some gnome-games fail to start upgrade to 10.04

[DimXanthis]

Binary package hint: seed

Just upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 LTS. The following Gnome games don't seem to work:
Nibbles, Quadrapassel, Lights off and Swell Foop.
The menus do work but the games don't start.
Nibbles used to work before the upgrade.

The gnome-games package version is 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu6.

Thank you

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: seed 2.28.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 30 22:22:43 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/seed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: seed
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1400): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (quadrapassel:1594): ClutterGLX-CRITICAL **: Unable to make the stage window 0x4000005 the current GLX drawable
 (quadrapassel:1594): ClutterGLX-CRITICAL **: Unable to make the stage window 0x4000006 the current GLX drawable
 (quadrapassel:1594): ClutterGLX-CRITICAL **: Unable to make the stage window 0x4000007 the current GLX drawable

[Lorenzo De Liso (blackz)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have the correct package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gnome-games.
(With many applications, you can report a future bug directly on the appropriate package by opening the application's "Help" menu and choosing "Report a Problem". https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs).

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Thanks for reporting this to us. Can you try running the affected games from the terminal. Try both the name on its own and with the full path, i.e. "swell-foop" and "/usr/games/swell-foop". Also can you tell us what the menu entry shows by right clicking Applications > Edit Menus, then find the game under the Games section, then click properties and it will show the full path. Thank you.

[DimXanthis (dimxanthis)]

I didn't have any luck with running the games from the terminal neither by using the name on its own, nor by the use of the full path. The results where the same. Although it was much more easy to shut down the not starting games, by closing the terminal and eventually killing the process. When I tried to shut down the games after executing them through the gui it took much more time, bringing my computer to it's knees..

Can I post any report more useful than the ones i sent above? Please let me know and help me to retrieve them!

Thank you.

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Thank you for the update. Is there any output in the terminal at all when you run the games? If so can you attach a file containing the output, i.e. copy and paste it into a new file. If not, I see no other option than to ask you to get a backtrace. Full instructions on how to do this are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace. You will need debugging symbols installed to do this, and instructions for that are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash. Hope this is able to help you track down the problem. It may be a memory leak but I'd rather you test this first. Thank you.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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