System Freezes when running under Ubuntu

[rgutierrez]

I'm running Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy). I followed the install instructions, but when I try to run the game I just get a black screen and mouse pointer. I can't do anything in Gnome, after this, unless I switch to a console and kill Nexuiz. Then, Gnome comes back with a resolution of 800x600. Anyhow, the main problem is that the game won't load properly.

System specs:
P4 1.8 GHz
512 MB RAM
Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 (256 MB)
Matsonic motherboard with SiS chipset
kernel 2.6.12-10-686 (Ubuntu)
Nvidia glx drivers (Ubuntu)

[rgutierrez]

dragon@rgc-ubuntu-2006:/usr/local/games/nexuiz$ ./nexuiz.sh
^7Nexuiz Linux 13:23:10 Feb 13 2006
^7Trying to load library... "libz.so.1" - loaded.
^7Compressed files support enabled
^7Added packfile data/data20060214.pk3 (2537 files)
^7Console initialized.
^7Playing registered version.
^7Initializing client
^7Trying to load library... "libvorbis.so.0" - loaded.
^7Trying to load library... "libvorbisfile.so.3" - loaded.
^7Ogg Vorbis support enabled
^7couldn't exec config.cfg
^7couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
^70 demo(s) in loop
^7No demos listed with startdemos
^7Starting video system
^7Video: fullscreen 800x600x32x60hz
^7Linked against SDL version 1.2.9
^7Using SDL library version 1.2.8
^7checking for OpenGL 1.1.0... enabled
^7GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
^7GL_RENDERER: GeForce FX 5600/AGP/SSE2
^7GL_VERSION: 2.0.0 NVIDIA 76.67
^7GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_window_pos GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_Cg_shader GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_HP_occlusion_test GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fence GL_NV_float_buffer GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_fragment_program GL_NV_fragment_program_option GL_NV_half_float GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint GL_NV_occlusion_query GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_primitive_restart GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2 GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_expand_normal GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_texture_shader3 GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NV_vertex_program2 GL_NV_vertex_program2_option GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum
^7SDL_EXTENSIONS:
^7Checking OpenGL extensions...
^7checking for glDrawRangeElements... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_multitexture... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_texture_env_combine... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_texture3D... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_texture_cube_map... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic... enabled
^7checking for GL_NV_texture_shader... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_stencil_two_side... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_shader_objects... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_shading_language_100... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_vertex_shader... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_fragment_shader... enabled
^7checking for GL_NV_half_float... enabled
^7OpenGL Backend starting...
^7glDrawRangeElements detected (max vertices 4096, max indices 4096)
^7GLSL shader support detected: texture units = 4 texenv, 16 image, 8 array
^7OpenGL backend started.
^7Trying to load library... "libjpeg.so.62" - loaded.
^7JPEG support enabled
^7Trying to load library... "libpng12.so.0" - loaded.
^7PNG support enabled
^7Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/num_minus
^71 (mono) and 2 (stereo) channels supported
^7Fragment size must be a power of two
^7No available audio device
^7No available audio device
^7No available audio device
^7Failed to open the audio device!
^7S_Startup: SNDDMA_Init failed.
^7Found 1 cdrom drives.
^7No CD in drive 0.
^7CDAudio_Init: No CD in player.
^7Can't get initial CD volume
^7CD Audio Initialized
^7Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/m_white
^7VM_localsound: Failed to play announcer/male/welcome.ogg for menu !
^7No CD in player.
^7OpenGL Backend shutting down
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 134 (XFree86-VidModeExtension)
Minor opcode of failed request: 10 (XF86VidModeSwitchToMode)
Value in failed request: 0x2c0000e
Serial number of failed request: 140
Current serial number in output stream: 142
dragon@rgc-ubuntu-2006:/usr/local/games/nexuiz$ ./nexuiz.sh
^7Nexuiz Linux 13:23:10 Feb 13 2006
^7Trying to load library... "libz.so.1" - loaded.
^7Compressed files support enabled
^7Added packfile data/data20060214.pk3 (2537 files)
^7Console initialized.
^7Playing registered version.
^7Initializing client
^7Trying to load library... "libvorbis.so.0" - loaded.
^7Trying to load library... "libvorbisfile.so.3" - loaded.
^7Ogg Vorbis support enabled
^7couldn't exec config.cfg
^7couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
^70 demo(s) in loop
^7No demos listed with startdemos
^7Starting video system
^7Video: fullscreen 800x600x32x60hz
^7Linked against SDL version 1.2.9
^7Using SDL library version 1.2.8
^7checking for OpenGL 1.1.0... enabled
^7GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
^7GL_RENDERER: GeForce FX 5600/AGP/SSE2
^7GL_VERSION: 2.0.0 NVIDIA 76.67
^7GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_window_pos GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_Cg_shader GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_HP_occlusion_test GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fence GL_NV_float_buffer GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_fragment_program GL_NV_fragment_program_option GL_NV_half_float GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint GL_NV_occlusion_query GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_primitive_restart GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2 GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_expand_normal GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_texture_shader3 GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NV_vertex_program2 GL_NV_vertex_program2_option GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum
^7SDL_EXTENSIONS:
^7Checking OpenGL extensions...
^7checking for glDrawRangeElements... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_multitexture... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_texture_env_combine... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_texture3D... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_texture_cube_map... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic... enabled
^7checking for GL_NV_texture_shader... enabled
^7checking for GL_EXT_stencil_two_side... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_shader_objects... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_shading_language_100... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_vertex_shader... enabled
^7checking for GL_ARB_fragment_shader... enabled
^7checking for GL_NV_half_float... enabled
^7OpenGL Backend starting...
^7glDrawRangeElements detected (max vertices 4096, max indices 4096)
^7GLSL shader support detected: texture units = 4 texenv, 16 image, 8 array
^7OpenGL backend started.
^7Trying to load library... "libjpeg.so.62" - loaded.
^7JPEG support enabled
^7Trying to load library... "libpng12.so.0" - loaded.
^7PNG support enabled
^7Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/num_minus
^71 (mono) and 2 (stereo) channels supported
^7Fragment size must be a power of two
^7No available audio device
^7No available audio device
^7No available audio device
^7Failed to open the audio device!
^7S_Startup: SNDDMA_Init failed.
^7Found 1 cdrom drives.
^7No CD in drive 0.
^7CDAudio_Init: No CD in player.
^7Can't get initial CD volume
^7CD Audio Initialized
^7Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/m_white
^7VM_localsound: Failed to play announcer/male/welcome.ogg for menu !
^7No CD in player.
^7OpenGL Backend shutting down
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 134 (XFree86-VidModeExtension)
Minor opcode of failed request: 10 (XF86VidModeSwitchToMode)
Value in failed request: 0x2c0000e
Serial number of failed request: 140
Current serial number in output stream: 142

[kern]

couldn't exec config.cfg

do you also get a couple of strange pixels on screen too?

if so your install may have gone wrong. the main program cant find its component parts.

compare or find your home nexuiz directory. note the dot (.) its hidden unless using ls -a

/home/<username>/.nexuiz/data/config.cfg

[KadaverJack]

@kern: that "couldn't exec config.cfg" is not serious. The file is simply not there since Nexuiz never fully loaded yet, so it did came to the point where it's writing the config.cfg.

@rgutierrez:

^7OpenGL Backend shutting down
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 134 (XFree86-VidModeExtension)
Minor opcode of failed request: 10 (XF86VidModeSwitchToMode)
Value in failed request: 0x2c0000e
Serial number of failed request: 140
Current serial number in output stream: 142

That looks bad... Do other SDL games run? (like chromium or tuxracer?)
Is libxxf86vm1 and libsdl installed?

[kern]

thx Kadaver, wasnt sure about how serious.

just that it was one of the symptoms i saw when i screwed up an install and a directory changeround. thought it may be similar.

[rgutierrez]

I'm not sure what the problem was, but I decided to use a different installation method. I initially installed the game with a Loki installation package - some kind of .run file. I removed that install, and downloaded the .zip installation file from sourceforge. I extracted the game, and now it works.

But, to answer your questions:

I don't think I have any other sdl games installed. I do have libXxf86vm.so.1.0.0 in /usr/lib. And, I have various SDL libraries:

libSDL-1.2.so.0 libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0.2.4
libSDL-1.2.so.0.7.1 libSDL_net-1.2.so.0
libSDL_console.so.1 libSDL_net-1.2.so.0.0.5
libSDL_console.so.1.3 libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0
libSDL_gfx.la libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0.6.0
libSDL_gfx.so.0 libSM.a
libSDL_gfx.so.0.9.0 libSM.so
libSDL_image-1.2.so.0 libSM.so.6
libSDL_image-1.2.so.0.1.3 libSM.so.6.0.1
libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0

But, again, I have a new instance of the game working. I appreciate the help, guys.

[KadaverJack]

Hm, so it seems like the binaries from the loki installer were somehow incompatible with your system... At least the "official" zip file works
Anyway i'm gonna check the loki installer and if it doesn't work here either, i'm going to send them a bug report.