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Title: Surviving Mars doesn't start

Blurps 17 Jul 2021

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Hi,

I wanted to try Surviving Mars on Steam.
It doesn't work propoerly on Debian Buster.
see :
- https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/surviving-mars-fails-to-start-debian-or-devuan-stable-replies-say-also-ubuntu-19-04.1462619/#post-27620202
- https://steamcommunity.com/app/464920/discussions/0/3087760096568547665/#c3087760096580234344

I found a workaround:
- download libc6 package from bulleyse : https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/libc6
- extract libm-2.31.so
- copy libm-2.31.so in ~/.local/share/Surviving Mars/lib
- create symlink ~/.local/share/SurvivingMars -> 'Surviving Mars'

cd ~/.local/share/

ln -s Surviving\ Mars SurvivingMars

- add this line in game option : LD_PRELOAD="$HOME/.local/share/SurvivingMars/lib/libm-2.31.so" %command%
The game starts now :tongue:
Hope it will help since there is no fix for now

Note: symlink is not mandatory but don't use space in LD_PRELOAD path
edit: fix ysylya according to https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/4957/post_id=33111

Last edited by Blurps on 18 Jul 2021 at 10:06 am UTC

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tuxintuxedo 17 Jul 2021

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Just to let you know. Copying the file and creating a symlink is not needed. You only need to preload the needed file.

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whizse 17 Jul 2021

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Possibly the Soldier Steam Runtime could help here?

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tuxintuxedo 17 Jul 2021

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Quoting: whizsePossibly the Soldier Steam Runtime could help here?

This bug was introduced with the Tourist Update (compiled against a newer library than they used before) and was not fixed yet (with no ETA).
Isn't Soldier related to Proton?

Last edited by tuxintuxedo on 17 Jul 2021 at 6:46 pm UTC

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whizse 17 Jul 2021

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It's what newer releases of Proton uses, but you can use it with a native game too.

You enable it the same way as Proton. Properties, Compatibility tab, select Steam Linux Runtime.

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tuxintuxedo 17 Jul 2021

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Not sure what it does, but it has no effect on this bug. Tested it a minute ago.

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Blurps 17 Jul 2021

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Quoting: tuxintuxedoJust to let you know. Copying the file and creating a symlink is not needed. You only need to preload the needed file.

I had some issue with space in the path.
It depends where you store the lib

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ysylya 18 Jul 2021

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Quoting: BlurpsHi,

I wanted to try Surviving Mars on Steam.
It doesn't work propoerly on Debian Buster.
see :
- https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/surviving-mars-fails-to-start-debian-or-devuan-stable-replies-say-also-ubuntu-19-04.1462619/#post-27620202
- https://steamcommunity.com/app/464920/discussions/0/3087760096568547665/#c3087760096580234344

I found a workaround:
- download libc6 package from bulleyse : https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/libc6
- extract libm-2.31.so
- copy libm-2.31.so in ~/.local/share/Surviving Mars/lib
- create symlink ~/.local/share/SurvivingMars -> 'Surviving Mars'
- add this line in game option : LD_PRELOAD=“~/.local/share/SurvivingMars/lib/libm-2.31.so” %command%

The game starts now :tongue:

Hope it will help since there is no fix for now

Thank you so much, it works now!

However, I had to tweak your launch option a tiny bit:
- Probably the forum automatically modified the apostrophes to a nicer one but these (“) won't work.
- For some reason, in Steam, the tilde (~) doesn't work for me but $HOME does.
So a modified launch option:

 

LD_PRELOAD="$HOME/.local/share/SurvivingMars/lib/libm-2.31.so" %command%

And for the less experienced, here is the symlink creation command:

 

cd ~/.local/share/

ln -s Surviving\ Mars SurvivingMars

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Blurps 18 Jul 2021

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Quoting: ysylya
Quoting: BlurpsHi,

I wanted to try Surviving Mars on Steam.
It doesn't work propoerly on Debian Buster.
see :
- https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/surviving-mars-fails-to-start-debian-or-devuan-stable-replies-say-also-ubuntu-19-04.1462619/#post-27620202
- https://steamcommunity.com/app/464920/discussions/0/3087760096568547665/#c3087760096580234344

I found a workaround:
- download libc6 package from bulleyse : https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/libc6
- extract libm-2.31.so
- copy libm-2.31.so in ~/.local/share/Surviving Mars/lib
- create symlink ~/.local/share/SurvivingMars -> 'Surviving Mars'
- add this line in game option : LD_PRELOAD=“~/.local/share/SurvivingMars/lib/libm-2.31.so” %command%

The game starts now :tongue:

Hope it will help since there is no fix for now
Thank you so much, it works now!

However, I had to tweak your launch option a tiny bit:
- Probably the forum automatically modified the apostrophes to a nicer one but these (“) won't work.
- For some reason, in Steam, the tilde (~) doesn't work for me but $HOME does.
So a modified launch option:
LD_PRELOAD="$HOME/.local/share/SurvivingMars/lib/libm-2.31.so" %command%

And for the less experienced, here is the symlink creation command:
cd ~/.local/share/ ln -s Surviving\ Mars SurvivingMars

Nice :grin:
I use full path, so I assumed ~ worked :/
I used symlink because if there is a space in the path, it doesn't work. I assume tilde cause the same pb.

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