Segment fail at startup

[Guest EfraimBayarri]

Hello.

 

Here yo have the syslog entry generated when I try to start game. Can you help me?

 

 

 

Jun 3 08:58:55 efra kernel: [ 2468.687911] el.x86.linux.bi[2622]: segfault at 5f8 ip 010afe10 sp bf9cd2c0 error 4 in libdricore.so[f2c000+1db000]

Jun 3 09:06:39 efra kernel: [ 2933.278742] el.x86.linux.bi[2755]: segfault at 5f8 ip 00f2fe10 sp bfd0baf0 error 4 in libdricore.so[dac000+1db000]

 

 

efraim@efra ~/el_linux $ lspci | grep "VGA"

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP (rev 01)

efraim@efra ~/el_linux $

[korrode]

What's your OpenGL version?

glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"

[Usl]

Jun 3 08:58:55 efra kernel: [ 2468.687911] el.x86.linux.bi[2622]: segfault at 5f8 ip 010afe10 sp bf9cd2c0 error 4 in libdricore.so[f2c000+1db000]

Jun 3 09:06:39 efra kernel: [ 2933.278742] el.x86.linux.bi[2755]: segfault at 5f8 ip 00f2fe10 sp bfd0baf0 error 4 in libdricore.so[dac000+1db000]

libricore is part of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure, so it seems the problem is most probably with your OpenGL implementation (i.e., the gfx driver). You might want to try the following:

1. disable DRI in xorg.conf and see if the game runs at all (with any decent speed, that is)
   
2. try upgrading your gfx driver to the most recent available version
   
3. try to use an alternate graphics driver for your hardware -- e.g., several cards have both an open-source driver and a proprietary driver (usually the latter is faster and better tested, but it "taints" the kernel due to its non-free license)
   
4. try retro-grading your current driver to a previous version, it is not uncommon for older versions to work better than newer ones
   
5. try installing a different kernel version; some drivers are rather fussy about which kernel they link into.
   

[korrode]

1. try upgrading your gfx driver to the most recent available version
   
2. try to use an alternate graphics driver for your hardware -- e.g., several cards have both an open-source driver and a proprietary driver (usually the latter is faster and better tested, but it "taints" the kernel due to its non-free license)
   
3. try retro-grading your current driver to a previous version, it is not uncommon for older versions to work better than newer ones

My understanding is Matrox released their drivers open source and they now come stock in the kernel, and haven't been modified for some years.

 

Probably best to try compiling EL against the libraries on his system before messing with drivers and kernels.

 

EDIT:

Spending <$40 on a new video card would be an option too.

Edited June 4, 2011 by Korrode