[Imp]

Upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal just a bit ago and now UrT won't start up anymore. I try to launch it and absolutely nothing happens, same with the windows version if I try to use WIN.

[s1lencer]

Make sure the file is still executable go properties>permissions.

[Imp]

Yeah, I made sure of that, still doesn't work.

[CMM|Rylius]

Start over terminal and read/post output

[Imp]

----- FS_Startup -----
Going through search path...

----------------------
10593 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec q3config.cfg
execing autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
----- Client Initialization -----
Couldn't read q3history.
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
QKEY found.
----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
...loading libGL.so.1:
Calling SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)...
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) passed.
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 4: 800 600
Received signal 11, exiting...
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
Major opcode of failed request: 65 (X_PolyLine)
Serial number of failed request: 13
Current serial number in output stream: 14

This is after I completely reinstalled UrT btw, didn't work before I reinstalled either.

[Hann]

Been trying to help him with this earlier. It's an issue that was found a year or two ago in VLC Media Player with ATI cards, he's got a nvidia card.

I don't know if he's updated his drivers yet, that's my suggestion man.

[bc`ItsMe]

Imp, on 06 May 2011 - 09:46 PM, said:

X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)

You're running a 64 Bit right?
Try installing libgl1-nvidia-glx-ia32 (in case you use a Nvidia Card).

Explanation: This provides 32 bit openGL libraries for 32 bit applications.

HTH

--
ItsMe

This post has been edited by ItsMe: 07 May 2011 - 12:10 PM

[flajaz]

Ubuntu 11.04 32bit with Urban Terror was fine with me. But I had CI all the time and bye Ubuntu.

[warhammer4k]

Strangely, I'm having EXACTLY the same problem as the thread starter, but I run Ubuntu 10.04.

I haven't played UrT 4.1 under Ubuntu for perhaps 6 months...and, now, I can't!

Double-clicking the executable causes exactly nothing to happen. The most I see is a "zombie" ioq3urt process listed in System Monitor.

Sometimes I get an error message claiming some kind of video error the last time I ran Urban Terror (well, yeah, I guess having NO VIDEO is kind of an "error"), but even trying to run the game in "safe video settings" does nothing further.

What the heck is going on?

To answer the usual questions:
1) yes, the executable is set as an executable
2) using 32-bit Ubuntu and a 32-bit Urban terror executable (yes, the Linux one, simply called ioq3-urt)
3) never had a problem with Urban Terror 4.1 simply running before. Obviously something changed, unknown to me, in the last few months that is now preventing it from working.
4) all the Urban Terror files are in a subfolder of my user /home directory (about 1.8 GB worth what with all the custom maps I've downloaded in the past)
5) Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ vid card, Nvidia proprietary drivers 270.41.06 installed.
6) Kernel version is 2.6.32-31-generic-pae (fairly recent).

A bit more info - contents of ~/.q3a/q3ut4/crashlog.txt:

Quote

ioq3-urt for linux i386 (Dec 25 2010 10:35:12)
running for 1days 7h 5m and 45s
SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO ) FAILED (DirectFBCreate: Initialization error!)
SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO ) FAILED (DirectFBCreate: Initialization error!)
Setting r_mode 9 failed, falling back on r_mode 3
SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO ) FAILED (DirectFBCreate: Initialization error!)
----- Client Shutdown (Client fatal crashed: GLimp_Init() - [AutoHint!] | GL Subsystem | : http://faq.urbanterror.info
) -----
-----------------------
GLimp_Init() - [AutoHint!] | GL Subsystem | : http://faq.urbanterror.info

Pretty sure I've seen that problem before. Wonder whether it's what's afflicting the OP?

This post has been edited by warhammer4k: 15 May 2011 - 05:44 AM

[warhammer4k]

Still don't know what the problem actually was, but I have Urban Terror working again.

All I really did was muck about with the Nvidia drivers. First I installed an older version (173.something), then reinstalled the more recent version (270.whatever).

Something about one or more instances of resetting X config to default must have fixed whatever the problem was, because now Urban Terror runs as before.

I'm now having a scratchy sound problem in Ubuntu in general, but that may be hardware (very, very old speaker set).