upon start of wings3d the following error message appears:
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Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.4.6 [source] [threads:0]
Reading preferences from: /home/ralf/.wings
Eshell V5.4.6 (abort with ^G)
1> Driver Failed {error,{open_error,"/usr/lib/erlang/lib/esdl-0.94.1025/priv/sdl _driver.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"}}
=ERROR REPORT==== 19-Jun-2005::15:40:15 ===
Error in process <0.31.0> with exit value: {badarg,[{erlang,port_control,[esdl_p ort,21,<<4 bytes>>]},{sdl,init,1},{wings_init,init,0},{wings,init,1}]}
sh: line 0: exec: sdl_driver: not found
Fatal internal error - log written to /home/ralf/wings_crash.dump
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copying the missing sdl _driver.so from another package to /usr/lib/erlang/lib/esdl-0.94.1025/priv/ resolved the issue for me.
Reproduction Steps:
1) install wings3d
2) start it from an terminal
upon start of wings3d the following error message appears:
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Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.4.6 [source] [threads:0]
Reading preferences from: /home/ralf/.wings {open_error, "/usr/lib/ erlang/ lib/esdl- 0.94.1025/ priv/sdl _driver.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"}}
Eshell V5.4.6 (abort with ^G)
1> Driver Failed {error,
=ERROR REPORT==== 19-Jun- 2005::15: 40:15 === [{erlang, port_control, [esdl_p ort,21,<<4 bytes>> ]},{sdl, init,1} ,{wings_ init,init, 0},{wings, init,1} ]}
Error in process <0.31.0> with exit value: {badarg,
sh: line 0: exec: sdl_driver: not found
Fatal internal error - log written to /home/ralf/ wings_crash. dump
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copying the missing sdl _driver.so from another package to /usr/lib/ erlang/ lib/esdl- 0.94.1025/ priv/ resolved the issue for me.
see also http:// ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?postid= 204629& highlight= sdl_driver. so#post204629