Enemy Territory lock up?

[Cidated]

the game locks up once i go to select a server to play from...
no idea what the problem is :X
help a noob out? :D

[MappyH]

I have the same problem when selecting filters :-?

Try this server browser http://www.linuxgames.com/xqf/index.shtml

I think its in Universe too?

[lotusleaf]

the game locks up once i go to select a server to play from...
no idea what the problem is :X
help a noob out? :D

Have you applied the upgrade patch? That might help.

[endy]

If you use xqf, you should try Seth's packages which are the latest version.

Link to post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=216516#post216516)

You need qstat and xqf.

[Cidated]

okay so i tried a couple times to get ET to work normally and connect to a server thru ET
i can load up et and it runs for a bit then it stops, locks up and then the screen goes black :(
any ideas?

[endy]

Can you run ET from a terminal and post the output after it's crashed? It may be a good idea to run it in a window for example: "et +set r_fullscreen 0". Also a little info on your graphics card could help.

[peter07]

I have ''similar'' problem. When I'm playing Et after some time ( 5-10 minutes ) game hangs up. I always run ET from console. I've even tried playing in window mode("et +set r_fullscreen 0"). After game crash I must us hard reset (ctrl+c, ctrl+alt+f1..f7 doesn't work). What may couses my problems - my old Pc (A 1GHz, Gf2 MX) or something else ?? How I can make Et more stable??

[endy]

ET is pretty intensive on the system and I you will need to do a few tests to try and find the cause. Assuming the ET install is good and Ubuntu is stable apart from playing ET I would suggest it's a hardware issue.

Some possible causes I've seen:

Faulty PSU - Starving the system of a stable supply of power, test another if possible
Faulty or mixed RAM - Memtest86+ can find out
Overheating - Check if the fans are full of dust etc... check temps in BIOS after crash if possible

It could also be worth looking in the system logs like /var/log/messages and the xorg log in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for any error messages just before the crash.

Hope this helps somewhat :)

[imnes]

I'm experiencing the lock-ups too. This happens accross distros so I'm guessing it's the latest release of the nvidia drivers to blame. Haven't tried an older / newer version yet. Is this only affecting nvidia users or other people having it as well?

Nick

[peter07]

My PC sometimes is stable sometimes is not stable. I don't know what couses my problems. It could be hardware issue - but I must test what is broken.

1) I think, that I'm using stable supply of power. What test do you propose here??
2) I've tried memtest. I've started the test using:
memtest all command and after some time I've recived the error message:
Allocated 845152256 bytes...trying mlock...Killed
3) Some details about overheating:

Standard temperature: 37 C / 98 F CPU, 43 C / 93 F System
After hang up : 48 C / 118 F CPU, 40 C / 104 F System

I've modified my PC cooling system and it is working without the box. Some time ago I tested my PC stability in hight temperatures. It is crashing when temperature cross 54 C.

About GF 2 MX drivers - I'm using 1.0-7174 version. What drivers version do you propose. In Windows GF 2 should run on 4*.** version but on Linux ??

[Hairy_Palms]

latest version is 7667. 7174 is quite old. i runt et on ubuntu with no problems since i found that they have precompiled drivers in synaptic but i had probs when using official drivers.

[peter07]

latest version is 7667. 7174 is quite old. i runt et on ubuntu with no problems since i found that they have precompiled drivers in synaptic but i had probs when using official drivers.

What should I do ??

[peter07]

1) Possible software issues:

I've read about PunkBuster. Old verion could have bugs. I've manualy updated my PB (pbweb.x86)

./pbweb.x86

I've also tried changing pb_system to 1 ( in Et console )

/pb_system 1

Game is still locking up. I've also tried playing on servers without PB - the same results.
I've changed screen resolution, I've played in window, I've played without the sound - the same results.

2) Possible hardware issues:

I've found memtest86. Memory tests last very long - since now I've made 3 default tests - no errors.
I wrote about overheating - this can't be the locks reason.

3) Possible driver issues:

Which of these drivers is the best for GF 2 MX ??

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_archive.html

Please help me

[imnes]

I've tried a few different distro's, lately been on Fedora Core 4 64-bit for about a week and the lockups persist there. So that narrows it down to either the 2.60 ET updates, or the latest nvidia driver causing it.

Any non-nvidia useres experiencing the lockup?

Nick

[Gnobody]

My brother has this same problem on all operating systems he has tried. I *think* it may be his on-board sound because sometimes I have to kill ESD to get it to run in Linux. But even when he used to run it Windows it did the same thing, so I don't think it is how any of the sound servers are setup.

[peter07]

I *think* it may be his on-board sound because sometimes I have to kill ESD to get it to run in Linux.
Have you tried playing with no sound?? I must try it, but first I must find how to turn off sound in ET console.
My brother has this same problem on all operating systems he has tried
What mainboard your brother use ??

[endy]

An idea just occured to me, if it is something to do with your motherboard a BIOS upadate may help but please don't do this unless you know that if it goes wrong your motherboard could be screwed.

Oh and "et +set s_initsound 0" will start et with no sound.

I hope you find out what's causing the problems ;)

[peter07]

Oh and "et +set s_initsound 0" will start et with no sound.

It doesn't work. Et without the sound is sitll unstable.

BIOS upadate may help, but with my lucky everything could go wrong.