kdesnake gives error message when attempting to start

[Anders]

Binary package hint: kdegames

When starting Applications -> Jeux -> Arcade -> KSnake on Ubuntu, I get the following error message:

Impossible de lancer << KSnake >>
L'exécution du processus << ktron >> a échoué (Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)

I don't have ktron installed (missing dependency when installing kdesnake in isolation instead of the kdegames package?)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 31 22:13:01 2009
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate i386 (20091020.3)
Package: kdesnake 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: kdegames
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2461): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2461): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:2561): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2584): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:2560): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.3/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window

[Anders (andersja+launchpad-net)]

Same thing on the command line:

~$ kdesnake
/usr/games/kdesnake: 6: ktron: not found

[Anders (andersja+launchpad-net)]

Update:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=562730
mentions:
* Kill the kdesnake package and move its files to ktron, since
     kdesnake is not a separate game but a special mode of ktron.

[Stas Verberkt (legolas)]

I'm the original developer of KTron and introduced the Snake modus back then. The fix mentioned by Anders is indeed the one you are looking for here.

Kind regards.

[Stas Verberkt (legolas)]

Let me add to that: original develper of the KDE 4 port. Also, due to time problems I, sadly, stopped being an active KTron developer.