I got the new updater xml and ran the updater. It downloaded some things and I tried again. It looks like there is no segmentation fault this time but it still crashed. Could it be a mismatched video card driver? Anyway, here is the new terminal output:

planeshift.setup.application:
  Application initialized successfully.
Your configuration files are in... /root/.PlaneShift
[root@localhost PlaneShift]# DEBUG: Sound System Software Renderer Initializing...
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
  WARNING! Crystal Space performs better in 24 or 32 bit display mode!

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Steel Blue (0.4.00)
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  1.4.0 [Unix-x86-GCC]
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_ANY flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_WEATHER flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_SPAWN flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_CELPERSIST flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_PAWS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_GROUP flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_CHEAT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_LINMOVE flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_SPELLS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_NEWCHAR flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_SUPERCLIENT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_EXCHANGES flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_ADMIN flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_STARTUP flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_CHARACTER flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_CONNECTIONS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_CHAT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_NET flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_LOAD flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_NPC flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_TRADE flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_SOUND flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_COMBAT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_SKILLXP flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_QUESTS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_SCRIPT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_MARRIAGE flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_MESSAGES flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_CACHE flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_PETS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_USER flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_LOOT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_DUELS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, LOG_TRIBES flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 20:45:24 2008, All LOGS are off.
Mounting skin: /this/art/skins/elves.zip
Mounting skin: /planeshift/art/skins/base/client_base.zip
  psEngine initialized.
Using fontsize 17 for resolution 1280x800
WARNING! Object '_s_column_01' is not closed!
WARNING! Object 'spikes_02' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_sigil_06' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_stairs_01' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_sigil_04' is not closed!
WARNING! Object 'spikes_01' is not closed!
...

crystalspace.graphics3d.shader.fixed:
  Multitexture units: whopping 8

I will try getting 0.4.00 and updating from there. If you thing that won't help could you let me know so I can save bandwidth on both ends? Thanks a bunch, I know it must be tedious to answer all of these questions.

I am new to PS but I am not so new to Linux, so technical terms are ok. And if I don't understand the terms, I will research and will learn something new so I won't have to next time. First off, my computer setup is an Acer Aspire 5920 laptop, with an Intel core 2 duo 5500 (or some other OEM variant) clocked at 1.66 Gigahertz each core, 3 Gigs of ddr/2 ram, an Intel GMA 965 x3100 onboard video, and Mandriva 2008.1 (spring). I have PS 0.4.01 and I installed it to my /home directory (if it makes any difference I used a ~ instead of typing my home directory...but that shouldn't matter right?) I have updated using the psupdater program, after I had to set the updater xml to active=true or however it was set, and that still didn't help. If I set my screen color to 16 bit on my system rather than on the pssetup screen, i can get to the login screen of PS. I click ok to login and it crashes the program. If I set my color to 24 bit, I can login, see a glimpse of the make a character screen and then it hard crashes, causing the x server to crash and reboot in an endless loop, during which time I can't do anything. Control+alt+backspace does nothing, alt+f4 does nothing, ctrl+q or c or x doesn't work either. I have to hold the power button to shutdown and reboot that way. Following is the terminal output for when i have the screen set to 16 bit color. I cant get any output for when its set to 24 bit, but i can try to pipe it to a txt file. Here's the terminal output:

Your configuration files are in... /home/lee/.PlaneShift
DEBUG: Sound System Software Renderer Initializing...
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
  WARNING! Crystal Space performs better in 24 or 32 bit display mode!

planeshift.application.client:
  PlaneShift Steel Blue (0.4.00)
  This game uses Crystal Space Engine created by Jorrit and others
  1.4.0 [Unix-x86-GCC]
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_ANY flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_WEATHER flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_SPAWN flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_CELPERSIST flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_PAWS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_GROUP flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_CHEAT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_LINMOVE flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_SPELLS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_NEWCHAR flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_SUPERCLIENT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_EXCHANGES flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_ADMIN flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_STARTUP flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_CHARACTER flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_CONNECTIONS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_CHAT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_NET flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_LOAD flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_NPC flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_TRADE flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_SOUND flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_COMBAT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_SKILLXP flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_QUESTS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_SCRIPT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_MARRIAGE flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_MESSAGES flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_CACHE flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_PETS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_USER flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_LOOT flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_DUELS flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, LOG_TRIBES flag deactivated with no filter.
Sat Aug 16 18:00:00 2008, All LOGS are off.
Mounting skin: /this/art/skins/elves.zip
Mounting skin: /planeshift/art/skins/base/client_base.zip
  psEngine initialized.
Using fontsize 16 for resolution 1024x768
WARNING! Object '_s_sigil_06' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_stairs_01' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_sigil_04' is not closed!
WARNING! Object 'spikes_01' is not closed!
WARNING! Object '_s_sigil_02' is not closed!
WARNING! Object 'spikes_05' is not closed!
...

crystalspace.graphics3d.shader.fixed:
  Multitexture units: whopping 8
Segmentation fault

 After this, it keeps "running" the program, at which time i type ctrl+c to get a new prompt. There's also error log output, which is:

Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, <src/common/util/psxmlparser.cpp:294 ParseFile SEVERE>
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, Parse error in /planeshift/shields/spiked_shield_04a.spr: Not a binary CS document
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, Error reading end tag. (in: line 405:5; meshfact -> params)
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008,
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, <src/client/psengine.cpp:1511 BuildFactoryList SEVERE>
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, Couldn't parse file /planeshift/shields/spiked_shield_04a.spr
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, <src/common/util/psxmlparser.cpp:294 ParseFile SEVERE>
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, Parse error in /planeshift/shields/spiked_shield_04b.spr: Not a binary CS document
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, Error reading end tag. (in: line 405:5; meshfact -> params)
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008,
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, <src/client/psengine.cpp:1511 BuildFactoryList SEVERE>
Sat Aug 16 02:20:09 2008, Couldn't parse file /planeshift/shields/spiked_shield_04b.spr


From what I have read on the other topics I haven't seen another problem like this. If anyone can help, please do! Thank you!