[SOLVED] XIM related? Tropico 5 crashes as soon as i press a key

kokoko3k · 2019-07-24 12:59:54

I'm pretty sure it worked in the past, but now, as soon as i press a key in the game, it crashes.
My system is fully updated and running plasma.

dmesg:

[167510.012225] Render[18160]: segfault at 4 ip 00000000f7b8a8a4 sp 00000000ffd509cc error 4 in libX11.so.6.3.0[f7b58000+8b000]

gdb:

koko@Gozer# gdb '/home/koko/giochi/Steam/steamapps/common/Tropico 5/Tropico5'  '/home/koko/giochi/Steam/steamapps/common/Tropico 5/coremio.11737' 
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Reading symbols from /home/koko/giochi/Steam/steamapps/common/Tropico 5/Tropico5...

warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
[New LWP 11737]
[New LWP 11743]
[New LWP 11867]
[New LWP 11738]
[New LWP 11740]
[New LWP 11744]
[New LWP 11739]
[New LWP 11741]
[New LWP 11742]
BFD: warning: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: corrupt GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE (5) size: 0
BFD: warning: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: corrupt GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE (5) size: 0
BFD: warning: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: corrupt GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE (5) size: 0

warning: Could not load shared library symbols for libsteam_api.so.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `/home/koko/giochi/Steam/steamapps/common/Tropico 5/Tropico5'.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0  0xf7bac8a4 in Xutf8LookupString () from /usr/lib32/libX11.so.6
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xf596c780 (LWP 11737))]
(gdb) bt
#0  0xf7bac8a4 in Xutf8LookupString () from /usr/lib32/libX11.so.6
#1  0x08178254 in HSL::Terminal::Collect() ()
#2  0x08310385 in HGE::Game::RunRenderLoop() ()
#3  0x083107f2 in HGE::Game::Run() ()
#4  0x081795ea in HslMain() ()
#5  0x081740fd in main ()
(gdb)

This seems to be the "faulty" function: Xutf8LookupString.
I already tried to swith my keyboard layout to "us", but it still crashes.

some useful (?) info:

koko@Gozer# echo $XMODIFIERS

koko@Gozer# setxkbmap -query -v
Trying to build keymap using the following components:
keycodes:   evdev+aliases(qwerty)
types:      complete
compat:     complete
symbols:    pc+it+inet(evdev)
geometry:   pc(pc101)
rules:      evdev
model:      pc101
layout:     it

(edit) tried to :
. send a keystroke via vnc and via xdotool: [*crash on keypress*]
. run in windowed or fullscreen: [*crash on keypress*]
. running steam as another user (but in the same xorg session as the firs one): [*crash on keypress*]
. running steam in a bare twm root "startx" session: [*crash on keypress*]
. switch from evdev to libinput for keyboard: [*crash on keypress*]
. run as root: [*crash on keypress*]
. run the windows version via proton/steam play: [*won't start*]
. run via flatpak: [!does work!]
. run via arch in an updated (as the host, same packages) systemd container: [!does work!]
. mounted /etc in a separate namespace and removed everything from it apart pam.d which i copied from the systemd container [*crash on keypress*]

Any idea what could i try?

Thanks.

Last edited by kokoko3k (2019-08-02 11:09:53)

kokoko3k · 2019-07-24 14:18:13

...installed steam in flatpak, from there it works, but i'd like it to work without containers.

Also, on another archlinux system running plasma, updated to about 2 months ago, it works flawlessly; so either is a configuration problem, or a package upgrade issue.

Last edited by kokoko3k (2019-07-24 17:17:53)

kokoko3k · 2019-07-26 09:41:52

Even if i am able to play via flatpak i still want to understand why it does not without, so i tried to use the libs from the flatpak runtime via LD_LIBRARY_PATH (confirmed via ldd) but still no luck.

Anybody has an idea on what to search for now?

Last edited by kokoko3k (2019-07-26 09:42:19)

kokoko3k · 2019-08-01 16:31:40

Update:
I installed arch in a systemd container; from there it does not crash.
Also, i've updated both the cointainer and the host system to latest packages, and game on the host still crashes on keypresses; so it has to be some system wide configuration.

kokoko3k · 2019-08-02 11:09:20

I did it!
Using linux namespaces and bind mounts, (and using as references/working files the ones from a just installed arch systemd-nspawn container that was able to start the game flawlessly), i tracked the problematic files to be in /usr/share/X11/locale.
Simply deleting that folder and replacing it with the one from the working system made it work.
According to strace, Tropico5 used to read thhose files from there:

/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/XLC_LOCALE
/usr/share/X11/locale/locale.alias
/usr/share/X11/locale/locale.dir

...while now it reads:

/usr/share/X11/locale/compose.dir
/usr/share/X11/locale/C/XLC_LOCALE
/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/XLC_LOCALE
/usr/share/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose
/usr/share/X11/locale/locale.alias
/usr/share/X11/locale/locale.dir

...unfortunately, in the process of bisecting, i made a mistake and deleted my /usr/share/X11/, so i'm unable to debug further.

At least it is solved, thank you all!

PS: all of the above is (part of) why i love linux.
Would it be windows, i would be lost without an idea (other than format of course) on how to proceed.

Last edited by kokoko3k (2019-08-02 11:27:58)

kokoko3k · 2019-11-22 12:46:39

Solved.
I was missing some files from /usr/share/X11/locale/
But he issue is deeper than this, i'll open another thread about it, because i think it is an arch issue.
-EDIT-
ops, wrong thread, sorry.

Last edited by kokoko3k (2019-11-22 12:47:23)

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#1 2019-07-24 12:59:54

[SOLVED] XIM related? Tropico 5 crashes as soon as i press a key

#2 2019-07-24 14:18:13

Re: [SOLVED] XIM related? Tropico 5 crashes as soon as i press a key

#3 2019-07-26 09:41:52

Re: [SOLVED] XIM related? Tropico 5 crashes as soon as i press a key

#4 2019-08-01 16:31:40

Re: [SOLVED] XIM related? Tropico 5 crashes as soon as i press a key

#5 2019-08-02 11:09:20

Re: [SOLVED] XIM related? Tropico 5 crashes as soon as i press a key

#6 2019-11-22 12:46:39

Re: [SOLVED] XIM related? Tropico 5 crashes as soon as i press a key

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