I noticed the updater set some of the files noexec, so I went ahead and chmod 755 the entire tree.  Still no change in behavior, though.

from /var/log/messages

Dec 13 08:46:19 aardvark kernel: psc[3943]: segfault at 0000000000000001 rip 0000000000a5a7a8 rsp 00007fff37a5ad80 error 4
Dec 13 08:46:19 aardvark kernel: EDAC k8 MC0: GART TLB errorr: transaction type(generic), cache level(generic)
Dec 13 08:46:19 aardvark kernel: EDAC k8 MC0: extended error code: GART error

uh oh, could be a driver error. It's the beta driver and has bugs.

I'm using Fedora Core 6, aiglx/compiz with nVidia 6800, direct rendering enabled

Here is the output after removing the libs/libasound.so.2

DEBUG: Sound System Software Renderer Initializing...
ALSA lib pcm.c:2146:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default

crystalspace.graphics3d.shadercompiler.xmlshader:
  Unknown command 'SIfNDef'
  [node: include,?SIfNDef __SHADERFRAMEWORK_CG_INC__ ?]
  Unknown command 'Define'
  [node: include,?Define __SHADERFRAMEWORK_CG_INC__ ?]
..snip...           

$ sysinfo

# sysinfo by Henry Kroll III, www.thenerdshow.com

cat ~/bin/sysinfo &&cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep "model name"|cut -d : -f 2 &&glxinfo|grep OpenGL|tail -n 3|head -n 2|cut -d : -f 2 &&echo " `uname -ri`"&&X -version

 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+
 GeForce 6800/AGP/SSE2
 2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.42
 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 x86_64

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.9-34.ELsmp x86_64 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux ns2 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 #1 SMP Fri Nov 10 12:34:46 EST 2006 x86_64
Build Date: 15 November 2006
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-47.1.fc6
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present

                             

I can verify this. I am getting the same error.  It looks like it's trying to execute a data file or some junk.

I tried grepping around for TemplateWeak and SEndIf and got this:

data/shader/snippets/shaderframework.inc
data/shader/snippets/shaderframework-cg.inc
data/shader/snippets/shadercond-tools.inc

By deleting the above files and moving the updater and friends back out of moved/ I was able to run the updater again but it's still not fixed.

I believe the updater keeps going if you leave it alone. It just doesn't update the screen frequently. Seems like it completed when I left it running as I went to the discount barn.

Hmm well sound worked ok when I first downloaded it on Fedora Core 5_64, then I got an update and sound didn't work for a while.  Sound worked again on update 0.3.016 and I'm getting another update now but the client is very slow to download.  Maybe it's busy today.  Will post back if sound quits working again.

Edit: Sound works but it peters out after a while. Not sure why yet.

Tracking down dependencies was difficult but not impossible on Fedora Core 5.

If you are using this distro you must get very familiar with rpm and yum

man rpm
man yum

Also yumex with the --forcei386 option if installing 32 bit apps on 64 bit system like mine.

I will tell you why Planeshift is better. After levelling to max level on so many different games, I'm tired of the whole fight-level thing. I'm way too experienced to play a commercial game without being accused of cheating. You think I'm lying? My team was banned from WoW not becuase we cheat but because their GMs don't understand the concept of skilled players... We don't have those problems on Planeshift because nobody cares if we one-drop a rat.

But enough bragging and whining about WoW.  I'm happy to have someplace where my friends and I can meet online and chat, and if there is something we don't like about the game there is a chance, maybe a small one, we could learn to become developers and fix it.

My sister is a very good artist and she is learning Autodesk.  I wrote a rock tunneling game in BASIC and everybody loved it.  I am a beginning C programmer and I've had some success following the nehe OpenGL tutorials and making my own scenes from USGS elevation data.  I went on to write a couple of C++ plugins for Moray to import and export .vrml, .dxf and .pov formats, create geodesic and eliptical domes of N verticies, random domes and tesselation. I have created a couple VRML avatars from scans of my face and clothing, using Spazz3d and made emote animations for them and had them responding to events within HANIM specification...  I realize that these aren't serious developer qualifications, but I like to play around with things and keep the midnight oil burning. My priorities are all messed up. I live in a box and drive a bicycle so I can afford the best top-of-the-line computers and fastest broadband they offer. I'm always researching and downloading the latest free development tools.  Someday I will make another game.

Yo, I just thought I'd inform somebody that none of these links on the front page work.  I noticed this quite a while ago but I figured I'd give it a few weeks before I said anything. Will an older client work?

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<p class="testo">The sources package was giving some
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Launche the run command, and it will unpack.</p> <p
 class="testo">Linux Client (250 Mb)</p> <p
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*edit*

And nobody is seeding the torrent. 

Please avoid posting two or more messages one after another. Just "Modify" your first post to add more information if no one has replied yet.