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) = 0
mprotect(0x55821000, 7081984, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
mprotect(0x5571d000, 4096, PROT_READ)   = 0
mprotect(0x55587000, 380928, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) = 0
mprotect(0x55587000, 380928, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
set_thread_area(0xffffcd18)             = 0
munmap(0x5556c000, 105810)              = 0
set_tid_address(0x55f14988)             = 11035
rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {0x4555fd3d0, [], SA_RESTART|SA_NOMASK|0x55867c8}, NULL, 0) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0x10000004555fd450, [], SA_RESTART|SA_NOMASK|0x55867c8}, NULL, 0) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [], NULL, 0) = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=-4286578688, rlim_max=0}) = 0
Segmentation fault
bash-2.05b$

Post by **hellcatv** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:00 am

odd! it seems to die the minute it loads nvidia's drivers...
do other opengl apps like glxgears do ok? must have something to do with a 32 bit vs 64 bit binding?!

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:33 am

No problem with glxgears, although it's a 64-bit app like everything else on the system. It certainly makes sense that it's a 64 vs 32 problem, but obviously I couldn't say what exactly that would be.

I did get much farther (as in, the game actually ran) using this installer. Bobby Z, who put together the ebuild, told me that the alternate installer used a different build of the source code. That's got to be significant!

Let me know if there's anything else you need me to do.

Post by **hellcatv** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:56 am

does everything work? make sure the data itself is the same as with the old installer

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:29 am

I had tried this before by moving the .config file into the installation left by the new installer, but it left the game unplayable.

But you got me to thinking that the only way to make sure ALL the data is the same is just to move the vegastrike binary from the new installer into the old installer's directory. Works like a charm!! Thank you!

The other binary is ~7MB versus ~13MB too.

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:40 am

Just about everything is working perfectly, in fact I stayed up way too late playing last night. I just discovered, however, that Oxford is broken. When I land there, I see the pretty picture of the landing area and the Oxford music plays, but I can't mouse anywhere that's active (even with right-click). I can't take the train, and I can't launch, which means I have to kill the game.

Do you think this is a problem with the binary I'm using, the Privateer data files, both, neither?

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:52 am

Are you using the WCU patch or the real Priv?

btw hellcat, tortoise seems to do it for me

i THINK i uploaded the code files with CVS okay....

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:57 am

Everything's from the regular Privateer installer, except for the vegastrike binary which I took from the other installer that somebody made.

I tried using the replacement soundserver too, but it didn't make any difference.

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:15 am

New Detroit too... I can get down to Main Street, but from there I can't go anywhere (including back to the pad). GlaDiaC released a new version of his Loki installer, and I tried the binary from that, but it didn't help.

Xan · Post by **Xan** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:47 am

Update: hellcatv has resolved this for me with a small change in some of the Python code. The patch has been applied to the codebase.

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