RO Launcher

[FlameGrilled]

I recently switched OS from Vista to Linspire 5.0. When i try to launch the game, nothing happens. I am not a power user, so I don't know how to fix this. How do i fix this?

[Froste]

Explain step by step what you do when you try to launch it, and how you installed it please.

[FlameGrilled]

I download the launcher from the website. i extract the file using ark, and move it to my desktop. i double click on it, and it nothing happens.

[Znurre]

Linspir uses KDE.
DO like this:

Right click rolauncher > Select properties
Switch to the ( Permissions ? ) tab, atleast the second tab in the window.

Check "Executable" and press OK.

Now it should be possible to doubleclick it.

[FlameGrilled]

it is already executable when i go to the permissions tab. the box 'is executable' is already checked.

[Froste]

can you open a terminal, cd to the directory where you have the launcher, and launch it via the terminal by typing ./rolauncher, you should get a message about why it can't run, please show this message here. Don't forget, you mark the text with the mouse (click and drag along the text), and then hit the middle mouse button to copy the text elsewhere.

[FlameGrilled]

this is what it says: ./rolauncher: error while loading shared libraries: libXxf86vm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[magnet]

Try the command:

sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm1

then try launching the game again. If it doesn't work, try (from the directory where rolauncher is) :

ldd rolauncher

and give us the output.

[FlameGrilled]

BlueSamurai:~/Desktop/New Folder# sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm1
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package libxxf86vm1
BlueSamurai:~/Desktop/New Folder# ldd rolauncher
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7fd0000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb7fca000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7cf4000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7c83000)
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1 (0xb7bde000)
libXxf86vm.so.1 => not found
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7bd0000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xb7b7e000)
libstdc++.so.6 => not found
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0xb7b5c000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7b53000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0xb7a1f000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb799f000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb7988000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb7951000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7886000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb7852000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/libdl.so.2 (0xb784f000)
libXinerama.so.1 => not found
libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb7845000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7833000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb7813000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fea000)
libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0xb780c000)
libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0xb7801000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb77e5000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb77e0000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb77dc000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb77d4000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0xb77c2000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb7755000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb7726000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb771c000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb7714000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb76fc000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb76d6000)

[arlick]

try that: http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=43363

[FlameGrilled]

this is what it says:
BlueSamurai:~/Desktop/New Folder# apt-get update
Reading Package Lists... Done
BlueSamurai:~/Desktop/New Folder# apt-get install xlibs-dev
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package xlibs-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
xutils
E: Package xlibs-dev has no installation candidate
i just had a brilliant moment; i googled and downloaded the libxxf86vm1. heh...where do i put the file?

[arlick]

i just had a brilliant moment; i googled and downloaded the libxxf86vm1. heh...where do i put the file?

well this is the better option :clapclap:

try copying this file to (ar root): /usr/lib/

but the name of the file must be: libXxf86vm.so.1

to log like root type su and then write your root password.

[Froste]

You really don't want to do that. Stick to your package management, if you go outside it you might break it, and this will just cause you grief.

Personally I use debian lenny, and this package exists there, and indeed I have it installed as I assume magnet does (and everyone else), but if your install is old then perhaps the file is in X's dev package like arlick suggested although xlibs-dev is prolly older than what even you have (:

First try this, apt-cache search libxxf86vm

It should tell you the package name that contains this file, if it doesn't, you could try to apt-get install libx11-dev and x-dev.

libx11-dev is the new name of the old "xlibs-dev" (from before when X was XFree86)

Absolutely in no way download any file and try to hammer it into your installation _unless you know exactly what you are doing_ ! Always let your package management handle program installs and deinstalls - at least when it comes to system stuff like this.

Anything you install yourself, outside of the package management should go in /usr/local so it doesn't conflict with the things installed by package management (/ for system dependent stuff, and /usr for everything else)

EDIT: Try simply x11-dev aswell.

[klixon]

Package xlibs-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
xutils
have you tried
apt-get install xutils

[tak]

BlueSamurai:~/Desktop/New Folder# sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm1
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package libxxf86vm1
BlueSamurai:~/Desktop/New Folder# ldd rolauncher
libXxf86vm.so.1 => not found
libstdc++.so.6 => not found
libXinerama.so.1 => not found

You are missing quite a few libs.
This howto seems to cover the installation of them quite thoroughly.

First, I am going to simply list all the packages you will need for this to
work. Just use the Search in CNR to find them:

1) X11 Development Library
(this one gives 21 libraries, of which only a handful are prolly only
needed - this is the stable release 6.8.1, but actually works fine for
BlitzMAX to operate)

2) xspecs
(this one is optional, but it completes the first one)

3) GNU C
(this will give the gcc 3.3 package)

4) GNU C++
(this will give the g++ 3.3 package and libstdc++ 5-3.3)

5) libsdl1.2-dev
(this provides the sound and mesa gl/glu dev libraries)

6) Open a Konsole window
(Terminal Window, found in the Launch Menu -> Run Programs -> Utilities
-> Terminal Window (Konsole))

7) Type in the following (you can copy and paste it too)

su root [press enter]

(enter your root password, then press enter)

8) Enter the following and wait for the prompt after each enter press:

cd /usr/X11R6/lib [press enter]

ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXxf86vm.so libXxf86vm.a [press enter]

ln -s libXxf86vm.so libXxf86vm.so.1 [press enter]

ldconfig [press enter]

exit [press enter]

exit [press enter]

taken from
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=50245

Do yourself a favour and consider using a different Linux distribution.
You'll probably like Ubuntu or Debian better.

[saxtro]

user@linux # apt-get install apt-file
user@linux # apt-file update
user@linux # apt-file search file_name
the output is like this:

package_name : file_name

then you have to do :
user@linux # apt-get install package_name
to install the lib you need

[FlameGrilled]

hey guys, thank so much for trying to help, but it doesnt seem to be working. i dont know what im doing well enough to make this work. even when i type what you guys tell me verbatim, i still get problems.

[andromedakun]

Hello all,

I have a different problem with the launcher. when I start the launcher, I get the terms of use with the accept and decline buttons, but as soon as I move the cursor over the window, the window disapears. Did anyone else notice this kind of behaviour?

My configuration:
- Intel core2duo 1,6
- 1024 GB of RAM
- NVidea Geforce 7400 Go
- Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy

At first I thought it was because I activated almost all options from Compiz, but the problem persists even after I disabled Compiz completely.

Many thanks for a quick reply,

Andro

[jimishol60]

I just installed gutsy and activated the compiz fushion extra plugins. I decided to try my first mmorpg so i followed the instructions. i opened terminal and tried to run rolauncher when this error appeared. I logged off from session and i started a terminal session in ubuntu safe mode. The execution of rolauncher worked!! And not only that. I can run rolauncher now even with extra compiz activated.