[fixed in 0~git20121227-1] current version of libtxc_dxtn causes etqw to segfault

[Geert Hedde Bosman]

The current version of libtxc_dxtn_s2tc0 ( libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 0~git20110809-3 ) causes etqw (Enemy Territory Quake Wars) to crash. After i manually installed deb-package version 0~git20121217-1 from the Debian site, it works perfectly! See also this post: https://github.com/divVerent/s2tc/commit/86b61ca2e2906297d972e8a4c1e212e3deac99ef for more info in the upstream.
This was tested on Ubuntu 12.10:
geert@MSI-linux-PC:/usr/local/games/etqw$ uname -a
Linux MSI-linux-PC 3.5.0-22-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 21:47:00 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I use the FOSS radeon driver on an AMD 6850 graphics card.

[Lennart Weller (lhw)]

The following commit https://github.com/divVerent/s2tc/commit/57881ec6cd80f81e8f434ab02b9c42a9609cd7e5
is also related to texture bugs with gallium drivers. I uploaded the new version to debian collab-maint and will have it in debian in the next few days http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/s2tc.git;a=summary
So if the currently responsible person on ubuntu considers a sync for this patch I suggest waiting till the second one is in.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.