help get RTCW working in debian :(

[mcveigh]

I am running libranet 2.8 (debian w/ a better installer) I have opengl libraries installed. I am running a asus A7N266-VM norce1 motherboard, with the latest nvidia drivers installed.


seth@daedalus:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.3
server glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.3


that is some of my glxinfo output.

seth@daedalus:~$ wolfmpdemo
Wolf 1.1-MP linux-i386 Dec 25 2001
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/seth/.wolf/main
/usr/local/games/wolfenstein-mpdemo/main
./wolf.x86/main

----------------------
0 files in pk3 files

Running in restricted demo mode.

----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/seth/.wolf/demomain
/usr/local/games/wolfenstein-mpdemo/demomain/pak0.pk3 (1846 files)
/usr/local/games/wolfenstein-mpdemo/demomain
./wolf.x86/demomain

----------------------
1846 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec language.cfg
couldn't exec wolfconfig_mp.cfg
execing autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
Joystick is not active.
Bypassing CD checks
----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
Loaded 714 translation strings from scripts/translation.cfg
----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
...loading libGL.so: QGL_Init: Can't load libGL.so from /etc/ld.so.conf or current dir: /usr/local/g libGL.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
failed
...loading libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1: QGL_Init: Can't load libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1 from /etc/ld.so.conf al/games/wolfenstein-mpdemo/libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
failed
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
Sys_Error: GLimp_Init() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

that was what I get when trying to run RTCW 🙁

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: mcveigh
...loading libGL.so: QGL_Init: Can't load libGL.so from /etc/ld.so.conf or current dir: /usr/local/g libGL.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
failed
...loading libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1: QGL_Init: Can't load libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1 from /etc/ld.so.conf al/games/wolfenstein-mpdemo/libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
failed

Well, that looks like the place to start, though the message looks like it was truncated somewhere along the line. The game wants to load libGL.so and can't find it. libGL.so should be a symlink to the nVidia GL library, it lives in /usr/X11R6/lib. I've noticed that the link is sometimes broken by some install process somewhere, so that may be the problem.

 

[mcveigh]

still no luck....libgl.so is where it should be I think but still no luck

 

[cleverhandle]

Is libGL.so (not libgl.so) a valid symlink? Is the directory it resides in (/usr/X11R6/lib, correct?) listed in /etc/ld.so.conf?

 

[mcveigh]

thanks for the idea 🙂

turns out the symlink from /usr/lib/libGL.so pointed to /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 which didn't exist.
I pointed it to /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.4349 and it works 😀

ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.4349 /usr/lib/libGL.so


thanks!!!