#169 Fatal internal error on GNU/Linux

[Lucas C. Villa Real]

Wings3d (version 0.98.09) cannot be launched on GNU/Linux due
to a strange error on sdl:

$ echo $ESDL_PATH
/Programs/ESDL/Current/lib/esdl

$ ls /Programs/ESDL/Current/lib/esdl
Readme Readme.MacOSX-Cocoa c_src doc ebin include
license.terms priv src vsn

$ erl -pa $ESDL_PATH/ebin /Programs/Wings3D/0.98.09/ebin
-run wings_start start_halt

Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.2.3.3 [source] [hipe]
[threads:0]

Eshell V5.2.3.3 (abort with ^G)
1>

Fatal internal error - log written to
/Users/ozzmosis/wings_crash.dump

$ cat ~/wings_crash.dump
Dump written 2003-9-22_14-25
Window: "<Unknown Window Name>"
Crashed in:
{sdl_setVideoMode,returned_null_ptr}

I have already recompiled SDL, and tryied to run the demos, and
everything runs quite well. Does anyone have any suggestion?

Thanks in advance,
Lucas

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

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The README file was incorrect. I have corrrected it now.

Your command line should have one more "-pa" like this:

erl -pa $ESDL_PATH/ebin -pa /Programs/Wings3D/0.98.09/ebin
-run wings_start start_halt

[Lucas C. Villa Real]

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Thanks for the quick reply.

I've added the other "-pa" command, but the same error persists. I
have also tryied to run the program with the help of strace, but it looks
like all files can be successfully found, and due to a strange error, it
dies.

Any other suggestion?

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

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Wings crashes when trying to initialize the video mode.

Do you have OpenGL installed?

[Lucas C. Villa Real]

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aaah, thanks!

I was using the Nvidia opengl drivers, and it looks like something's bad
with them: I tryied to load glxgears and it didn't open.
Now I have just symlinked the GL libs from Mesa and Wings3D opened
successfully.

Thanks for your assistance,
Lucas