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Bug #2487

[Bug v0.23.5.0]: KSP crashes on Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04

Added by alun over 10 years ago. Updated about 10 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Severity:
High
Assignee:
-
Category:
Gameplay
Target version:
-
Start date:
05/10/2014
% Done:

100%

Version:
0.23.5
Platform:
Linux
Expansion:
Language:
English (US)
Mod Related:
No
Votes:
Arrow u r green
Arrow d r red

Description

What happens: Game crashes during flight.

How to reproduce:
  • Start flight tutorial
  • step through tutorial
  • launch on full throttle straight up
  • game dies shortly before 800m alt.
Notes:
  • The demo version didn't suffer from this.
  • Bought full version last month (for the ARM patch).
  • Game didn't work then (under Ubuntu 13.10)
  • Have since upgraded OS to 14.04
  • Have tried setting Steam launch option to:

LC_ALL=C command
and
LC_ALL=C command_64
this doesn't seem to have helped.

  • Have attached KSP and player logs, and hardinfo report.

Hope this helps.
(really looking forward to trying out The Claw!)

Cheers,
Alun.

hardinfo_report.html (51.4 KB) hardinfo_report.html alun, 05/10/2014 01:19 PM
KSP.log (102 KB) KSP.log alun, 05/10/2014 01:19 PM
Player.log (242 KB) Player.log alun, 05/10/2014 01:19 PM
KSP (copy).log (106 KB) KSP (copy).log dannyh, 05/14/2014 05:52 PM
crashing quicksave.sfs (22.9 KB) crashing quicksave.sfs quicksave approx 10s before crash dannyh, 05/14/2014 05:52 PM
hardinfo_report.html (55.3 KB) hardinfo_report.html dannyh, 05/14/2014 05:52 PM
lshw.txt (499 Bytes) lshw.txt dannyh, 05/14/2014 05:52 PM
glxinfo.txt (15.4 KB) glxinfo.txt dannyh, 05/14/2014 05:52 PM

History

#1 Updated by Nachtwind over 10 years ago

Cant confirm here whats happening.
But i wonder what happens if you remove the atmospheric effects etc. Looks like you are using the GPU of your CPU and i wonder if thats capable of all those effects. I was testing (retail) KSP the other day on an I3 as well and i had some hard time getting it run smooth at all.. And linux might then be even a bit more picky about it..

So, what happens if you turn down pretty much all effects?

#2 Updated by jmdana over 10 years ago

I have the same issue. I'm using Arch Linux with an Intel HD4000 graphics card.

The game crashes with the lines:

(Filename: /BuildAgent/work/d3d49558e4d408f4/artifacts/LinuxStandalonePlayerGenerated/UnityEngineDebug.cpp Line: 53)

RenderTexture.Create failed: format unsupported.

(Filename: Line: 252)

Same as seen in the Player.log above.

"Aerodynamic FX quality = minimal" seems to fix the issue.

#3 Updated by alun over 10 years ago

Good call Nachtwind and Jmdana - turning down the aerodynamic effects to "minimal" seems to fix it at least in the flight training. I'll try it in the game proper when I've got a bit more time later in the week.

Any level above "minimal" seems to crash it though.

Thanks.
Alun.

#4 Updated by alun over 10 years ago

Hi,

I've played a couple of sessions since (about 2 hours total) and only had one crash. That was when I switched from the Assembly Building to the Launch Pad, so it may not be the same problem.

I'll try a few more tests, to see if I can reproduce it.

Cheers,
Alun.

#5 Updated by jmdana over 10 years ago

With or without "Aerodynamic FX quality = minimal"?

It keeps crashing for me every single time. Always at the same point, a few seconds after taking off.

#6 Updated by dannyh over 10 years ago

I'm seeing what is very probably the same issue. Ubuntu 14.04, 0.23.5, no mods, both x86 and x86_64, crash on "Impending Impact" scenario when entering atmosphere (at approx 38km), Aerodynamic FX quality = minimal makes the crash go away. Crash happens just before heat glow starts.

stdout says:

Found path: /home/danny/Downloads/KSP_linux/KSP.x86_64
Mono path[0] = '/home/danny/Downloads/KSP_linux/KSP_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/danny/Downloads/KSP_linux/KSP_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/danny/Downloads/KSP_linux/KSP_Data/Mono/etc'
Aborted

Attaching log, which does not seem to contain much, quicksave file (less than 10s before crash) and hardinfo. Also adding lshw -C display and glxinfo output (i915 driver).

build id = 464
2014-04-01_17-04-22
Branch: master

#7 Updated by frode.svendsen over 10 years ago

I have the exact same problem. I've played KSP for hours on my Linux laptop earlier, but right now I crash to desktop after about 5-10 seconds of flight..

#8 Updated by benthor over 10 years ago

This happens for me as well, regardless of how much I tune down the graphics settings.

I bundled up a core dump for you guys, along with version and system info, settings and the save game that triggers the problem ("Moonshot 1" mission, currently on trajectory back to Kerbin. Segfault for me happens reproducibly (tried it 6 times) when my mission reenters Kerbin atmosphere at around 38000m Altitude)

http://kerbal.benthor.name/core+configs.tar.bz2 (274MB; even when compressed, the core file is huge)

My distribution is a reasonably up-to-date Arch Linux (64Bit).

#9 Updated by sr over 10 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 10

Same here with ubuntu 13.04 on an intel GPU. Doesn't happen on my other linux machine running ubuntu 13.04 with an amd gpu. Seems to be intel specific - maybe intel can't deal with the texture compression format that recent unity versions try to use by default?

#10 Updated by Ted over 10 years ago

  • Severity changed from Low to High

Due to the widespread nature of the issue, I'm bumping the priority.

#11 Updated by sr over 10 years ago

Investigating further: The crash happens every time "reentry effects" are to be displayed - also during ascent, if your rocket is fast enough to get the red flames and glow. After talking with Ted, I disabled SM3 and used the alternative renderer and still got the crash.

#12 Updated by keithbam over 10 years ago

I have never been able to run the tutorials before applying the patch described in the compatibility thread (link below) since KSP version 0.18.
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/24529-The-Linux-compatibility-thread%21?p=1100739&viewfull=1#post1100739
I wonder if the people describing this bug have followed all the advice and steps provided in the opening posts of that forum thread? Especially the terminal patch...

echo "090f377: 00" | xxd -r - KSP.x86_64
echo "090f37c: 00" | xxd -r - KSP.x86_64

I have just upgraded my Ubuntu from 12.04 to 14.04. My KSP is patched as above. I cannot reproduce this.

I only had one issue with the Linux upgrade. I needed to delete "settings.cfg" and allow the game to re-establish that file. Prior to doing that the upgraded NVidia driver caused the game to use the fallback graphics engine for some reason.

#13 Updated by johns over 10 years ago

I'm experiencing this on Ubuntu with Intel HD4400 graphics. Disabling atmospheric effects allowed me to get into orbit, but I still get random crashes - sometimes when going from the VAB to the launchpad. Let me know if you want a core dump or more info.

Also, seems to be the same issue in the forums here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/75634-Myriad-of-crashes-since-23-5-(Linux)

#15 Updated by benthor over 10 years ago

Not reproducible for me in 0.24.

Hurray!

#16 Updated by Ted over 10 years ago

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 10 to 100

#17 Updated by unseeingwhale over 10 years ago

Can confirm as resolved.

#18 Updated by Ted about 10 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Closed

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