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neighborlee@ubuntu-heartseed /usr/local/games/uplink $ ./uplink
./uplink: relocation error: ./uplink: undefined symbol: __glutRoot

how do I resolve this issue with the demo of uplink..I am running ubuntu debian with fully working 3d environment on a PIV system with one gig of ram

l8r
g.leej

Mmmm.. Debian.. How I miss thee...

Oh, I really don't know. If I still had a copy, I could probably help you out, but my other system is running Fedora right now.

Sharpy wrote:Mmmm.. Debian.. How I miss thee...

Oh, I really don't know. If I still had a copy, I could probably help you out, but my other system is running Fedora right now.

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well thanks for making the 'bold attempt' anyway o_0 .

your such a trooper

l8r
g.leej

I don't know if this will work for you on Ubuntu, but I have the Uplink demo running on Fedora Core 3 using the Mandrake patch and a front-end script.

Put libglut.so.3.7 and this script in your uplink directory:

#!/bin/sh
here=$(dirname $0)
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$here:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_PRELOAD=libglut.so.3.7
exec $here/uplink $*

Run the script instead of the uplink binary directly.

hi.

Thanks for the very kind reply and yes that worked..i'm able to play it now and see if I like it...most likely I 'will buy it' and prob. darwinia too...

odd though that the game was unable to 'find' libglut in /usr/lib.any idea why not ?

cheers
neighborlee

Nope. I tried to make Uplink work on Fedora Core 2 a couple months ago, with no luck. I tried the libglut library in /usr/lib without success. I'm glad I was able to get it working with the script.

I tryed the script:

#!/bin/sh
here=$(dirname $0)
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$here:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_PRELOAD=libglut.so.3.7
exec $here/uplink-bin $*

but didnt work, I have Fedora Core 2 running with a kernel 2.6
is there any other idea?

thx

Can you say "bump"?

hi...
I don't have libglut.so.3.7 I only have libglu.3.8




altho I tried just change the script line to libglut.so.3.8.0 and to libglut.so.3 after I copied them to the same dir, but it gives the same output:

[/code]Portatil:/home/cusco/Desktop/uplink# ./lol
./uplink: relocation error: ./uplink: undefined symbol: __glutRoot

EXATLY the same situation as cusco...
Debian SID 2.6.14-2 Kernel, libglut.so.3.8.0 ... Script couldnt do it ;o/

I just recieved an emai announcing that some one had post on this forum.. it has been LONG TIME since I had the issue with uplink and I gave up trying to play it on my linux machine...

good luck everyone else

just thought i'd give a hand... it seems too easy to work, but i'm running xandros linux, just installed, still tweaking and updating and nonsence, but i wanted a game to play while i waited, so i dusted off my cd only to find this error you guys are experiencing... Xandros i am pretty sure is a base-off of debian, and so this should help you all...

Just tar -xvzf the linuxpatch file that came on the cd for the full game, i'm not sure about the demo myself, but there's probably a download on the site for it. the patch fixed it right up, here i was ignoring it the whole time i tried messing with the libglut <.< ...
well peace out,
-Shad0w

Hi Guys (and gals)

I'm trying to get Uplink (great game, keep it up) running on my linux desktop (kubuntu 6.0.6). I've had the same libglut issues as everyone else it seems.

I patched it as advised by dnitemare, problems gone, but now when I run the uplink script I just get dumped back to the command line instantly, as if nothing happened.

Has anyone else had this problem? and more importantly can anyone else provide a solution?

Waity

Hi folks,

got my CD after years and got the same results on Linux, no libglut found, even after applying the patch.

Install the latest version and please a start a new thread. Uplink use SDL now, GLUT errors are certainly not your problem.