Problem starting UT

[arno]

Hi!

I've installed UT and everything looked fine during the installation. The problems begin when I try to start the game. I get this error message when typing "ut":

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Bringing Level Entry.MyLevel up for play (0)...

InitGame:

Base Mutator is Entry.Mutator0

Browse: CityIntro.unr?Name=Player?Class=Botpack.TMale2?team=255?skin=SoldierSkins.blkt?Face=SoldierSkins.Othello

LoadMap: CityIntro.unr?Name=Player?Class=Botpack.TMale2?team=255?skin=SoldierSkins.blkt?Face=SoldierSkins.Othello

Case-insensitive search: genfluid -> ..\Textures\GenFluid.utx

appError called:

fread failed: BufferCount=-4542640 Error=1

Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError

Executing USDLClient::ShutdownAfterError

Signal: SIGIOT [iot trap]

Aborting.

Exiting.

Name subsystem shut down

 

Any ideas?

[grendal]

Do you have your video card configured for 3d? Have you installed Nvidia or ATi drivers? If not that may be your problem. Also what distro are you running?

[arno]

1. Thanks for help!

2. Well, I don't know if I've got my video card installed for 3D, how do I check that? I did install the NVIDIA drivers and I think everything was installed ok, but once again, how do I check that?

 

3. I use Mandrake 10.0

 

PS.

I can play TuxRacer without any problems so everything can't be wrong... =D

[tyme]

to check for 3d rendering:

glxinfo | grep Direct Rendering

or it might be direct rendering (difference in caps), I don't remember.

 

Installing the nvidia drivers is only part of it, you also have to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, did you do that?

[arno]

Thanks again for helping such a noob as me =)

I did try to change some stuff in XF86-conifg-4 file but I don't now if I did it right =/

The command glxinfo | grep Direct Rendering gives me no answer so I guess my card isn't installed for 3D?

 

xdpyinfo |grep NV-GLX gives me :

NV-GLX

 

Does that mean the video card drivers are installed ok?

Here's my config file If someone want's to read it, I use GeForce2 400MX:

 

# File generated by XFdrake.

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb

FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "glx" # 3D layer

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "Keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "se"

Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Generic"

ModelName "1024x768 @ 70 Hz"

HorizSync 31.5-57.0

VertRefresh 50-70

 

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?

# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync

ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

 

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

 

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "nVidia Corporation"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

Edited July 8, 2004 by arno

[tyme]

that's right for you to have 3d graphics, it seems this isn't a graphics program. what UT disks do you have, and what installer did you use?

[arno]

I used ut-install-436.run to make the install and everything looked fine during the installation.

Maby it's because UT starts in 800*640 and I don't know if my settings allow that?

[tyme]

yes, but do you have the regular UT discs or do you have the game of the year edition? the regular UT installer will not work for the game of the year edition.

[arno]

well, to be honest, I don't know....It's a "copy" ;)

Maby that's the problem =/

[tyme]

maybe....

 

how many cd's is this legal backup copy which you are using because you lost your original copy?

[arno]

This legal backup copy are on 1 CD but it was such a long time ago I did this I can't remember if there were a second one included...

[arno]

Ooops, it's getting late...I'll try to fix this tomorrow.

btw, I really appreciate your help tyme. It's ppl like you who makes Linux the best OS!

[tyme]

if it's only one CD and it never requested a second during install then it's most likely not the game of the year edition.

 

I would say delete it and reinstall, if it's still a no go your cd is probably no good.