Ubuntu NWN will not run
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Hey, hey,
So, I've quite sincerely burned six days trying to get nwn's native linux client to work on my machine again and I've hit my limit. . . It used to work ™ before Cannonical forced an update and broke 3/4ths of my programs; either through SDL muckups (I still can't pin down which ones I need! argh!) or some other bullshit that's way above my paygrade.
I'm appealing to the brains out there who're more skilled in linux than I (doesn't take much) that might be able to point me to a working nwn installer, a hosted version of the 'working' stuff or somethign else. the bioware forums used to have a decent guide, but that's gone now. . . Most of the other guides I've found haven't worked so far and I'm not trying any more, because this is too much of a time sink when I could be doing something useful -_-
I'm installing from a GOG download, I've tried these guides:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2185841
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=113259
http://robotbutler.org/article/13 <--this one I used to install it originally before the update nuke
http://forum.bioware.com/topic/136631-l ... -nwmovies/
http://blog.macuyiko.com/post/2006/neve ... aptop.html
https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?titl ... ter_NightsAnd the list goes on. . .
The point is, no matter what I do, I come up with this wonderful line:
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)My system is an HP Probook with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (virgin install. I nuked the drive so I could use my programs again...)
I've gone through the dependencies that're listed in the guides, too.
I'm at my wits end, so any help would be appreciated. -
A Google search of that error resulted in several hits, including a permissions issue that solved it for one user (but you likely tried that…)
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Ah, yes. I did. Sorry, I forgot to mention that. >_>;
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Probably stumbled across this guide as well then:
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Best advice and way to handle your problem is this:
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I did, Strawman, yes. Unfortunately that didn't work either. :(
Seter, my reasons for switching to Linux are painfully tin foil hat so I'm not going to go into why I refuse to touch a windows machine ever again. I'm still learning the core OS functions (like how to use the Terminal and such), but once I'm more comfortable, I'll get something more advanced. Windows is never going to be an option, I'll find other games to play before I let that be the case. (For the record, I'm not saying Ubuntu, or even Linux in general, is free from the tin foil hat goodness, but it's a step away.)
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Tin foil hat goodness is kind of a problem if your even just…. on the internet, posting on this forum really. Or... well, alive in general. Guessing because of that situation though, you couldn't even run a virtual windows machine or something. I always found tin foil hat avoidance was more about other precautions than an OS, but I guess I didn't read what you did.
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dumb question, is there a way to have a virtual box running Windows on an Ubuntu machine?
Could try using a virtual box to run nwn -
dumb question, is there a way to have a virtual box running Windows on an Ubuntu machine?
Could try using a virtual box to run nwnI've not tried that, actually. I'm installing VM Ware right now, thanks for the idea!
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Well, unfortunately due to the way VMware handles graphics drivers (even with VMTools) I won't be able to get ap layable framerate out of it. . . Ah well, I guess it's a sign I should get on with my life.
So long and thanks for all the fish! <3
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Shattup, install Windows and get back IG
No more excuses
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if you hadn't removed your old install, linux will let you run every previous version update of it, if you know the version to revert to, and say boot from command line then type the command to boot that iteration of the kernel… i'm not sure if this would have fixed the broken update or not... because i know when you update, lots of little programs get updated, but essentially you can... revert, permanently or temporarily, with pretty much every linux native prog via command line... so if you knew how, you (or some linux guru, not me tho) could create an executable script to do all that so you could put an icon on your desktop or that you execute from the command line (which would be better prob cuz you'd have to reboot type thing) when you want to play the game.
so in short, with your new install, you could probably revert necessary files 'semi-permanently' (as in you'd have to switch them back manually or with an update) to the pre-broken version, until the right fixes or what have you come out...
I look up how to do this stuff when i'm using linux because i don't know/ remember enough of it myself... there are forums where people could give you some of the basic techniques, and i bet you could figure the rest out for yourself... not sure if it is worth the hassle... you can probably download a pre-broke version and install fresh and forgo updates as well... you can use multiboot, so if you are worried about security issues, you could have multiple installs of ubuntu on the same machine, and boot into the more secure one that is uptodate, when you need to.
this is probably just giving you more of a headache? i know i put off upgrading way too long because i got tired of the hassle of reconfiguring lots of stuff manually so my linux box would work (which could be fixed but hasn't been used for like 7months probably because it wasn't a priority to get it working once i got a laptop with windows 8... which bugs me too, but i don't know enough to do super secret stuff securely on linux, either, so at least i can use some common programs and sites, etc.)
you can dual boot windows and linux too etc i had one where i broke the winxp networking so it was just for offline games and stuff, but... it kept trying to connect and 'verify' / force upgrade my windows (even tho it was a legal install) so i found it kind of vexing...
there is spy stuff on hardware in the chip design and in the firmware often too, although i know this doesn't help your peace of mind. people probably have hardware that -doesn't- but you'd probably have to know the right people to know that stuff, or the workarounds to disable it, etc, like putting android on a phone, jailbreaking, that kind of thing...
i know i probably am making it sound like i know a lot, and honestly i don't know what is necessary to solve some of these problems, and some of it may be out of my league, but good luck, i hope you come back, your presence is appreciated.
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Alright, so I put my hubby to work on this (he uses Ubuntu and does programming and all other sorts of computer stuff) and this is his reply:
These are the original instructions.. http://web.archive.org/web/201012190838 ... lient.html
These are a good follow up http://forum.bioware.com/topic/136631-l ... ?p=7407179
If installing on a 64 bit system, there are likely some missing 32 bit libraries that are needed.
In any case, the easiest starting point is an already installed and patched NWN directory on a windows machine.
Alternatively, you could use WINE, create a new wine prefix for NWN, install it, then copy the NWN directory out of the wine bottle for patching as described above.
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I had success by using wine or playonlinux (which is another windows emulator based on wine and actually has a scripted way of installing gog version of NWN). Also had success by porting a windows installation folder. I just had to run one or two rebuilding scripts to make it work on ubuntu.
Play on linux I 'd recomend if there is no windows installation kept. Just install it through the ubuntu software thingy. Then search neverwinter and follow the pretty streamlined procedure from there.
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Alright, so I put my hubby to work on this (he uses Ubuntu and does programming and all other sorts of computer stuff) and this is his reply:
These are the original instructions.. http://web.archive.org/web/201012190838 ... lient.html
These are a good follow up http://forum.bioware.com/topic/136631-l ... ?p=7407179
If installing on a 64 bit system, there are likely some missing 32 bit libraries that are needed.
In any case, the easiest starting point is an already installed and patched NWN directory on a windows machine.
Alternatively, you could use WINE, create a new wine prefix for NWN, install it, then copy the NWN directory out of the wine bottle for patching as described above.
I actually wound up installing another OS entirely, most of my programs continued to refuse to work. :( That said, the first link up there was really helpful for getting it working under my new distro. Thanks to both you and your husband for taking the time. I really appreciate it and I hope that if anyone else has this problem, they'll be able to get it working too!
Thanks again, LMBA!
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haahahaaa we keeps her >8D
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If you have not found a solution, what about a dual boot? use windows only to play the game, and nothing else
it is what i do..but i still have some issues, the loader does not seem to want to work in boot camp even though the computer is in its OS a windows computer (I run a mac) -
If you say it's a nice guide, I give it a try myself.
It might help me to switch to linux. ;)