[SOLVED] UT2004 - "error while loading shared libraries"

[Arakel]

Sorry to bother you all again. :)

I managed to get Ut2004 installed (took a while, but I worked it out. :) )

When I try to run it, however, I get this message:

./ut2004-bin: error while loading shared libraries: ./libSDL-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I've had a look for solutions, but relevant posts I've seen don't make much sense to me as a newbie. Can anyone help - and please bear in mind I have about 5 hours Linux experience, tops! :D

PS: I'm Using MDK 10.1. :)

[Icarus]

Originally posted by Arakel
and please bear in mind I have about 5 hours Linux experience, tops! And you've already installed UT2004? Rock on!:cool:

I think what you are missing is the 3d acceleration drivers.
What video card do you have? If it's a faily recent nvidia or ati we'll have you fraggin in no time! :D

You might also want to look at the detailed log file in ~/.ut2004/System/UT2004.log

The console doesn't echo very much and is useless for trouble shooting UT ;)

[Arakel]

It is a Nvidia Geforce 5950 (256 mg). :)

I already installed what I think are the latest graphics driver from Nvidia, although I am far from sure they are actually being used...

And yeah - can't live without my UT2004. ;)

I've found that, although I'm running into problems, Linux isn't nearly so complicated as people like to make out. It's just different. :)

[Arakel]

Whoops, forgot to mention - I have no ut2004.log file...

[Icarus]

ah, probably no log because it never really started :p

Run this at the command line and hope it says yes :)

glxinfo | grep rendering

if it says no...the video is not setup right, yet ;)

[Arakel]

Originally posted by Icarus
glxinfo | grep rendering[/B]

direct rendering: Yes

:)

[Icarus]

Good!

This is on Mandrake?? Odd, I though this problem only affected Gentoo people :D

Try adding
export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libGL.so"
to your ut2004 start script

whereis ut2004
ut2004: /usr/games/bin/ut2004

edit that so it looks kinda like mine here...

#!/bin/sh
export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libGL.so"
cd "/opt/ut2004"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:"
exec ./ut2004 "$@"

[Arakel]

I didn't need to do the above - I just installed the ECE and latest patch, and it worked fine. :)

I didn't bother doing that beforehand because I'd heard it was the later patches which caused this issue, so I had wanted to check the base install worked first. Which it didn't. ;)

It works fine now, though, with ECE/ 3355 installed. In fact, I'd say it is running better than it did in Windoze! :D

Thanks for the help though, I really appreciate it! :)

[Icarus]

I didn't realize you didn't patch...yeah, that would do it :)

Have fun, maybe see you later :p