[TuxKart-users] Bugs

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Re Erik's problem, I think I'm seeing something similar, but with some
variations.

I compile with plib 1.2, type 'make install', and 'chmod +s
/usr/local/games/tuxkart' (my DRI doesn't work except as root for some
reason), and then as a normal user I run '/usr/local/games/tuxkart'

For the intro screen I get a white screen instead of the normal logo.

Then on starting a game I can play up to two times. After that, the kart
just falls through the track and I see sky blue. Pressing 'r' gives me a
glimpse of the start again. I can pause to get a better look, but then
its back to falling.

The really strange thing is why it works the first two times. The
exectuable file is not changing, no files in my area are changing. And
yet after the first two games I get the blue screen problem.

Restarting the game, restarting X, and loging out do not restore the
game - the only way to fix it is to copy the executable from
tuxkart-0.0.2/src across and chmod it again (even though diff says they
are identical). Yes, I know, thats impossible (unless maybe something is
staying in memory and being corrupted - I'll try rebooting next). If I
don't do the chmod and run in user mode, then I do see the startup logo,
I don't fall through the track, but of course I get <1fps.

My machine is a K6/2-333, Voodoo3-1000 (probably a rebadged
Velocity-100), Redhat 6.2, Xfree86v4.0.0.

I can debug if necessary, but not familiar with C++ (but I do a bit of C
and Java).


BTW, on a separate subject, plib 1.1.11 and 1.2.0 both install in
/usr/lib rather than /usr/local/lib unless I explicity give --prefix to
configure. This is inconsitant with the docs.