Derek Meister ([info]simplycosmic) wrote in [info]linux,
2003-06-02 22:07:00
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Alpha Centauri patch problems

I came across a copy of Loki game's Alpha Centauri recently and have just done a fresh install. However, I keep getting the same error when I try to apply the 6.0a patch, no matter where I download it from.

The error is ./update.sh: line 60: 25059 Segmentation fault loki_patch --verify patch.dat

Anyone else come across this problem?

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[info]simplycosmic

June 2 2003, 22:27:30 UTC 8 years ago

Alright, after much gnashing of teeth and everything-including-the-kitchen-sink google searches, I found out that the static loki_patch binary that's included with the patch has a problem with most later distributions including Red Hat and Debian.

So, a "sh --keep" unpacks the whole deal, allowing me to download a new version of the loki_patch binary found here and replace the defective version. Running the extracted patch manually worked fine.

Anonymous

March 16 2004, 01:39:06 UTC 8 years ago

loki patch for smacpack

Thanks for leaving this bit of info lying around :)

Anonymous

July 10 2004, 15:13:11 UTC 7 years ago

Other fix

Didn't try that, but http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/2/2004/01/4/55591
did it for SMAC on my Debian Sarge 20040612. D0M1N8R posted the solution.

[info]_wonkothesane_

December 4 2004, 23:34:01 UTC 7 years ago

Problems

Many thanks for the great advice. The game is now fully updated, but Alpha Centauri still won't in Fedora Core 3.

BUG! (Segmentation Fault) Going down hard...
Sid Meier's Planetary Pack 6.0a
Built with glibc-2.1 on x86
Stack dump:
{
0x813fcee
0x811ec34
0x811ea9b
0x81188cd
0x8118a4e
0x810c4df
0x8103b99
0x8103c78
0x806a18b
0x80d37aa
0x81dc8ed
0x8048111
}
Please send a full bug report,
along with the contents of autosave to: support@lokigames.com
Unable to execute loki_qagent - exiting

Help would be appreciated, many thanks in advance.

Anonymous

January 11 2005, 22:07:25 UTC 7 years ago

Re: Problems

I'm having the same problem - looking for a solution with google when I found this thread. Also, the same happens when trying to run Railroad Tycoon II. I have been suggested this is due to a "too new" glibc and to look for a way to install multiple versions on the same platform.

But I have no answer to that. Do you ?
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