viruskiller: Does not work with few files in $HOME

[ubuntosaure]

It is not possible to start a new game when the home directory only contains few files/directories. In this case the game aborts with the message

    Made 10,000 unsuccessful attempts to grab 4 inactives directories!!

[Ansgar Burchardt (aburch)]

ubuntosaure <email address hidden> writes:
> The game "virus killer" does not work in xubuntu

Please explain in more detail what you mean by "does not work".
What did you do in detail, what did happen, what did you expect to happen?

Regards,
Ansgar

 status incomplete

[ubuntosaure (ubuntosaure)]

When I "start a new game" and I chose the difficulty level the picture is jumping and the game stops.

[Ansgar Burchardt (aburch)]

ubuntosaure <email address hidden> writes:

> When I "start a new game" and I chose the difficulty level the picture
> is jumping and the game stops.

Do you mean the game exits or does it no longer respond?
If you start the game from a terminal, are there any error messages?

If your home directory is almost empty, you might see an error like

  Made 10,000 unsuccessful attempts to grab %d inactives directories!!

Please try creating some files and directories or start viruskiller with
the "-safemode" option in the case.

Regards,
Ansgar

[ubuntosaure (ubuntosaure)]

ubuntosaure@laptop:~$ viruskiller
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh1.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh5.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh5.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh6.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusDestroyDir.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusKilled1.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusKilled2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusKilled3.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusEatFile.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed1.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed3.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed4.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed5.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed6.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/fileDestroyed1.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/fileDestroyed2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/fileDestroyed3.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/kernelBeam.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/powerup.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/clock.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/explosion.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/gameOver.wav' not loaded
Made 10,000 unsuccessful attempts to grab 4 inactives directories!!
ubuntosaure@laptop:~$

[ubuntosaure (ubuntosaure)]

ubuntosaure@laptop:~$ viruskiller -safemode
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh1.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh5.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh5.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusLaugh6.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusDestroyDir.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusKilled1.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusKilled2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusKilled3.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/virusEatFile.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed1.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed3.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed4.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed5.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/dirDestroyed6.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/fileDestroyed1.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/fileDestroyed2.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/fileDestroyed3.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/kernelBeam.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/powerup.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/clock.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/explosion.wav' not loaded
Sound 'sound/gameOver.wav' not loaded
Made 10,000 unsuccessful attempts to grab 4 inactives directories!!

[ubuntosaure (ubuntosaure)]

ubuntosaure@laptop:~$ viruskiller -noaudio
Made 10,000 unsuccessful attempts to grab 4 inactives directories!!

[ubuntosaure (ubuntosaure)]

I use the version from repository ubuntu, and I just installed xubuntu.

[Ansgar Burchardt (aburch)]

This bug occurs when only a few files and directories exist in the home directory. I'm setting the importance to "low" as this should not affect many users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package viruskiller - 1.0-1.dfsg.1-2

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viruskiller (1.0-1.dfsg.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Stephen M. Webb ]
  * Fixed a segfault in pak during package build.
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2 (no changes needed).
  * Fixed FTBFS with ld --as-needed (Closes: #641328) (LP: #832825).
  * Fixed reference in missing-pak-file error message (Closes: #329734).
  * Fixed startup problems from too few directories in $HOME
    (Closes: #628166) (LP: #502978).
  * Fixed a mismatched delete error from valgrind.

  [ Ansgar Burchardt ]
  * Update my email address.
  * d/control: Remove DM-Upload-Allowed.
  * Use xz compression for source and binary packages.

 -- Stephen M. Webb <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:54:02 -0500