duke3d fails to run

kopo · n00b Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 37

hello (sorry for my bad english i'm french), i would like to play at duke3b,. but i got a error when i run it:

Alex_Lewchyshyn · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: duke3d fails to run

Jeremy_Z · l33t Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 671 Location: Shanghai

Same problem .. except i could not read the error message (Unknown Multivoc error code.) until i did an strace. Will try to figure that out.

PS : Ok, it is a permission issue, it runs well under root.
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kopo · n00b Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 37

how did you do this ?

in root the command "duke3d" don't exist

Jeremy_Z · l33t Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 671 Location: Shanghai

Because root does not have the PATH set for games. You have to type : /usr/games/bin/duke3d.
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kopo · n00b Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 37

thanks is ok

but is imposible to play it with another user ?

Jeremy_Z · l33t Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 671 Location: Shanghai

Should be, but so far i do not know how.
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zmedico · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:25 am Post subject:

No problem with sdl-mixer-1.2.5-r1, only sdl-mixer-1.2.6 which was recently marked stable.

Pydance has the same problem with sdl-mixer-1.2.6 (root privileges required)

Alex_Lewchyshyn · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject:

NightTwix · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 58

TartuAngel · n00b Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 2

just wanted to add, that if you are duke3d fans, you should check out those addons for it. http://www.planetduke.com/hrp/links.htm
Maybe those will work ok

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zmedico · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:12 am Post subject: mostly solved

It's a permission problem for the music.raw file that is automatically created
in the current directory when sdl-mixer-1.2.6 is built with USE="mikmod". Some
games like dude3d and pydance put the music.raw into a directory where the user
does not necessarily have write permission (/usr/share/games/${PN}).

See Bug 99590.
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Hi folks, I had the same problem as the first poster.

I just renamed network.cfg to network.cfg.old (to get it out of the way) and behold, The Duke is here... :-D

mizery de aria · Guru Joined: 07 Dec 2003 Posts: 309

Any updates on this?
Running as a user in games/audio groups has issues
Running as root, no issues, sound works.

I even created /usr/share/games/duke3d/music.raw with user:root (perms:rw) group:games (perms:rw)

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

mizery de aria · Guru Joined: 07 Dec 2003 Posts: 309

Adding the user to the video group has no effect
Also changing the music.raw file to be owned by group video (which group permissions are still set at rw) and removing rw permissions from other, same issue
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PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

Add a line to /etc/portage/package.use

clinux_rulz · n00b Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 19

Thanks PaulBredbury, that work perfectly.

How did you know to do that???

I had my duke3d working perfectly until I install "Rise of the Triad" (rott), then duke3d failed.

Now I tried what you suggested and then recompiled (re-emerged) sdl-mixer, and now it is working PERFECTLY.

THANKS.

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310