Segment Fault Crash

[2pacalypse]

I'm experiencing a weird "Segment Fault". the crash appears about 2-3 minutes after I start the game, out of the blue. and if I run the game via terminal all it writes is the regular load screen and then "Segment fault" heres the terminal output

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=        U P L I N K        =
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=        Version 1.54       =
=     - R E L E A S E -     =
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Version 1.54 (RELEASE)
Compiled on Nov 16 2006 at 20:46:23
(code-C)(code-M)(code-T)
Segmentation fault


now the weird thing is that this crash doesn't have any crash/debug log at all. I've attempted to reinstall the game several times each time I attempted a different version but alas its still crashing

I am Running Debian Etch (4.0),Uplink 1.54

[frenchfrog]

1) Try the latest patch (currently 1.55), it's more verbose.

2) Check for the ~/.uplink/debug.log file.

3) Try with a new agent.

[2pacalypse]

1)ok upgraded and I ran the game twice(but no segment fault errors), first time it was crash right at the agent login screen, heres the first attempt in the terminal

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=        U P L I N K        =
=                           =
=        Version 1.55       =
=     - R E L E A S E -     =
=                           =
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Version 1.55 (RELEASE)
Compiled on Mar 19 2007 at 13:34:53
(code-C)(code-M)(code-T)

An Uplink Internal Error has occured: segmentation violation (SIGSEGV)

An (unrecognised) Uplink Internal Error has occured
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See the /home/kronos/.uplink/debug.log file for more informations on the error


and heres the related debug.log file (which btw magiclly appeared in this update but was not present before)

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NEW GAME     15:3, 21/5/2007
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Version : 1.55
RELEASE
Linux Build
Version 1.55 (RELEASE)
Compiled on Mar 19 2007 at 13:34:53
(code-C)(code-M)(code-T)
Loading uplink options from /home/kronos/.uplink/options...success

Successfully loaded data archive data.dat
Successfully loaded data archive graphics.dat
Successfully loaded data archive loading.dat
Successfully loaded data archive sounds.dat
Successfully loaded data archive music.dat
Successfully loaded data archive fonts.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch2.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch3.dat
Saving uplink options to /home/kronos/.uplink/options...success
Saving uplink options to /home/kronos/.uplink/options...success
Compiled with SDL_mixer version: 1.2.7
Running with SDL_mixer version: 1.2.7
New patch Detected!
Old version = 131
New version = 155


An Uplink Internal Error has occured: segmentation violation (SIGSEGV)

An (unrecognised) Uplink Internal Error has occured
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============== B E G I N  C O R E  D U M P =================
retAddress = 0x804f43b
retAddress = 0x80f9b76
retAddr2222ess = 0xb7f84420
============== E N D  C O R E  D U M P =====================


and in the second try, I managed to play for a few minutes, barely enough for one mainframe hack. heres the terminal

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=                           =
=        U P L I N K        =
=                           =
=        Version 1.55       =
=     - R E L E A S E -     =
=                           =
=============================

Version 1.55 (RELEASE)
Compiled on Mar 19 2007 at 13:34:53
(code-C)(code-M)(code-T)

An Uplink Internal Error has occured: segmentation violation (SIGSEGV)

An (unrecognised) Uplink Internal Error has occured
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See the /home/kronos/.uplink/debug.log file for more informations on the error


and heres the debug.log

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NEW GAME     15:4, 21/5/2007
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Version : 1.55
RELEASE
Linux Build
Version 1.55 (RELEASE)
Compiled on Mar 19 2007 at 13:34:53
(code-C)(code-M)(code-T)
Loading uplink options from /home/kronos/.uplink/options...success

Successfully loaded data archive data.dat
Successfully loaded data archive graphics.dat
Successfully loaded data archive loading.dat
Successfully loaded data archive sounds.dat
Successfully loaded data archive music.dat
Successfully loaded data archive fonts.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch2.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch3.dat
Saving uplink options to /home/kronos/.uplink/options...success
Saving uplink options to /home/kronos/.uplink/options...success
Compiled with SDL_mixer version: 1.2.7
Running with SDL_mixer version: 1.2.7
New patch Detected!
Old version = 131
New version = 155

Loading profile from /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.usr...HUDInterface::HighlightToolbarButton, invalid button : hud_analyser
success
Loading LAN from data/lans/sample.txt...[Already Loaded]
Saving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.tmp...success. Moving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.usr...success
Saving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.tmp...success. Moving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.usr...success
Saving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.tmp...success. Moving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.usr...success
Saving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.tmp...success. Moving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.usr...success
Saving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.tmp...success. Moving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.usr...success
Saving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.tmp...success. Moving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.usr...success
Saving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.tmp...success. Moving profile to /home/kronos/.uplink/Instomnia.usr...success

An Uplink Internal Error has occured: segmentation violation (SIGSEGV)

An (unrecognised) Uplink Internal Error has occured
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============== B E G I N  C O R E  D U M P =================
retAddress = 0x804f43b
retAddress = 0x80f9b76
retAddress = 0xb7fb9420
============== E N D  C O R E  D U M P =====================


Just to note, I already tried 5 diffrent agent, same prob in each one,I tried to make a new one after this update and it's still the same thing

[frenchfrog]

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============== B E G I N  C O R E  D U M P =================
retAddress = 0x804f43b
retAddress = 0x80f9b76
retAddress = 0xb7fb9420
============== E N D  C O R E  D U M P =====================

From those addresses it seems Uplink is crashing outside it's _own_ memory space. Which means a driver could be at fault.

[2pacalypse]

err can you specify more? is it a bad nvidia driver or something else

[frenchfrog]

Near impossible to tell, Uplink is not instrumented to catch OS bugs.

[2pacalypse]

ok, can you tell is where I can find a program or a way to catch this OS bug?