Quake2 Undefined Symbol

[jauren]

Just emerged quake2-icculus and quake2-data. Everything is set up, and I can play the game w/ a software renderer. However, if I try to switch to either of the "OpenGL GLX" or "SDL OpenGL" video drivers, the load fails w/ an undefined symbol.

------- Loading ref_glx.so -------
LoadLibrary("ref_glx.so") failed: /usr/games/lib/quake2-icculus/ref_glx.so: undefined symbol: OpenJoystick

------- Loading ref_sdlgl.so -------
LoadLibrary("ref_sdlgl.so") failed: /usr/games/lib/quake2-icculus/ref_sdlgl.so: undefined symbol: OpenJoystick

I got the quake2 source from icculus and did a grep in it:

$ grep OpenJoystick * -r
linux/gl_glx.c:qboolean OpenJoystick(cvar_t *joy_dev) {
linux/rw_x11.c:qboolean OpenJoystick(cvar_t *joy_dev) {
linux/rw_sdl.c:qboolean OpenJoystick(cvar_t *joy_dev) {
linux/.#rw_sdl.c.1.22:qboolean OpenJoystick(cvar_t *joy_dev) {
linux/joystick.c:qboolean OpenJoystick(cvar_t *);
linux/joystick.c: if ((joy_avail = OpenJoystick(joy_dev))) {
linux/joystick.h:qboolean OpenJoystick(cvar_t *);


And in linux/joystick.h:

// Provided in platform specific manner
qboolean OpenJoystick(cvar_t *);
qboolean CloseJoystick();
void PlatformJoyCommands(int *, int *);

(The comment indicates that it's up to the platform driver to provide OpenJoystick).

nm didn't work on ref_glx.so or ref_sdlgl.so, but a string search in those binary files did find the text OpenJoystick.

All the joystick stuff in the source code can be turned off with an #ifdef Joystick. A quick look through the build window where quake2 was emerge'd showed a CFLAGS line with -DJoystick in it.

I tried "USE=-joystick emerge quake2-icculus", but no change.

So:

1. Has anyone run across this before, and is there an easy way to fix it, and
2. If not, is there a way to just disable joystick support (perhaps by getting the compile to /not/ #define Joystick) without just getting the source and compiling it myself.

[PaulBredbury]

[jauren]

Right, but if I compile it myself, I am doing so outside the emerge process. I'm looking for a "real" fix. So I guess my question is, is the current ebuild somehow broken (unlikely), and if not, does anyone know what I might have done to break it for my machine?

[PaulBredbury]

[jauren]

> As opposed to what?

As opposed to me manually fixing the problem by compiling myself rather than through the ebuild.

I've got JOYSTICK_GRIP compiled as a module, but not inserted, so there's no /dev/input/js0. I have not played with the SDL USE flags, but I have other SDL games running on this rig with no problem. The nature of the problem (an unresolved external in a lib compiled as part of quake2) leads me to believe that this is a compilation problem with quake2. It might not be a problem with the ebuild itself, but perhaps has to do with the particular set of USE flags I have set on my system.... ? (Clarification: I'm not trying to get a joystick to work with quake2 -- I won't be using one even if it did -- I'm trying to get video acceleration working, and this joystick thing has blindsided me).

Anyway, I played some more with it this morning. I tried the opposite approach:

USE=joystick emerge quake2-icculus

(Note: no dash in front of joystick).

Now, the "OpenGL GLX" driver loads and works. The SDL GL driver fails w/ a new undefined symbol: UpdateHardwareGamma.

So, it's good enough for me at this point...I really don't have time to be playing games anyhow . Somehow, partial joystick support got compiled in even without joystick defined (it's not in my global USE Flags). I am absolutely /certain/ that -Djoystick was in the CFLAGS during at least part of the quake2 build before I set USE=joystick.

Again, it works for me now, but if there's any command I can run that will give a maintainer more info or something, I'll be happy to do so.

[UdoB]

I'm using the ports from here and no problems.

http://qudos.quakedev.com/linux/quake2/engines

[PaulBredbury]

I ran: