[Linux] Game does not start

Discussion in 'Mac and Linux' started by LordNature, June 18, 2016.

  1. LordNature

    LordNature New Member

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    Hey, so I've had an issue and have been unable to fix it. Whenever I launch PA:T, the my second monitor flashes "black" (indicating the game starting *most likely) and precedes to crash. Steam will register my user playing the game for a quick second before going back to it's original status.

    Anyways, I'm running an Intel i5 4690k with a AMD R9 370 4GB. I'm using the open-source drivers. I've tried this game with the open-source drivers before and have had no issues until I reinstalled my operating system which was right when the new "community update" launched the issues started.

    I've fetched the latest log from my .local directory
    Log: pastebin.com/G6CPSQUu
    OS: Antergos x64 bit (Pretty much Arch)

    Due to it stopping at driver threads, I'm deducing the problem to be with the driver; however, I sincerely doubt that it would be an issue with that.

    tl;dr: Read the logs, crash to desktop, thanks in advance
  2. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Yeah, you are right, it's the graphics stuff, but I think it's the really new Mesa in combination with outdated Steam run-time libraries. As a test, can you try running PA without the Steam libraries?
    To do so, you need to make a fake libudev.so.0 first. Go to wherever you have libudev.so.1 and make a symlink to it called libudev.so.0. It's probably in /lib64 or /usr/lib64 on Arch-like distros. Then go to "~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Planetary Annihilation" (or Titans?) and start PA manually from there. Does it start then?
  3. LordNature

    LordNature New Member

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    I forgot about the library issue with non-ubuntu distributions. I was able to fix it with the command below.
    find ~/.steam/root/ \( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb.so*" -o -name "libgpg-error.so*" \) -print -delete

    Your solution is probably a bit more longer term. Thanks for the help :).
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  4. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Not really. My "solution" simply starts PA, but doesn't log you in through Steam. It was just meant as a test. :)
    You can probably get away with a few strategically placed LD_PRELOAD thingies when launching Steam. That should make it update-resistant.

    Or, you know, Steam could update the runtime. :)
  5. LordNature

    LordNature New Member

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    I use i3 (tiling window manager), so I use Rofi to start everything. I could bind a custom keybind for steam, but that's kinda a hassle imo.

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