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TheOpethian

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Registered: 2016-02-20

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[SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

I've tried installing NeverWinter Nights 2 with PlayonLinux and I get the following error everytime I try to start it.

[08/25/16 02:11:13] - Running wine-1.5.27 nwn2main.exe (Working directory : /home/server/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/NeverwinterNights2_gog/drive_c/GOG Games/Neverwinter Nights 2 Complete)
ALSA lib dlmisc.c:254:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib32/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
fixme:dbghelp:MiniDumpWriteDump NIY MiniDumpWithDataSegs
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-close.c: 811: _dl_close: Assertion `map->l_init_called' failed!

I assume it's something that has to do with the ALSA sound drivers but I'm not sure how to fix this.

Last edited by TheOpethian (2016-08-25 16:18:54)

frank604

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Registered: 2011-04-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

what is output for

pacman -Ss alsa | grep install  

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

@frank604

Bypass the grep and the server roundtrip

pacman -Qs alsa

@TheOpethian

This is a strange problem with how PlayonLinux sets it's environment variables which will lead to the ALSA pulse module breaking. There are workarounds, you could create your own launcher script that points to the correct POL version, see this thread and post for an example. That said, why don't you try with vanilla wine? It contains many patches, and native pulseaudio support. PoL's scripts are often quite outdated. NW2's WineHQ entry leads me to believe this should be relatively smooth (although the last test result has also been with quite an old version so maybe this wouldn't be such a clean solution)

frank604

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

@frank604

Bypass the grep and the server roundtrip

pacman -Qs alsa

You are right, cool.

TheOpethian

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

Here is the output you asked for

local/alsa-firmware 1.0.29-1
    ALSA firmware package
local/alsa-lib 1.1.2-1
    An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/alsa-plugins 1.1.1-1
    Extra alsa plugins
local/lib32-alsa-lib 1.1.2-1
    An alternative implementation of Linux sound support (32 bit)
local/lib32-alsa-plugins 1.1.1-1
    Extra alsa plugins (32-bit)
local/pulseaudio-alsa 2-3
    ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
local/zita-alsa-pcmi 0.2.0-3
    The successor of clalsadrv, provides easy access to ALSA PCM devices.

I will try to install it using wine and report back here.

Zaxth

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

A dependency, which in my experience, wasn't always installed is Dxdiag. So you could also try installing that in the prefix.

libgradev

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

FWIW: I had it set to Wine 1.3.32 (which presumably worked back when) and checking today it crashes out.

1.9.5-staging - fires up fine.

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TheOpethian

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

A dependency, which in my experience, wasn't always installed is Dxdiag. So you could also try installing that in the prefix.

I had that installed but it still wasn't working, waiting on the wine version to finish installing now.

TheOpethian

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

Okay I installed using wine and it seems to be working now, though the intro graphics are pixelated for some reason. Maybe something is missing?

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

This game is old, those prerendered FMVs usually look like shit especially on modern screens, or is it actually brokenly so?

TheOpethian

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't start Neverwinter Nights 2 on POL

This game is old, those prerendered FMVs usually look like shit especially on modern screens, or is it actually brokenly so?

No I suppose it's working now, thank you for your help guys.

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