GTA San Andreas Startup Problems

[tghe-retford]

I am trying out Kubuntu 7.10 x86_64 after trying out a number of distros. I am in the process of trying out two of the games I have on Windows which should work on Kubuntu 7.10 x86_64 (according to the Wine AppDB). SimCity 4 works fine with a minor graphic problem, but GTA San Andreas which according to the AppDB works on one testers Ubuntu 7.10 x86_64 setup will not work on my computer.

When I go to start the game, the EAX and NVidia logos appear, but when the Rockstar logo video should appear (which is logo.mpg), the game crashes and I end up back on the desktop with a lower resolution.

I ran the game through the terminal and the output is below, so hopefully someone can find out what the problem is.


ALSA lib ../../src/conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0
ALSA lib ../../../src/control/control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default:0
err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume' element
err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume' element
ALSA lib ../../src/conf.c:3949:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 1
ALSA lib ../../../src/control/control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default:1
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on CA0106, disabling mixer
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 8193 (SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT)
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x178f794,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_CheckDeviceMultiSampleType Quality levels unsupported at present
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x13a5a0) : stub
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:devenum:DEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEn umerator Category {cc7bfb41-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:devenum:DEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEn umerator Category {cc7bfb46-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:quartz:MPEGSplitter_query_accept MPEG-1 system streams not yet supported.
fixme:devenum:DEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEn umerator Category {cc7bfb41-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:devenum:DEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEn umerator Category {cc7bfb46-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x00000002 at address 0x7cd39577 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x00000002 in 32-bit code (0x7cd39577).
Register dump:
CS:0023 SS:002b DS:002b ES:002b FS:0063 GS:006b
EIP:7cd39577 ESP:0178f9b8 EBP:0178f9f0 EFLAGS:00010297( - 00 RISAP1C)
EAX:00000002 EBX:7cd75a8c ECX:0178fa9c EDX:00000000
ESI:027be101 EDI:027be158
Stack dump:
0x0178f9b8: 025d6dd8 034e12f0 0299e728 025d74e8
0x0178f9c8: 7cb66860 e0f158e1 11d0cb04 a0004ebd
0x0178f9d8: 86ce11c9 ff0a0000 00000000 7cd75a8c
0x0178f9e8: 80040218 00000000 0178fb30 7cd46b61
0x0178f9f8: 027be158 00000001 0178fa9c 0178faa0
0x0178fa08: 00000000 00000001 00000001 0178fa60
Backtrace:
=>1 0x7cd39577 in quartz (+0x9577) (0x0178f9f0)
2 0x7cd46b61 in quartz (+0x16b61) (0x0178fb30)
err:dbghelp_msc:codeview_process_info Unknown CODEVIEW signature 8c2e96f8 in module L"gta_sa"
3 0x00747725 in gta_sa (+0x347725) (0x7ed37d20)
4 0x000248ec (0x81e58955)
5 0x00000000 (0x00000000)
0x7cd39577: movl 0x0(%eax),%edx
Modules:
Module Address Debug info Name (92 modules)
PE 240000- 249000 Deferred ogg
PE 250000- 358000 Deferred vorbis
PE 360000- 390000 Deferred eax
PE 400000- 1577000 Export gta_sa
PE 10000000-10011000 Deferred vorbisfile
ELF 7b800000-7b929000 Deferred kernel32<elf>
\-PE 7b820000-7b929000 \ kernel32
ELF 7bc00000-7bca0000 Deferred ntdll<elf>
\-PE 7bc10000-7bca0000 \ ntdll
ELF 7bf00000-7bf03000 Deferred <wine-loader>
ELF 7cb48000-7cb67000 Deferred devenum<elf>
\-PE 7cb50000-7cb67000 \ devenum
ELF 7cb67000-7cb99000 Deferred uxtheme<elf>
\-PE 7cb70000-7cb99000 \ uxtheme
ELF 7cb99000-7cc36000 Deferred oleaut32<elf>
\-PE 7cbb0000-7cc36000 \ oleaut32
ELF 7cc36000-7ccf4000 Deferred comctl32<elf>
\-PE 7cc40000-7ccf4000 \ comctl32
ELF 7ccf4000-7cd1b000 Deferred msvfw32<elf>
\-PE 7cd00000-7cd1b000 \ msvfw32
ELF 7cd1b000-7cd77000 Export quartz<elf>
\-PE 7cd30000-7cd77000 \ quartz
ELF 7cdd2000-7ce01000 Deferred d3d9<elf>
\-PE 7cde0000-7ce01000 \ d3d9
ELF 7d012000-7d048000 Deferred dinput<elf>
\-PE 7d020000-7d048000 \ dinput
ELF 7d048000-7d061000 Deferred dinput8<elf>
\-PE 7d050000-7d061000 \ dinput8
ELF 7d276000-7d28a000 Deferred avicap32<elf>
\-PE 7d280000-7d28a000 \ avicap32
ELF 7d28a000-7d2d3000 Deferred dsound<elf>
\-PE 7d290000-7d2d3000 \ dsound
ELF 7d2e3000-7d3c4000 Deferred wined3d<elf>
\-PE 7d300000-7d3c4000 \ wined3d
ELF 7d3c4000-7d419000 Deferred ddraw<elf>
\-PE 7d3d0000-7d419000 \ ddraw
ELF 7d62a000-7d63f000 Deferred midimap<elf>
\-PE 7d630000-7d63f000 \ midimap
ELF 7d63f000-7d666000 Deferred msacm32<elf>
\-PE 7d650000-7d666000 \ msacm32
ELF 7d666000-7d72c000 Deferred libasound.so.2
ELF 7d9dd000-7d9f5000 Deferred msacm32<elf>
\-PE 7d9e0000-7d9f5000 \ msacm32
ELF 7d9f5000-7da2b000 Deferred winealsa<elf>
\-PE 7da00000-7da2b000 \ winealsa
ELF 7da2b000-7da30000 Deferred libxfixes.so.3
ELF 7da30000-7da39000 Deferred libxcursor.so.1
ELF 7da39000-7da56000 Deferred imm32<elf>
\-PE 7da40000-7da56000 \ imm32
ELF 7da56000-7da5c000 Deferred libxrandr.so.2
ELF 7da5c000-7da5f000 Deferred libxinerama.so.1
ELF 7dd1c000-7dd1e000 Deferred libnvidia-tls.so.1
ELF 7dd1e000-7e6b6000 Deferred libglcore.so.1
ELF 7e6b6000-7e74c000 Deferred libgl.so.1
ELF 7e74c000-7e751000 Deferred libxdmcp.so.6
ELF 7e751000-7e754000 Deferred libxau.so.6
ELF 7e754000-7e845000 Deferred libx11.so.6
ELF 7e845000-7e853000 Deferred libxext.so.6
ELF 7e853000-7e85b000 Deferred libxrender.so.1
ELF 7e868000-7e8f7000 Deferred winex11<elf>
\-PE 7e880000-7e8f7000 \ winex11
ELF 7e97a000-7e99a000 Deferred libexpat.so.1
ELF 7e99a000-7e9c5000 Deferred libfontconfig.so.1
ELF 7e9c5000-7e9da000 Deferred libz.so.1
ELF 7e9da000-7ea4a000 Deferred libfreetype.so.6
ELF 7ea4a000-7eaa3000 Deferred rpcrt4<elf>
\-PE 7ea60000-7eaa3000 \ rpcrt4
ELF 7eaa3000-7eb44000 Deferred ole32<elf>
\-PE 7eab0000-7eb44000 \ ole32
ELF 7eb44000-7eb57000 Deferred libresolv.so.2
ELF 7eb57000-7eb75000 Deferred iphlpapi<elf>
\-PE 7eb60000-7eb75000 \ iphlpapi
ELF 7eb75000-7eba2000 Deferred ws2_32<elf>
\-PE 7eb80000-7eba2000 \ ws2_32
ELF 7eba2000-7ebeb000 Deferred advapi32<elf>
\-PE 7ebb0000-7ebeb000 \ advapi32
ELF 7ebeb000-7ec86000 Deferred gdi32<elf>
\-PE 7ec00000-7ec86000 \ gdi32
ELF 7ec86000-7edc4000 Deferred user32<elf>
\-PE 7eca0000-7edc4000 \ user32
ELF 7edc4000-7ee52000 Deferred winmm<elf>
\-PE 7edd0000-7ee52000 \ winmm
ELF 7ef90000-7ef9b000 Deferred libnss_files.so.2
ELF 7ef9b000-7efa5000 Deferred libnss_nis.so.2
ELF 7efa5000-7efbd000 Deferred libnsl.so.1
ELF 7efbd000-7efc6000 Deferred libnss_compat.so.2
ELF 7efc6000-7efeb000 Deferred libm.so.6
ELF f7cc8000-f7ccc000 Deferred libdl.so.2
ELF f7ccc000-f7e16000 Deferred libc.so.6
ELF f7e17000-f7e2f000 Deferred libpthread.so.0
ELF f7e44000-f7f58000 Deferred libwine.so.1
ELF f7f5a000-f7f78000 Deferred ld-linux.so.2
Threads:
process tid prio (all id:s are in hex)
0000000b
0000000c 0
00000008 (D) C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\gta_sa.exe
0000000e 0
0000000d 15
0000000a 0
00000009 0 <==

I'm using Wine 0.9.47.

It seems weird, because other people can get the game to work and I can't. :( I'm just wondering how people have managed to get the game to work? I have looked on the Wine AppDB and no-one else seems to have the same problem. :-k

[tghe-retford]

Found a fix, and I will post it here just so it can help others in future:

Go to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Rockstar Games/GTA San Andreas/movies/ and remove both mpg files.

[djrobthaman]

Hi,

I'm trying to run gta san andreas as well and am having similar problems. When I use the terminal and cd to the gta direactory and run wine gta_sa.exe I get a lot of similar output.

At first all that would happen is either when I executed that command or tried to start gta from the menu in the applications drop down a window (with no borders) about 50% the size of my desktop would appear and flash to white once or twice before staying black. Then when I hit any key on my keyboard the window would flash to white one more time and then disappear.

Now I've tried deleting those mpg files and now when I use the terminal to start up gta the same thing happens except the box changes the screen resolution (or at least it looks that way) and takes up the whole screen except that both my panels are still visible.

But when I tried starting it up from the applications menu, my screen went black and then I got rerouted to the ubuntu login screen and I had to log in again.

Any ideas on how I could get it to actually work?

Thanks

EDIT: Just tried running it from the terminal again and this time the panels weren't there. I guess that might be a good thing, but the game still won't play. errgghhh

[Benedolt]

I am having exactly the same problem as you, djrobthaman!

Did you or anyone else figure out how to solve this?

Here is my output:

$ wine gta_sa.exe
fixme:cursor:CURSORICON_LoadFromFile No support for .ani cursors.
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x111e,00007f8a),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x1126,00007f00),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x1136,00007f03),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x113e,00007f01),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x114e,00007f88),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x115e,00007f86),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x116e,00007f83),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x117e,00007f85),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x118e,00007f82),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x119e,00007f84),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x11ae,00007f04),stub!
fixme:cursor:SetSystemCursor (0x11be,00007f02),stub!
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 8193 (SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT)
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x178ee28,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_CheckDeviceMultiSampleType Quality levels unsupported at present
fixme:d3d:CreateContext >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_OPERATION (0x502) from glClearColor @ context.c / 332
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_EvictManagedResources (0x153c48) : stub
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)
fixme:d3d_surface:flush_to_framebuffer_drawpixels >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_VALUE (0x501) from glDrawPixels @ surface.c / 1090
fixme:devenum:DEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEn umerator Category {cc7bfb41-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:devenum:DEVENUM_ICreateDevEnum_CreateClassEn umerator Category {cc7bfb46-f175-11d1-a392-00e0291f3959} not found
fixme:quartz:MPEGSplitter_query_accept MPEG-1 system streams not yet supported.
err:quartz:FilterGraph2_AddSourceFilter Load (80070002)
Initialised SoundManager
fixme:dsound:IDirectSoundBufferImpl_SetFX (0x1e9710,0,(nil),(nil)): stub
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 59 (SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS)

[Hungerer]

:guitar: yo man i have same problems its just it startes and when it starts loading white color filling bar under picture and 1/5 its say SA error what to do :(

[saz]

Found a fix, and I will post it here just so it can help others in future:

Go to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Rockstar Games/GTA San Andreas/movies/ and remove both mpg files.

THANK YOU SO FU***** MUCH!!! i was getting sick and tired... had tried everything

THANKS!!

[CDrewing]

Well I have the same problem, but deleting the both mpg files did not help.

I receive:


cdrewing@ubuntu:~$ wine "C:\Programme\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\gta_sa.exe"
err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume' element
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on Brooktree Bt878, disabling mixer
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 8193 (SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT)



And then nothing happens.

Please help anybody!!

[tghe-retford]

Well I have the same problem, but deleting the both mpg files did not help.

I receive:


cdrewing@ubuntu:~$ wine "C:\Programme\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\gta_sa.exe"
err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume' element
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on Brooktree Bt878, disabling mixer
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 8193 (SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT)



And then nothing happens.

Please help anybody!!
Bizarrely I now have exactly the same problem.

fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 8193 (SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT)
I will try whatever I can do to get it working and report back.

[tghe-retford]

Bug report produced for this problem:

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12013

[tghe-retford]

Well I have the same problem, but deleting the both mpg files did not help.

I receive:


cdrewing@ubuntu:~$ wine "C:\Programme\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\gta_sa.exe"
err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume' element
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on Brooktree Bt878, disabling mixer
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 8193 (SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT)



And then nothing happens.

Please help anybody!!
I restarted my computer and that seemed to have got it working again.

[Gwijde]

Hi guys,

I have exactly the same problem as Benedolt above, and am quite agitated :-(

So basically I run gta_sa.exe in 3 different ways:

1) Desktop shortcut: results in a screen that flashes twice, closes when button is pressed
2) Applications menu: again, the flashing screen
3) Straight from the terminal : gives me the screen and the same output as Benedolt's

Please help me, what do I do? I love this game so much!

Thanx from beforehand

--Gwijde

[Tomatz]

Don't bother the sound is very buggy once you get it running. There are fixes but they don't work effectivly.

That was my experience ;)

[Gwijde]

Fixes?

Could you possibly point them out to me? I'll try anything :)

--Gwijde

[Tomatz]

Fixes?

Could you possibly point them out to me? I'll try anything :)

--Gwijde


What i meant was sound fixes. Actually it installed via wine perfectly. The problem is once it is installed the sound is very laggy and it makes the game unplayable.

Also if you were hoping to use the multi theft auto mod. This doesn't work either (in wine or cedega).

Basically i suggest you install it in xp ;)

[Gwijde]

Funny you should say that. As a matter of fact, I just installed XP in virtualbox, and GTA SA in it, but I get an error: A required security module could not be executed...

After checking this out, it turns out it was detected that I was running an emulator...

So that didn't get me any further...

Thanx for the suggestion though, but I want to stay as far away from XP as possible, as I know it IS possible to play this in ubuntu.

--Gwijde

[Tomatz]

Funny you should say that. As a matter of fact, I just installed XP in virtualbox, and GTA SA in it, but I get an error: A required security module could not be executed...

After checking this out, it turns out it was detected that I was running an emulator...

So that didn't get me any further...

Thanx for the suggestion though, but I want to stay as far away from XP as possible, as I know it IS possible to play this in ubuntu.

--Gwijde

You wont be able to play 3d games in virtualbox :(

[Tomatz]

Ahhhh!

I installed it from an .iso ;)

If you are installing from the original gtasa disk maybe the copy protection is preventing you from installing successfully via wine.

Make an .iso of the disk, extract it then install that way.

[stinkinrich88]

no 3d games in virtualbox?! weeeaaak! Cause I can't get sanan working in wine either. I managed it before! But now I'm using ATI instead of nvidia. Last time I ever get an ATI card, I swear. Nothing but trouble.