Problems with the Linux version [updated]

[76561198116714929]

UPDATE 14.07.2014

Hi guys,

we did a small update on the Linux version of Deponia – The Complete Journey. Now the game should run under Ubuntu distribution 14.04. We’re still working on fixing the version but we hope this will allow a few of you to start their journey through Deponia.

We’ll keep you informed and get back on you as soon as possible.

Best,
Your Team Daedalic


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Hi all,

we are aware of the problems with the Linux version of Deponia The Complete Journey and we’re really sorry for all the trouble it causes you. We are now trying to find out what’s wrong and prepare a fix for the game.

Our developers are now screening your posts here and we are very thankful for everyone who helps us by reporting their bugs. If you want to help, you can also contact our support via [e-mail] to send us your bug reportings.

We’ll get back to you by the middle of next week when we know what’s exactly going wrong and how long it will take us to deliver a patch for you.

Thanks for your understanding and ongoing support!

Your Team Daedalic

[fac3l3ss]

Thanks for the answer and the port. Eagerly waiting to play deponia on linux.

[l3m]

Just bought the triology to support you on linux development (though i already have all three on GOG and the first 2 on steam already ;-) )

Xubuntu 14.06 x86_64, no special third party repos enabled (only spotify and pipelight)

When trying to run ./start from game directory itself with strace, i get this log:

https://gist.github.com/moodydeath/06e949570d9e50c8cda4


{{{
stat("/home/moody/.Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Deponia The Complete Journey/messages.log", 0x7fff1062b2b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(1, "Unfortunately, no log file has b"..., 45Unfortunately, no log file has been created!
) = 45
}}}

The config/settings directory in $HOME is not even created on my machine:

/home/moody/.Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Deponia The Complete Journey/

Hope this helps a bit.

[Segata Sanshiro]

Thanks guys!

[rGlory]

crashed on Kubuntu 14.04
deponia_tcj strace:

readlink("/proc/3072/exe", "/home/slava/.steam/SteamApps/com"..., 4095) = 76
mmap(NULL, 2482176, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f05ab384000
mprotect(0x7f05ab384000, 346241, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
--- SIGSEGV {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SEGV_MAPERR, si_addr=0x70e} ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++


backtrace for gdb:

#0 0x0000000000730cf2 in char* std::string::_S_construct<char const*>(char const*, char const*, std::allocator<char> const&, std::forward_iterator_tag) ()
#1 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

[Narekor]

First of all, thanks for porting Deponia to Linux! I already have all 3 in Steam, but I just bouth the Complete Edition to support you guys! Awesome!

I have Arch Linux x64, and when I try to run ./start inside the game directory:


./start: line 38: 2310 Segmentation fault $BIN $@

It looks like the player crashed! If you need support, please include the
contents of the log file in your problem report.
Unfortunately, no log file has been created!

Hope it helps!

[Phobeus]

Yeah, thanks for porting and providing support here as well. Fedora 20 system running here and basically the same issue that was reported by rGlory with a segfault while mprotect.

[Nick]

No point posting segfault/strace, I'm sure it's the same as everyone else's. Running both Arch Linux on an extremelty under-powered notebook (Yay for dual-core 1.1GHz processors saving power!), and, SteamOS on an extremely overpowered HTPC, both with the same issue. I'm glad to see it's being worked on.

My only concern is that this version (I.E. Linux) doesn't seem to have been tested at all. Normally the issues with Linux versions still (at-least) work with SteamOS, as, that's what Valve recommends developers to test on, so, they get it working on that then 'forget' other non-gaming specific Distros, unfortunately, in this case it seems like no testing occured what so ever. It worked on your development computers and you packaged it to ship, without testing on a consumer Distro with consumer configs. That is slightly upsetting, but, forgiveable if you fix it, so, either way, thanks for bringing Deponia to Linux! I've been wanting to play it for awhile, but, lack of Linux support always put me off.

[l3m]

Just created the configuration directory manually and tried to run ./deponia_tcj ... the messages.log only contains a glxinfo afterwards. Here is the strace:

https://gist.github.com/moodydeath/06e949570d9e50c8cda4

Seems it cannot find lots of libraries ... and hardcoded search paths depending on a development machine? ... really?

open("/home/colossus/Schreibtisch/branchDeponia123April2014/src/ext/platforms/x86_64_linux/ffmpeg/tls/x86_64/libavcodec.so.55", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

As UZzK5RDF already mentioned - was really looking forward that you support this platform - but it really seems that QA was sleeping completely on their job :(

[telfoid]

Originally posted by moodydeath:

...

Seems it cannot find lots of libraries ... and hardcoded search paths depending on a development machine? ... really?

...

It does have libraries paths hardcoded, but when it fails to find them it looks in other locations.

Look at line 20 of your strace, open() returns 3 (a file handle), rather than ENTNOENT as in the previous attempts.

if you add the line "ldd $BIN" near the line "$BIN $@" in the start script, you'll also see that it finds the libraries it expects. If you type "ldd deponia_tcj", you'll see that without the environment setup in the start script, it doesn't find the libraries.

[MadRussian]

fedora 20, Segmentation fault
run via primusrun( nvidia optimus GF119M [GeForce 610M])
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saamich/other/master/messages_primus-nvidia.log
"clear" run ( Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09))
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saamich/other/master/messages-intel.log

[76561198116714929]

Hi guys,

we did a small update on the Linux version of Deponia – The Complete Journey. Now the game should run under Ubuntu distribution 14.04. We’re still working on fixing the version but we hope this will allow a few of you to start their journey through Deponia.

We’ll keep you informed and get back on you as soon as possible.

Best,
Your Team Daedalic

[Segata Sanshiro]

Thanks! Tried it out and it starts up just fine, I'm going to start playing tonight so will post if I find any issues.

[Florigamer91]

After Update the Game works fine on Arch Linux based Distro Manjaro 64 bit on my Thinkpad E540 with Intel HD 4600 GPU. Thank you for the Update!

[l3m]

Can confirm: Working on Ubuntu 14.04 x64... Thank! Really appreciate fixing it asap!

[Beta Version [Linux]]

Works on Debian Testing x64. Thanks.