Linux - RtCW problem

[jadfa]

I have a problem with RtCW on Mandriva 2007.
I can launch the game, but when I try to play it crashes:

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LOADING...  - game media done
LOADING... flamechunks
LOADING... clients
LOADING... WolfPlayer
UI menu load time = 5 milli seconds
Received signal 11, exiting...
Shutdown tty console
bash-3.1$              

Any idea?
Please help the poor frenchie ...

[^misantropia^]

Signal 11 usually means memory corruption of some kind (dereferencing NULL or out-of-bound pointers, for example). What version of RtCW are you running and where did you get it from?

[jadfa]

I run wolf-linux-1.4-full.x86.run found on http://returntocastlewolfenstein.filefront.com. The .pk3 files are from an original PC CD I've buyed.
But when I launch the game with the +set developer 1 option I have (last lines only):

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LOADING... WolfPlayer
Can't find models/players/Bj/bj_head1.tga
Can't find models/players/bj2/head_2.mdc
Can't find models/players/bj2/head_2.md3
Can't find models/players/bj2/head_1.mdc
Can't find models/players/bj2/head_1.md3
Cvar_Set2: com_hunkused 15306560
Can't find models/players/Bj/bj_body1.tga
Can't find models/players/Bj/bj_legs1.tga
Can't find models/players/Bj/acc/bj_eq1.tga
Cvar_Set2: com_hunkused 16084384
Can't find models/gibs/foot_2.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/foot_2.md3
Can't find models/gibs/foot_1.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/foot_1.md3
Can't find models/gibs/gibs.tga
Can't find models/gibs/leg_2.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/leg_2.md3
Can't find models/gibs/leg_1.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/leg_1.md3
Can't find models/gibs/intestine_2.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/intestine_2.md3
Can't find models/gibs/intestine_1.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/intestine_1.md3
Can't find models/gibs/abdomen_2.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/abdomen_2.md3
Can't find models/gibs/abdomen_1.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/abdomen_1.md3
Can't find models/gibs/forearm_2.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/forearm_2.md3
Can't find models/gibs/forearm_1.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/forearm_1.md3
Can't find models/gibs/skull_2.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/skull_2.md3
Can't find models/gibs/skull_1.mdc
Can't find models/gibs/skull_1.md3
Can't find fonts/bigFont.tga
Can't find fonts/bigFont.jpg
^1trying fonts/bigFont.TGA...Can't find fonts/bigFont.TGA
Can't find fonts/bigFont.jpg
^1no
^1Couldn't find image for shader fonts/bigFont
UI menu load time = 4 milli seconds
Received signal 11, exiting...
Shutdown tty console
bash-3.1$                  

Any idea?
I'm downloading the 1.41 patch; perhaps ....

[^misantropia^]

Open up /usr/local/bin/wolfsp. I suspect the path to the game data is not where it actually resides.

[jadfa]

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bash-3.1$ cat /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/wolfsp
#!/bin/sh
# Needed to make symlinks/shortcuts work.
# the binaries must run with correct working directory
  cd "/usr/local/games/wolfenstein"
  ./wolfsp.x86 $*
  exit $?

 bash-3.1$ ls /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/
CHANGES      main        RTCW-README-1.4.txt  wolfded.x86.org  wolfsp.x86
Docs         openurl.sh  wolf                 wolfmp           WolfSP.xpm
INSTALL      pb          wolfded              WolfMP.xpm       wolf.x86
License.txt  QUICKSTART  wolfded.x86          wolfsp           wolf.x86.org
bash-3.1$ ls /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/main/
cgamei386.so      mp_pak4.pk3      mp_pakmaps5.pk3    sp_pak1.pk3
cgame.mp.i386.so  mp_pak5.pk3      mp_pakmaps6.pk3    sp_pak2.pk3
mp_bin.pk3        mp_pakmaps0.pk3  pak0.pk3           sp_pak3.pk3
mp_pak0.pk3       mp_pakmaps1.pk3  qagamei386.so      sp_pak4.pk3
mp_pak1.pk3       mp_pakmaps2.pk3  qagame.mp.i386.so  uii386.so
mp_pak2.pk3       mp_pakmaps3.pk3  rotate.cfg         ui.mp.i386.so
mp_pak3.pk3       mp_pakmaps4.pk3  scripts
bash-3.1$ 
          

It seems that the path is OK; but where on your install are the models/players/*? in which .pk3 file? I don't see them on mine ... perhaps the file is corrupted, but RtCW is running on my other PC with Windows ...

[^misantropia^]

Models, skins, etc. live in the PK3 files. Try md5sum'ing them and compare them to their Windows counterparts; if they differ, they're corrupted.

Have you tried installing the latest patch yet?

[jadfa]

Yes, I tried the patch but still doesn't work.
I'll md5 the files; can you tell me wich one have the missing (to me) files?

[jadfa]

You're right !
My sp_pack1.pk3 have not the right md5sum. The others .pk3 files are OK.
But even on the Windows install, which run great, the sum is not the same as in the INSTALL file ...
Maybe it's because it's an installation in french ?
Could anybody send me his sp_pak1.pk3 file?
My mail: fabrice <dot>jade<at>freesbee<dot>fr

[jadfa]

Forget that !! I've restarted my PC, and now, the game is running without sig 11 .... but without sound too

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------- sound initialization -------
not initializing.
------------------------------------
Sound memory manager started
Sys_LoadDll(/usr/local/games/wolfenstein/main/uii386.so)... ok
Sys_LoadDll(ui) found **vmMain** at  0xb0587778
Sys_LoadDll(ui) succeeded!

I run Mandriva 2007 with esd but "esdctl stop" doesn't work:

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[root@localhost wolfenstein]# ps aux | grep esd
root      5751  0.0  0.1   3012   752 pts/1    R+   21:13   0:00 grep --color esd
[root@localhost wolfenstein]# esdctl stop
[root@localhost wolfenstein]# ps aux | grep esd
root      5754  0.0  0.1   2088   620 ?        Ss   21:13   0:00 /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 6
root      5756  0.0  0.1   3012   752 pts/1    R+   21:13   0:00 grep --color esd

Any idea ?

[^misantropia^]

ESD is a major pain in the behind[1]; you're probably better off using ALSA or OSS.

[1] I've seen the code. It's not bad per se - it's just something you don't want to actually use. Trust me on this...

[jadfa]

It's OK now, here is the solution:

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echo "wolfsp.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

It was running only with the "+set s_initsound 0" option ... so without sound !!
after playing, I have to:

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echo "wolfsp.x86 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

That's all !!