Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gl-117
This bug affects gl-117 software for Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04, 9.10 and 10.04.
The application crashes at startup, with a segmentation fault. The fact is,
software tries to build from scratch two configuration files with screen bounds
values (inside ".gl-117" home user's folder) that appear to be hardcoded in the
binaries: they are no templates available in the distributed software. These
files "conf" and "conf.interfaces" are mentioned in the software's manpage, but
they are build at first launch with values that exceed screen boundaries on
netbooks.
The workaround follows: I got these two config files on another working
gl-117 package (an external distro, for instance Debian GNU/Linux
Lenny/powerpc, or even a PortableGL-117 for windows), and copied them
into ".gl-117" folder. The important thing is to lower screen limits in
the "conf" file, to fit in small screen, for instance:
----- cut here from "conf"
# Some possible width x height values for fullscreen mode:
# 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x768, 1280x960, 1280x1024
width = 640
height = 480
# Possible bits per pixel values (color depth):
# 8 (not recommended), 16, 24, 32
bpp = 24
# Try to go fullscreen = 1, game in window = 0
fullscreen = 0
----- end
There is no modification to the "conf.interface" but it needs to be
present.
The good fix method is to fix the default values is the binary (the
developer is responsible for this), or to provide these two files by
default in the package, with low values.
** Affects: gl-117 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Program crashes during startup.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596468
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