Trouble running Warzone 2100

[fizikz]

I've finally installed from source (after installation of many dependencies) the version 2.1.1 of Warzone2100 on my computer running Ubuntu 8.10. When I try to run the game I get:

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warzone2100: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/libGLC.so.0: undefined symbol: FcInit

I didn't notice any errors, but some warnings when compiling. Any help?

[stiv]

The symbol FcInit appears to come from libfontconfig (/usrlib/libfontconfig.a on my opensuse box version 2.4.2). Maybe your libfontconfig is missing or needs to be updated? Do check the warnings for interesting tidbits!

[fizikz]

I have version 2.6.0-ubuntu of libfontconfig, and the latest version is 2.6.0 on fontconfig's website. The warning I get when doing './configure' is:

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configure: WARNING: Distributor unknown!
configure: Use --with-distributor when compiling package for distribution

[stiv]

Interesting.

Just for fun, first do
ldd $(which warzeon2100) | grep fontconfig

and then do (using whatever libfontconfig.so.* the prevous command found)
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 warzone2100

[fizikz]

The set of commands did not work. Here is the result of part of it, but there was no fontconfig-related file found by ldd.

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:~$ ldd /usr/local/bin/warzone2100
	linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb80c4000)
	libSDL-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 (0xb8002000)
	libSDL_net-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libSDL_net-1.2.so.0 (0xb7ffe000)
	libphysfs-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libphysfs-1.0.so.0 (0xb7fed000)
	libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb7fc7000)
	libvorbisfile.so.3 => /usr/lib/libvorbisfile.so.3 (0xb7fbe000)
	libvorbis.so.0 => /usr/lib/libvorbis.so.0 (0xb7f94000)
	libogg.so.0 => /usr/lib/libogg.so.0 (0xb7f8e000)
	libopenal.so.1 => /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 (0xb7c4b000)
	libGLC.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libGLC.so.0 (0xb7c25000)
	libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0xb7b82000)
	libGLU.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1 (0xb7b11000)
	libpopt.so.0 => /lib/libpopt.so.0 (0xb7b07000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7a19000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb79f3000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb79e3000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7885000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb786c000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb777d000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7779000)
	libpulse-simple.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpulse-simple.so.0 (0xb776b000)
	libpulse.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 (0xb771a000)
	libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 (0xb76b4000)
	libfusion-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0 (0xb76ab000)
	libdirect-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0 (0xb7696000)
	libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7680000)
	libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb7609000)
	/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb80aa000)
	libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (0xb6892000)
	libnvidia-tls.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1 (0xb6890000)
	libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb6881000)
	libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 (0xb687e000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb6864000)
	libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb685b000)
	libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb6843000)
	libcap.so.1 => /lib/libcap.so.1 (0xb683f000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb6836000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb6832000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb682d000)

EDIT: I went ahead and tried the last command you gave (LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 warzone2100) and this successfully launched the game! Thank you! Why is this library not being loaded normally, and what needs to be done to correct this? I previously had warzone installed from the package manager, so I uninstalled it just to make sure there is no confusion with the more recent one compiled from source. Yet, the version is still reported as 2.1.0 instead of 2.1.1. Is this an error?

EDIT2: Also, when quitting the game, the following errors can be seen in the terminal:

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AL lib: alSource.c:2291: alcDestroyContext(): 1 Source(s) NOT deleted
AL lib: alBuffer.c:1097: exit() 35 Buffer(s) NOT deleted

Also, in an unrelated issue, the graphics are flaky if I run the game while compiz-fusion is enabled. Turning compiz off allows the game to run normally. Without this, the screen will flash to black and often stays black. Is this a known issue? Using Compiz-Switch or Fusion-Icon to temporarily turn off compiz isn't so bad, but it would be nice if it weren't necessary to do so.

[stiv]

ldd $(which warzeon2100) | grep fontconfig

Heh. That would would better if I hadn't mispelled warzone. Still, I don't know why libfontconfig does not show up in the output from ldd.

Is this (compiz) a known issue?

Yeah, compiz and Aero, two compositing window managers, have become quite famous for their poor OpenGl support. Don't use them with OpenGL applications.

Yet, the version is still reported as 2.1.0 instead of 2.1.1. Is this an error?

A minor buglet. fixed in trunk.

[fizikz]

Still, I don't know why libfontconfig does not show up in the output from ldd.

Not only does it not show up, but it won't start without what I'm guessing is the manual pre-loading the library. Is there a way to fix that? I'd be surprised if I have a bug that nobody else does, but searches didn't help much, so far.

[Zarel]

A minor buglet. fixed in trunk.

You mean, fixed in 2.1-branch? I would hope trunk doesn't declare version 2.1.1. Anyway, 2.1-branch should be 2.1.2 by now. I'm used to changing the version number to, say, 2.1.2pre, right after 2.1.1 is released.

[stiv]

You mean, fixed in 2.1-branch?

Uh, yeah. Meant to say 'fixed in svn'. Obviously, my mind was confused by this bizarre ubuntu behavior and the similarities between the words 'svn' and 'trunk'