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#34854
stepmania does not work
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Reported by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 08:32:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
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#34854: stepmania does not work
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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:
> Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>
>> "GtkModule.so" should be located in the same directory as the executable
>> "stepmania". This is the case in our package: both are located in
>> "…stepmania-5.1.0-b2/share/stepmania/".
>>
>> However, our package definition also creates a symlink to the
>> "stepmania" executable in the "bin/" directory. Since the symlink is
>> launched, and not the executable, the working directory seems to be off.
>>
>> As another data point, the one place in the code base that actually
>> makes use of "GtkModule.so" is "LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Gtk.cpp"
>> file:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> std::string LoadingWindow_Gtk::Init()
>> {
>> ASSERT( Handle == nullptr );
>>
>> Handle = dlopen( (RageFileManagerUtil::sDirOfExecutable + "/" + "GtkModule.so").c_str(), RTLD_NOW );
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> I'm not sure about how to proceed from there. Maybe use `wrap-program'
>> around the "stepmania" symlink. If so, what to wrap? Another option is
>> to patch the "LoadingWindow_Gtk.cpp" file like:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> Handle = dlopen( (RageFileManagerUtil::sDirOfExecutable + "/" + "../share/stepmania/GtkModule.so").c_str(), RTLD_NOW );
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> I'd favor the second option, but I cannot test the results since
>> I cannot reproduce the problem.
>
> I implemented something similar in commit
> 45aba232abe50b6642abfaa06030985c7febbe07.
>
> There still are problems, though. The program expects a directory
> “Songs” to exist in the current working directory. It then fails with
> this error:
>
> Error: No NoteSkins found
>
> This seems to work fine only when when “stepmania” is executed from
> within the “share/stepmania” directory. I suspect that this is the same
> kind of problem.
This is now fixed with commit 4774677228.
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Ricardo
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“stepmania” cannot find its Songs directory, so I created it. After
doing that, however, “stepmania” still cannot be started as it can’t
find GtkModule.so.
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$ /gnu/store/awp5w5v3hfg8zilviarwj85s2y820lyg-stepmania-5.1.0-b2/bin/stepmania --help
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Exception: Couldn't find 'Songs'
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Error: Couldn't find 'Songs'
$ mkdir Songs
$ /gnu/store/awp5w5v3hfg8zilviarwj85s2y820lyg-stepmania-5.1.0-b2/bin/stepmania
StepMania5.1-UNKNOWN
Compiled 19700101 @ 00:00:01 (build UNKNOWN)
Log starting 2019-03-14 09:15:27
Couldn't load driver gtk: dlopen(): /gnu/store/awp5w5v3hfg8zilviarwj85s2y820lyg-stepmania-5.1.0-b2/bin/GtkModule.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Error: Couldn't open any loading windows.
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Ricardo
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