[Linux|3.16.6-200.fc20.x86_64] Unable to load game.

[Heretic121]

Hey guys, just going to cut straight to the point.

Attempting to run EUIV on a Fedora 20 x64 system. I have all the 32 bit libraries and fixed up the .so's in the main EUIV folder using a mixture of ldd, yum and export.
However, the game is still refusing to start. It'll load a black screen then die. It is also, for some reason, killing Steam as soon as I load it.

I've done a strace and I'm struggling to find where it's all going wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

strace dump:

Spoiler

poll([{fd=19, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(19, [{"\4\4\2\0\v\0 \5", 8}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 8
recv(19, 0xb607c40, 4096, 0)            = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=19, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLIN|POLLOUT}])
recv(19, "\21\0\263\2\v\0 \5\v\0 \5\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, 0) = 704
writev(19, [{"\200\5\1\0", 4}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 4
poll([{fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLIN}])
recv(19, "\1c\264\2\4\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\300c\36\2\0\0\0\00000\17\1\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, 0) = 48
recv(19, 0xb607c40, 4096, 0)            = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=19, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(19, [{"_\5\2\0\17\0 \5<\0\2\0\0\0 \5+\0\1\0", 20}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 20
poll([{fd=19, events=POLLIN}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=19, revents=POLLIN}])
recv(19, "\1\1\267\2\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096, 0) = 32
recv(19, 0xb607c40, 4096, 0)            = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recv(19, 0xb607c40, 4096, 0)            = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
shutdown(19, SHUT_RDWR)                 = 0
close(19)                               = 0
munmap(0x4ec52000, 12448)               = 0
munmap(0x4ec58000, 41180)               = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [SEGV], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGBUS, NULL, {0x9383788, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGBUS, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGFPE, NULL, {0x9383788, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGFPE, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {0x9383788, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
tgkill(8845, 8845, SIGSEGV)             = 0
sigreturn() (mask [])                   = 198071688
--- SIGSEGV {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SI_TKILL, si_pid=8845, si_uid=1000} ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

EDIT:

I got a friend, who's far better at debugging than myself, to take a look at the 8.5MB strace log. He also got me to do a gdb backtrace on the crash.

gdb backtrace returns:

(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x00000000 in ?? ()
#1  0x091be5f8 in GfxCreateShader ()
#2  0x091b9c43 in CreateEffectFromFile(GfxMasterContextGFX*, char const*, char const*, SVertexElementDescription const*, SGfxEffect*, CArray<CString>&) ()
#3  0x09119580 in CEffectHandler::AddGfxEffect(GfxMasterContextGFX*, char const*, char const*, char const*, SVertexElementDescription const*, CArray<CString> const&) ()
#4  0x09119012 in AddSimpleEffect(CGraphics*, int&, int&) ()
#5  0x08dfd423 in CEU3Graphics::LoadLoadingScreens(bool) ()
#6  0x08dfd1cf in CEU3Graphics::CEU3Graphics(SWindowHandle, CGraphicsSettings&) ()
#7  0x084be6c4 in CEU4Application::InitBase(bool) ()
#8  0x084bcb52 in CEU4Application::Init() ()
#9  0x0890aac9 in main ()

And the my friend's findings in the strace log:

<hawken> lstat64("/home/heretic121/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Europa Universalis IV/gfx/FX/defines.fxh", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=1959, ...}) = 0
<hawken> fstat64(25, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=1959, ...}) = 0
<hawken> read(25, "#ifdef PDX_OPENGL\n// Defines tha"..., 1959) = 1959
<hawken> lstat64("/home/heretic121/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Europa Universalis IV/gfx/FX/defines.fxh", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=1959, ...}) = 0
<hawken> fstat64(25, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=1959, ...}) = 0
<hawken> read(25, "#ifdef PDX_OPENGL\n// Defines tha"..., 1959) = 1959
<hawken> fcntl64(25, F_GETFL) = 0 (flags O_RDONLY)
<hawken> close(25) = 0
<hawken> --- SIGSEGV {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SEGV_MAPERR, si_addr=0} ---
<hawken> Heretic121: Basically when it read FX/defines.fxh and closed it went ahead and died
<hawken> I think that defines.fxh can maybe give some answers

Could anyone give me pointers on what/where to look next?

 

[AndrewT]

FYI the only supported distro is Ubuntu. But we'll see what can be done anyway.

#1 0x091be5f8 in GfxCreateShader

This looks like a video driver problem. Are you using the latest proprietary drive for your machine? The Open Source video drivers will not work.

 

[Heretic121]

FYI the only supported distro is Ubuntu. But we'll see what can be done anyway.

Yeah, I know. I figured it was worth a try though, thanks for your help

This looks like a video driver problem. Are you using the latest proprietary drive for your machine? The Open Source video drivers will not work.

I have the latest drivers for my graphics card. However it is the 64 bit one, would that make any difference?

 

[Heretic121]

Problem's been fixed.

The issue was with the video driver, or rather how I installed the driver. I forgot the vitally important step:

sudo aticonfig --initial

So to fix it I uninstalled the driver, rebooted, Installed the driver and ran the above command, rebooted, and finally tested the game again.
Here's to hoping my problem, and fix, helps someone else

 

[AndrewT]

Good to hear, and thanks for the update!