Re: [TuxKart-users] Bugs

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

co...@ys... wrote:
> 
> 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.

This sounds like some kind of an error in DRI/Mesa - probably it's not
allocating texture maps correctly - and not freeing them up on program
exit.

That's something that I can't diagnose or adequately explain.

However, I don't think it's related to Eric's problem.

Since your DRI is behaving strangely anyway, we have to expect something
nasty to be going on down there.

I note that Xfree 4.0.1 has now appeared with Voodoo-3 support - maybe
you should try that.

> 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.

That *does* sound like Eric's problem...Curt has a similar problem with
the version of TuxKart he's been hacking to include the FGFS sky model.

But I can't reproduce it - which is a problem for me.  It's hard to
diagnose at a distance.

> 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.

...which also suggests a low level driver problem.
 
> I can debug if necessary, but not familiar with C++ (but I do a bit of C
> and Java).

I don't have time tonight - and I'm on vacation until Tuesday next week...
so you are on your own for a while - sorry.

I suggest you take this thread over to the tuxkart-devel list - where
the people who might be able to help hang out.

Failing that, it'll have to wait until Tuesday.
 
> 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.

No it's not - well, not the online docs on Sourceforge anyway.
 
PLIB 1.1.00 onwards are *supposed* to install in /usr/lib/libplibXXX.a
PLIB 1.0.xx and earlier installed in /usr/local/lib/plib/libXXX.a

Please try to leave them in their default locations - chaos ensues
otherwise!

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