epsxe will crash when trying to configure video/sound settings, or even trying to run the bios (tested with the scph1001.bin bios). This problem (and the solution) is listed in the readme.txt for pete's 1.73 mesagl plugin, which can be obtained from his website at http://home.t-online.de/home/PeteBernert/. I'm not even sure this is caused by the gpu plugin, but that's what the readme suggests. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge epsxe 2. Install pete's mesagl 1.73 plugin (may not be necessary, I got this error before this) 3. create symlinks from ~/.epsxe/plugins and ~/.epsxe/cfg to the files in /usr/lib/psemu/plugins and /usr/lib/psemu/cfg (also may not be necessary) 4. install playstation binary into the ~/.epsxe/bios/ folder 5. run epsxe 6. go to Config->Video Actual Results: epsxe crashes with message /usr/bin/epsxe: line 34: 20028 Segmentation fault ./epsxe Expected Results: The video plugin dialog should come up. I'm running a pentium 3 with glibc 2.3.2-r1 installed, this can likely be reproduced on any i686 machine with a recent version of glibc. I don't think more information is needed. The fix is listed right in the readme.txt for the gpu plugin. Instead of running "epsxe" you can run "env LD_PRELOAD=libpthread.so.0 epsxe". There are other fixes listed but this is the one I used, and it worked fine.
Sorry, forgot to include, I'm running a GeForce4 Ti 4400 (Gainward).(if this helps).
I can confirm that this works. It should be added as a symlink to epsxe so that you don't have to do it by yourself. (others might not check bugzilla or forums)
You can't symlink to something like "env LD_PRELOAD=libpthread.so.0 epsxe". You can only link to another file. This could be done with an alias, or (probably the better way) a script.
are you guys using the packages from portage or did you put together your own stuff ? like, are you using app-emulation/psemu-gpupetemesagl ? if so, ill add the env thing to the epsxe startup script
Short answer: yes, it is with portage. Long answer: Well, I originally had the problem with the portage stuff. I think the lib directory was /usr/lib/psemu at that time. Then I installed the new gpupetemesagl from pete's website. This is how I had the readme.txt, and this is when I discovered the cause/workaround for the problem. Recently, a new epsxe ebuild was released and I have installed that, and the lib directory is changed to /usr/games/lib/psemu. Also, the v1.0.73 of gpupetemesagl was put into portage, and I am using the one I downloaded from portage now (I know because it's in the new directory). I have epsxe aliased to do the ENV thing, and when I alias it back to just 'epsxe' and try to go to the video or sound menu I get the following: Segmentation fault When I try to run BIOS the following happens: * Memory handlers init. * ePSXe: PSX BIOS loaded [/home/picho/.epsxe/bios//scph1001.bin]. Segmentation fault When I re-source /etc/profile everything works fine. The line in there looks like: alias epsxe='env LD_PRELOAD=libpthread.so.0 epsxe'
try this then since i cant reproduce the crash on my machine edit /usr/games/bin/epsxe before the 'exec ./epsxe' line, add: export LD_PRELOAD="libpthread.so.0:${LD_PRELOAD}" if that doesnt work, then try replacing the exec line with this: exec env LD_PRELOAD="libpthread.so.0:${LD_PRELOAD}" ./epsxe
Adding export LD_PRELOAD="libpthread.so.0:${LD_PRELOAD}" on its own line before exec works for me :).
ok, well since the change doesnt break my epsxe, ive added it to cvs
