(SOLVED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

[ardvark71]

Hi....

How do I get this game into a smaller window (that has the usual minimize and exit buttons) instead of full screen? I'm trying to troubleshoot why it crashes after completing around 10 rounds (leaving a highly inflated desktop) and thought that bringing it up in window mode might solve this problem.

If anyone has any other ideas why this could be happening and what to look at, I would greatly appreciate it.

Regards...

[ardvark71]

Re: Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

Hi all...

UPDATE: I found the setting in the game that changes it to window mode, however, it still shuts down after the same amount of time.

Regards...

[ardvark71]

Re: Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

Anyone?

[oshunluvr]

Re: Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

My usual first step to trouble shooting a program is to launch it from a terminal window so you can see direct error output.

[ardvark71]

Re: Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

My usual first step to trouble shooting a program is to launch it from a terminal window so you can see direct error output.

Thanks oshunluvr...

Thank you for your reply

It starts up ok, it just shuts down, usually, after 10 or so levels, sometimes before.

EDIT: I figured out what you meant by starting the game in a terminal and seeing the error output but I went ahead and uninstalled the game anyway so it no longer matters at this point. Thanks for your help.

Regards...

[ardvark71]

Re: (REOPENED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

Hi all...

I decided to reinstall the game and opened it with a terminal. It did crash again, leaving this report...

aaron@aaron-laptop:~$ tecnoballz
ALSA lib pcm.c:7245:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occured
ALSA lib pcm.c:7245:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occured
ALSA lib pcm.c:7245:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occured
ALSA lib pcm.c:7245:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occured
Segmentation fault
aaron@aaron-laptop:~$

What would a (possible) segmentation fault be in this case?

EDIT: I found these two pages but need a little help understanding how to use gdb...

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/segmen...inux-unix.html

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~gilpin/tutorial/#3.3

Regards...

[oshunluvr]

Re: (REOPENED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

The seg fault is a rather general error. However, the other errors point at sound being a possible issue. You can try running the game with the music or sound effects off to see if you get past level 10.

You can get more detailed error output using strace or gdb to launch the program.

[ardvark71]

Re: (REOPENED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

You can get more detailed error output using strace or gdb to launch the program.

Hi...

Right, I'm just not entirely sure what command to use to get gdb to launch the program. The article above didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

Regards...

[ardvark71]

Re: (REOPENED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

Meow?

(or Bark, depending upon your preference.)

[ardvark71]

Re: (REOPENED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

Hi all...

I found out how to run gdb and received this output when I tried to open tecnoballz with it...

aaron@aaron-laptop:~$ gdb tecnoballz
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1-ubuntu
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <[url]http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>[/url]
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<[url]http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>[/url]...
Reading symbols from /usr/games/tecnoballz...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb)

Is it safe to assume that without the debugging symbols, gdb won't be able to tell me anything?

Regards...

[Snowhog]

Re: (REOPENED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

It might be better if you just add the appropriate debian repository so that you can use the package manager to install the application directly, which ensures that any dependencies are pulled in/updated/upgraded as required.

[ardvark71]

Re: (REOPENED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

It might be better if you just add the appropriate debian repository so that you can use the package manager to install the application directly, which ensures that any dependencies are pulled in/updated/upgraded as required.

Hi...

Thank you for replying but I don't think you understand what I'm trying to do. The application, tecnoballz, is already installed. It shuts down by itself (after about the 10th or 15th level, usually) every single time I bring it up. As you can see above, this is happening because of a segmentation fault, possibly related to the sound (although it works fine in the game.) I want to debug the game and find out what the exact problem is but it appears that gdb can't do this because there are no debugging symbols are there is no package offered, to this affect, with the game.

Is there another program out there that can debug that doesn't require these symbols?

Regards...

[ardvark71]

Re: (SOLVED) Forcing tecnoballz into Window mode..

Issue no longer applies, marked as "solved."

[ardvark71]

Hi all....

In case anyone is interested, I opened up a bug report about this problem a couple minutes ago. I keep seeing this problem with 64 bit versions of Ubuntu and Kubuntu 10.04, possibly others.

Regards...

[ardvark71]

Hi all...

Just out of curiosity, how long does it take before a bug is assigned and work done on it?

Regards...