can't start Quake4

[tehsis]

I've emerged quake4-bin and paste the *.pak4 and *.that-other-extension files from my windows to my /opt/quake4/q4base but when i execute #quake4 i get this:

tehsis@KatosDev ~ $ quake4
Quake4 Final V1.3.0.2393 Build 2393.0 linux-x86 Jul 21 2006
found interface eth0 - 190.7.8.15/255.255.252.0
found interface lo - loopback
CPU: Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
--------- Initializing File System ----------
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak001.pk4 with checksum 0xf2cbc998
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak002.pk4 with checksum 0x7f8d80d1
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak003.pk4 with checksum 0x1b57b207
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak004.pk4 with checksum 0x385aa578
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak005.pk4 with checksum 0x60d50a1d
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak006.pk4 with checksum 0x9099ed11
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak007.pk4 with checksum 0xaf301fff
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak008.pk4 with checksum 0x4ac6f6d9
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak009.pk4 with checksum 0x36030c7d
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak010.pk4 with checksum 0x4b80fbda
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak011.pk4 with checksum 0x8acf4cfa
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak012.pk4 with checksum 0xbe4120b0
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_spanish.pk4 with checksum 0xb706e2b8
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_spanish_01.pk4 with checksum 0xe829a04a
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_spanish_02.pk4 with checksum 0xc28f719d
Current search path:
/home/tehsis/.quake4/q4base
/opt/quake4/q4base
/opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_spanish_02.pk4 (21 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_spanish_01.pk4 (2 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_spanish.pk4 (3542 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak012.pk4 (1081 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak011.pk4 (5620 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak010.pk4 (5539 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak009.pk4 (1284 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak008.pk4 (1289 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak007.pk4 (1330 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak006.pk4 (1343 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak005.pk4 (1395 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak004.pk4 (2249 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak003.pk4 (1281 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak002.pk4 (313 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak001.pk4 (5837 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
Addon pk4s:
file system initialized.
---------------------------------------------
------------ Initializing Decls -------------
Loading guides.... 59 loaded
302ms to load 1071k of material
234ms to load 43k of skin
212ms to load 716k of sound
12ms to load 1k of materialType
696ms to load 2078k of lipSync
150ms to load 105k of playback
2025ms to load 1665k of effect
---------------------------------------------
-------- Initializing renderSystem ----------
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
---------------------------------------------
Found default language English with VO
.... found additional language 'spanish' with VO
661 strings read from strings/spanish_code.lang
1734 strings read from strings/spanish_guis.lang
5696 strings read from strings/spanish_lips.lang
6172 strings read from strings/spanish_maps.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing default.cfg
"ALT" isn't a valid key
"CTRL" isn't a valid key
couldn't exec editor.cfg
couldn't exec Quake4Config.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
WARNING: Couldn't load image: fonts/english/bigchars
WARNING: Unknown string id #str_104346
-------- Initializing Sound System ----------
sound system initialized.
---------------------------------------------
WARNING: Unknown string id #str_104347
WARNING: Unknown string id #str_104348
--------------- R_InitOpenGL ----------------
Initializing SDL subsystem
Loading GL driver 'libGL.so.1' through SDL
SDL_ListModes:
1280x1024 SDL_ListModes are currently ignored for resolution filtering. Set r_useSDLModes to 1 if you want it
8/8/8/8 RGBA bits, 24 depth bits, 8 stencil bits
1869441390 pixels multisampling
dlopen(libasound.so.2)
asoundlib version: 1.0.11
Alsa is available
------ Alsa Sound Initialization -----
opened Alsa PCM device default for playback
device buffer size: 5461 frames ( 21844 bytes )
allocated a mix buffer of 16384 bytes
--------------------------------------
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
...using GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_add
X..GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not found
...using GL_NV_blend_square
X..GL_ARB_texture_compression not found
signal caught: Segmentation fault
si_code 1
Trying to exit gracefully..

Any ideas?

[PaulBredbury]

[tehsis]

when you read "that-other-package" i want to say the zpacks but i didn't remember the name...

acording to this guide http://stolz.gsmlandia.com/node/17 (is in spanish) you can play Quake 4 in spanish... so, i don't think that could be the problem...

anyway, i will try that tonight...

besides, the error seems to be with X...

[tehsis]

i can't run the game yet... but i can play Doom 3 without problem... any other idea?

[Dralnu]

I've got similar problems.

[scaramanga]

Yep, same problem here. I have reemerged everythng I can hink of might be relevant, and checked my glxgears UT2k4 etc etc, and it all works, Also I get;

# eselect opengl list
Available OpenGL implementations:
[1] nvidia *
[2] xorg-x11

so it all should be fine. I'm trying to run Q4 at defaultdepth 24, and at 1280*1024. I get;

stig@tux ~ $ quake4
Quake4 Final V1.3.0.2393 Build 2393.0 linux-x86 Aug 7 2006
found interface lo - loopback
found interface eth0 - 192.168.0.137/255.255.255.0
CPU: Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
--------- Initializing File System ----------
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/game000.pk4 with checksum 0x1e246dd2
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/game100.pk4 with checksum 0x7d4d8d2a
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/game200.pk4 with checksum 0x46f04342
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak001.pk4 with checksum 0xf2cbc998
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak002.pk4 with checksum 0x7f8d80d1
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak003.pk4 with checksum 0x1b57b207
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak004.pk4 with checksum 0x385aa578
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak005.pk4 with checksum 0x60d50a1d
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak006.pk4 with checksum 0x9099ed11
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak007.pk4 with checksum 0xaf301fff
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak008.pk4 with checksum 0x4ac6f6d9
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak009.pk4 with checksum 0x36030c7d
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak010.pk4 with checksum 0x4b80fbda
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak011.pk4 with checksum 0x8acf4cfa
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak012.pk4 with checksum 0xbe4120b0
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak013.pk4 with checksum 0x6ad67f40
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak014.pk4 with checksum 0xee51cd59
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak015.pk4 with checksum 0xf5bf4e0c
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak016.pk4 with checksum 0x2196f58c
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak017.pk4 with checksum 0x91118a35
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak018.pk4 with checksum 0x98a14f03
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak019.pk4 with checksum 0xbc82ac79
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/pak020.pk4 with checksum 0xce74cda5
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_english.pk4 with checksum 0x5868f530
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_english_01.pk4 with checksum 0xd9f04b8b
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_english_02.pk4 with checksum 0x9dbd91fd
Loaded pk4 /opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_english_03.pk4 with checksum 0x2eb6ad8
Current search path:
/home/stig/.quake4/q4base
/opt/quake4/q4base
/opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_english_03.pk4 (4 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_english_02.pk4 (21 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_english_01.pk4 (1 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/zpak_english.pk4 (3457 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak020.pk4 (11 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak019.pk4 (1206 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak018.pk4 (3 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak017.pk4 (3 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak016.pk4 (193 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak015.pk4 (34 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak014.pk4 (552 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak013.pk4 (239 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak012.pk4 (1081 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak011.pk4 (5620 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak010.pk4 (5539 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak009.pk4 (1284 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak008.pk4 (1289 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak007.pk4 (1330 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak006.pk4 (1343 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak005.pk4 (1395 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak004.pk4 (2249 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak003.pk4 (1281 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak002.pk4 (313 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/pak001.pk4 (5837 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/game200.pk4 (9 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/game100.pk4 (2 files)
/opt/quake4/q4base/game000.pk4 (2 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
Addon pk4s:
file system initialized.
---------------------------------------------
------------ Initializing Decls -------------
Loading guides.... 64 loaded
WARNING: file materials/mappack1.mtr, line 175: material 'models/mapobjects/multiplayer/jump_pad/jump_pad_color' previously defined at materials/mapobjects_mp2.mtr:1
WARNING: file materials/mappack1.mtr, line 199: material 'models/mapobjects/multiplayer/jump_pad/jump_pad_color_glow' previously defined at materials/mapobjects_mp2.mtr:29
WARNING: file materials/mappack1.mtr, line 224: material 'models/mapobjects/multiplayer/acceleration_pad/acceleration_pad_color' previously defined at materials/mapobjects_mp2.mtr:53
WARNING: file materials/mappack1.mtr, line 242: material 'models/mapobjects/multiplayer/acceleration_pad/arrows_color' previously defined at materials/mapobjects_mp2.mtr:78
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 10: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/stroy_pillar1_orange' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:1
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 18: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/stroy_pillar1_green' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:12
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 26: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tun6_green' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:20
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 34: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tun6small_green' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:28
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 42: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunbump_green' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:36
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 50: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunpipe_green' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:44
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 58: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunpipe_orange' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:52
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 66: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunpipe2_orange' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:60
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 74: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunpipe2_green' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:68
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 92: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunwall12_orange' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:76
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 100: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunwall12_green' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:94
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 108: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunwall15_orange' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:102
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 116: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/tunwall15_green' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:110
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 139: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/concrete09asmooth' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:118
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 140: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/concrete09smooth' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:141
WARNING: file materials/stroyent_mp.mtr, line 141: material 'textures/stroyent/mp/concrete04smooth' previously defined at materials/mappack1.mtr:142
233ms to load 1125k of material
63ms to load 43k of skin
152ms to load 722k of sound
3ms to load 1k of materialType
346ms to load 2889k of lipSync
56ms to load 105k of playback
1030ms to load 1687k of effect
---------------------------------------------
-------- Initializing renderSystem ----------
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
---------------------------------------------
Found default language English with VO
.... found additional language 'french' without VO
.... found additional language 'italian' without VO
.... found additional language 'spanish' without VO
688 strings read from strings/english_code.lang
1776 strings read from strings/english_guis.lang
5738 strings read from strings/english_lips.lang
5741 strings read from strings/english_mappack.lang
6217 strings read from strings/english_maps.lang
3 strings read from strings/french_mappack.lang
3 strings read from strings/italian_mappack.lang
3 strings read from strings/spanish_mappack.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec editor.cfg
execing Quake4Config.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
-------- Initializing Sound System ----------
sound system initialized.
---------------------------------------------
--------------- R_InitOpenGL ----------------
Initializing SDL subsystem
Loading GL driver 'libGL.so.1' through SDL
SDL_ListModes:
1600x1200 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480
SDL_ListModes are currently ignored for resolution filtering. Set r_useSDLModes to 1 if you want it
WARNING: SDL_SetVideoMode failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Initializing SDL subsystem
Loading GL driver 'libGL.so.1' through SDL
SDL_ListModes:
1600x1200 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480
SDL_ListModes are currently ignored for resolution filtering. Set r_useSDLModes to 1 if you want it
WARNING: SDL_SetVideoMode failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------
---------------------------------------------
WARNING: rvServerScanGUI::Clear() - invalid scanGUI

idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Sys_Error: Unable to initialize OpenGL
stig@tux ~ $

[scaramanga]

Renaming the ~/.quake4 folder solved this for me !

I had earlier tried a reinstall of both the game, and the nvidia driver. That still didn't work. Then reame the folder, start game, shut it down again, and copy over the savegames and keyfile.......

[Dralnu]

[scaramanga]

It is irrelevant what you rename it to. The point is that Quake4 can't find a ~/.quake4 folder when starting(because now it is called something else), so it writes a new one. This new one works......the old didn't. Pick out the stuff from the old folder(savegames and regkey), and copy it over......and then delete the old folder.

[Dralnu]

Ok.

One thing i've got a problem with is: I havn't gotten far enough to input my key into it. I'll try that, though. Thanks
_________________
The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck, is the day they make a vacuum cleaner.

[scaramanga]

It is not a problem.

If quake4 finds no ~/.quake4/q4base/quake4key file, it will prompt you to key it in whan you start the game.

[Dralnu]

---------------------------------------------
--------------- R_InitOpenGL ----------------
Initializing SDL subsystem
Loading GL driver 'libGL.so.1' through SDL
SDL_ListModes:
1024x768 800x600 640x480
SDL_ListModes are currently ignored for resolution filtering. Set r_useSDLModes to 1 if you want it
WARNING: SDL_SetVideoMode failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
Initializing SDL subsystem
Loading GL driver 'libGL.so.1' through SDL
SDL_ListModes:
1024x768 800x600 640x480
SDL_ListModes are currently ignored for resolution filtering. Set r_useSDLModes to 1 if you want it
WARNING: SDL_SetVideoMode failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------
---------------------------------------------
WARNING: rvServerScanGUI::Clear() - invalid scanGUI
_________________
The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck, is the day they make a vacuum cleaner.

[BigWig]

i got the same thing

[darkscreamer]

This is what i get if i try to start quake4:

[PaulBredbury]

[Dralnu]

[darkscreamer]

[Goatee]

I'm getting stuffed before that:
I have the DVD version.

I have emerged quake4-bin.

When I come to emerge quake4-data I get the following error.

* This package will need access to 4 cds.

* If you do not have the CDs, but have the data files
* mounted somewhere on your filesystem, just export
* the following variables so they point to the right place:
* CD_ROOT_1 CD_ROOT_2 CD_ROOT_3 CD_ROOT_4
* Or, if you have all the files in the same place, or
* you only have one cdrom, you can export CD_ROOT
* and that place will be used as the same data source
* for all the CDs.

* For example:
* export CD_ROOT_1=/mnt/cdrom


* Please insert+mount cd #1 for quake4-data now !
* Press return to scan for the cd again
* or hit CTRL+C to abort the emerge.

* If you are having trouble with the detection
* of your CD, it is possible that you do not have
* Joliet support enabled in your kernel. Please
* check that CONFIG_JOLIET is enabled in your kernel

Joliet is enabled in my kernel

I have tried:
export CD_ROOT=/media/QUAKE4
(it mounted there)
as root and user in seperate terminals and in the error one.
Nothing.

Any thoughts, thanks

[PaulBredbury]

It's not the exporting, but the mounting that's important - the CD detection code (which is like spaghetti and needs a rewrite) in /usr/portage/eclass/eutils.eclass automatically searches the mount points by looking in /proc/mounts.

Look at the ebuild: /usr/portage/games-fps/quake4-data/quake4-data-1.0.2147.12.ebuild

In your situation, the CD detection code is expecting to be able to find /media/QUAKE4/Setup/Data/q4base/pak012.pk4

[nyhm]

[Goatee]

Thanks for the reply

But i'm not sure what i need to do

If i just need to mount it then I've tried that and had no sucess

Any suggestions

Thanks

[PaulBredbury]

Just mount it as a normal CD or DVD.

Do not set any CD_ROOT variables, or you'll override the mounting.

As a common setup, add your CD device to /etc/fstab with e.g.:

[d_irq]

Hi,

CASE, case-sensitive filesystems are like hell.

This WARNINGS above remind me of my problems with either Doom or Quake Mods.
AFAIK I solved that by unpacking the pk4 files and changing the case of some paths.
The unpacking stopped the jerking when loading new areas, too (performance).
I think those are zip-files.

Sorry for being concise/in a hurry. I try to remember later.
_________________
Don't hesitate to correct my english. Otherwise I crap talking for fever.

[PaulBredbury]

[louclark]

Greetings,

if you are using an nvidia video card, I solved my issue with quake 4 not starting and the error