Log in to metaserver crashes on Arch Linux 64bit

[Mug of Tea]

So when I log into the metaserver I briefly see the prompt before the game crashes. The error in console of the crash:

Error: Received signal 11
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(_Z15sigsegv_handleri+0x21)[0x8ad704b]linux-gate.so.1(__kernel_sigreturn+0x0)[0xf777b400]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(_ZN17CSendChannelUsers7ExecuteEv+0x21)[0x8b08d39]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(_ZN8CSession11AsyncUpdateEv+0xca)[0x8b31794]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(_ZN8CSession6UpdateEv+0x9ca)[0x8b31128]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(_ZN14CCKApplication6UpdateEv+0x46)[0x85094fa]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(_ZN9CFrontEnd4IdleEb+0x8cd)[0x8716dbd]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(_ZN12CApplication14UpdateOneFrameEb+0x196)[0x8ad7484]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(_ZN12CApplication3RunEv+0x2e)[0x8ad7562]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2(main+0x4985)[0x87e3831]
/usr/lib32/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0xf72f29d3]
/mnt/games/Steam/SteamApps/common/Crusader Kings II/ck2[0x8323ca1]

As far as I can tell it's because my installation of libc is newer than the one CK2 is compatible with. What version of libc should CK2 run with?

 

[AndrewT]

No idea, sorry. I'll ask backstage. What version do you have?

Can anyone else on Linux reading this, get into the metaserver? What libc versions do you all have?

 

[tului]

I can't imagine a libc problem being the case, but I'm no expert. Even if it is, unless you're willing to roll your own, downgrade to an earlier version of your distro or hack apart your running system, there is no way to change it.

What distro are you running? Which distros are listed as supported by Pox? Was it a recent update that broke the game?

 

[AndrewT]

Which distros are listed as supported by Pox?

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/crusader-kings-ii

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

 

[Mug of Tea]

Well the version of libc (more accurately it's glibc) is 2.18 which is the latest version. I did see that Ubuntu rolls with 2.17 but downgrading is not possible due to the fact so many other programs depend on 2.18 (glib upgrades are serious business). This might need a fix from Pox, but they don't support non-buntu so I may end up waiting for Ubuntu to upgrade their libs.

 

[tului]

I still remember the awful days of libc5 to libc6 switch.

Would it be possible to compile glibc 2.17 with the ./configure --prefix=/home/myuser/fixforck2/
then make just CK2 point to that libc? Maybe a chroot or something.