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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
General
Question:
Pingus didn't started, it failed with some wired assertion in Hermes.
Answer:
Please update to the newest version of Hermes, which is available at
[11]http://hermes.terminal.at.
Question:
Something went wrong while compiling or running Pingus, what should I
do?
Answer:
The chances are good that you discovered a bug, so report is to
[12]grumbel@gmx.de or the Pingus mailing list. Please try to include
as much details as possible into your report:
* Which display target did you choose?
* When did the error occured exactly?
* If the configure script fails or the complilation failed, please
attach the file config.log to your email.
* If Pingus segfault, than also add the backtrace
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Question:
Pingus 0.2.2 fails to compile:
In file included from PingusSpotMap.cc:20:
blitter.hh:24: `CL_LockableSurface' was not declared in this scope
blitter.hh:24: `provider' was not declared in this scope
blitter.hh:24: parse error before `*'
Answer:
Sorry there are some problems with the Pingus 0.2.2 release. Pingus
0.2.2 won't compile with ClanLib 0.1.18.
But there is a simple workaround:
Add the following line to the middle of
/usr/local/include/ClanLib/clanlib.h or where ever you installed
ClanLib:
#include "Layer1/Display/API/lockable_surface.h"
After that try again to compile Pingus.
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Question:
Where can I download the CVS version of ClanLib, I can't find it on
the ClanLib page. Can You give me the URL?
Answer:
No, a CVS version cannot be downloaded in a normal way. CVS is a
system to coordinate develoment of different programmers. To get a
snapshot of a CVS version you have to do a checkout with cvs. Please
read the infos given on the ClanLib page in the download section.
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Question:
What the hell is lemmings, I haven't heard anything about it, can you
give me a hint?
Answer:
Have a look at the Lemmings pages on the [13]Links page. For example
the site [14]"The World of the Lemmings" is a good place to start.
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Question:
I get, after typing 'pingus' a message like:
libclan.so can't find file
Answer:
You forgot to run ldconfig after building ClanLib, so run ldconfig and
redo a make in the pingus diretory, because the build may be
incomplete.
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Question:
I have installed ClanLib, but I still get the following message while
running configure:
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... c++ -E
checking for ClanLib/clanlib.h... yes
checking for main in -lclan... no
Please get ClanLib from http://www.clanlib.org
Answer:
You need to run ldconfig after the make install of ClanLib. If that
didn't help ensure that you have /usr/local/lib in your
/etc/ld.so.conf. You you still can't configure pingus, please have a
look at the file config.log. Mail it if you can't find out what is
going on.
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Development
Question:
Pingus is a nice project how can I help?
Answer:
Of coures, for a start have a look at the [15]development section of
this page, for information, how you can help with the development. The
best to do, is first subscribe to the mailing list and then have a
look at the [16]task list
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Question:
Why does Pingus use an uncommon libary like [17]ClanLib? Nobody has
that libary and it makes compiling much harder?
Answer:
At the moment there aren't any common game programming libaries for
linux. [18]ClanLib provides some nice features, like different display
target (window, fullscreen, etc.) and at the moment it is the only
portable high level 2D C++ libary that I know.
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References
1. http://dark.x.dtu.dk/~grumbel/pingus/
2. http://pingus.seul.org/
3. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/index.html
4. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/screenshots.html
5. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/development.html
6. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/download.html
7. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/faq.html
8. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/history.html
9. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/tasks.html
10. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/links.html
11. http://hermes.terminal.at/
12. mailto:grumbel@gmx.de
13. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/links.html
14. http://www.kallex.de/lemmings/
15. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/development.html
16. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/tasks.html
17. http://www.clanlib.org/
18. http://www.clanlib.org/
19. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/index.html
20. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/screenshots.html
21. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/development.html
22. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/download.html
23. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/faq.html
24. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/history.html
25. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/tasks.html
26. file://localhost/home/ingo/homepage/pingus/links.html
27. http://dark.x.dtu.dk/~grumbel/pingus/
28. http://pingus.seul.org/
29. http://privat.schlund.de/grumbel/
30. mailto:grumbel@gmx.de?subject=[Pingus]
31. http://www.engelschall.com/sw/wml/
