gnubg won't work after KDE update ???

[mhumm2]

Very weird. Anyway, when I try to start gnubg in a terminal under Kubuntu 8.04.2 (KDE 3.5.10), I get the following:

mark@mark-AMD:~$ gnubg
GNU Backgammon 0.15Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Gary Wong.
GNU Backgammon is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License
version 2, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GNU Backgammon. Type "show warranty" for
details.

***WARNING***

Note that gnubg does not use the gnubg.bd file.
You should obtain the file gnubg_ts0.bd or generate
it yourself using the program 'makebearoff'.
You can generate the file with the command:
makebearoff -t 6x6 -f gnubg_ts0.bd
You can also generate other bearoff databases; see
README for more details

(No game) *** glibc detected *** gnubg: corrupted double-linked list: 0x089fc7e0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7178d0d]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb717c4f0]
gnubg(FreeImages+0x6f)[0x80d64ff]
gnubg[0x80f4e38]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__BOXED+0x5a)[0xb786a15a]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb785c069]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1ff)[0xb785d81f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7871bbb]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8ef)[0xb7873c0f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7873f59]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_size_allocate+0x14a)[0xb7c2f1ba]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7a8f039]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__BOXED+0x5a)[0xb786a15a]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb785c069]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1ff)[0xb785d81f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7871bbb]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8ef)[0xb7873c0f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7873f59]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_size_allocate+0x14a)[0xb7c2f1ba]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7ac5f1b]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__BOXED+0x5a)[0xb786a15a]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb785c069]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1ff)[0xb785d81f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7871bbb]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7873f59]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_size_allocate+0x14a)[0xb7c2f1ba]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7c2497d]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__BOXED+0x5a)[0xb786a15a]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb785c069]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1ff)[0xb785d81f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7871bbb]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8ef)[0xb7873c0f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7873f59]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_size_allocate+0x14a)[0xb7c2f1ba]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7c40521]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__BOXED+0x5a)[0xb786a15a]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb785c069]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x129)[0xb785d749]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb7871bbb]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8ef)[0xb7873c0f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7873f59]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_size_allocate+0x14a)[0xb7c2f1ba]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_container_resize_children+0x7f)[0xb7a6cc0f]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7c40a02]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x4f)[0xb786aaef]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb785c069]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x129)[0xb785d749]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0xb787210a]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x8ef)[0xb7873c0f]
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x29)[0xb7873f59]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_container_check_resize+0x8a)[0xb7a6ccaa]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb7a6ccf0]
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0[0xb793481b]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb74510d1]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x176)[0xb7452cc6]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb7456083]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x6e)[0xb745663e]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main_iteration+0x34)[0xb7b050d4]
gnubg(SwapBoardToPanel+0x105)[0x8109875]
gnubg(HideAllPanels+0x1d4)[0x814e184]
gnubg(DisplayWindows+0x86)[0x814e266]
gnubg(RunGTK+0x201)[0x811a751]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-081ee000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 649092   /usr/games/gnubg
081ee000-08208000 rw-p 001a5000 08:01 649092   /usr/games/gnubg
08208000-08ba9000 rw-p 08208000 00:00 0     [heap]
b4100000-b4121000 rw-p b4100000 00:00 0
b4121000-b4200000 ---p b4121000 00:00 0
b4294000-b4298000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 672546   /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
b4298000-b4299000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 672546   /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
b429a000-b429b000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 32505861  /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b429b000-b429c000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 32473092  /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b429c000-b438c000 rw-s dfdf0000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b438c000-b447c000 rw-s dfdf0000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b447c000-b456c000 rw-s d8984000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b456c000-b456d000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 32440323  /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b456d000-b466d000 rw-s d0114000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b466d000-b476f000 rw-s d0011000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b476f000-b47d2000 rw-p 00000000 00:0e 1107    /dev/zero
b47d2000-b5152000 rw-s d8000000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b5152000-b517c000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 0     /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b517c000-b51dc000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 32407554  /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b51dc000-b523c000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 1131249  /usr/lib/gnubg/gnubg.wd
b523d000-b53a3000 r--s 00000000 08:01 1024031  /usr/share/gnubg/gnubg_os0.bd
b53a3000-b5a29000 rw-p b53a3000 00:00 0
b5a29000-b5aba000 r--p 00000000 08:01 829464   /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
b5aba000-b5b1a000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 32374785  /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b5b1a000-b5b42000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 650404   /usr/lib/libkdefx.so.4.2.0
b5b42000-b5b43000 rw-p 00027000 08:01 650404   /usr/lib/libkdefx.so.4.2.0
b5b4f000-b5b53000 rw-s 2c775000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b5b53000-b5b54000 rw-s dfd9f000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b5b54000-b5b55000 rw-s 2c774000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b5b55000-b5b56000 rw-s 2c7a7000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b5b56000-b5b57000 rw-s e0820000 00:0e 14137   /dev/nvidia0
b5b57000-b5b58000 rw-p b5b57000 00:00 0
b5b58000-b5b76000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 672700   /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/plastik.so
b5b76000-b5b77000 rw-p 0001e000 08:01 672700   /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/plastik.so
b5b77000-b5b7d000 r--s 00000000 08:01 2949183  /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2
b5b7d000-b5b80000 r--s 00000000 08:01 2949999  /var/cache/fontconfig/e383d7ea5fbe662a33d9b44caf393297-x86.cache-2
b5b80000-b5b81000 r--s 00000000 08:01 2949998  /var/cache/fontconfig/c69f04ab05004e31a6d5e715764f16d8-x86.cache-2
b5b81000-b5b84000 r--s 00000000 08:01 2949608  /var/cache/fontconfig/6eb39Aborted

Any help would be appreciated.

mhumm2

[mhumm2]

Re: gnubg won't work after KDE update

Bump: I decided to completely remove gnubg and install it directly from source (my first time attempting this). Well it worked for the most part thanks to well-written instructions on the gnubg website. The program seems very stable, but I don't have any sound. I was getting a gstreamer error and found out, from the author, that the -q (for quiet) should prevent the error. It did, so now I can run the program albeit with no sound.

on the Settings > Options > Sound menu, there is a "sound command: " text box at the top. Does anyone know what I can put into that text box to enable sound with gnubg? The game apparently uses gstreamer which my sound system does not. Of course, I'm also open to any other options as well. Thanks in advance...

I'm running Kubuntu 8.04.2 with KDE 3.5.10.

mhumm2