[Linux] Crash after precaching, mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory

OscarMayer

First of all, thank you UW for supporting gaming under Linux!

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and NS2 works pretty well under nvidia-current (304), but I wanted the performance that I had under Windows 7. So I tried out nvidia-319 and nvidia-325 from the ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa repository. However under both of those drivers I run into segfaults right after precaching and the lobby. I can move about and the graphics smooth out, but then it just exits to the desktop without a word.

Hopefully the info below can help you. I can go back to 304 for now, but I'd really like to take advantage of those drivers. Would upgrading to 12.10 or 13.04 solve my issues?


Steam stdout/errout:

Compiling 'cinematics/vfx_materials/refract_normal.surface_shader'
Compiling 'cinematics/vfx_materials/Emissive_glow.surfacthird_party/tcmalloc/chromium/src/system-alloc.cc:423] SbrkSysAllocator failed.
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
mmap() failed: Cannot allocate memory
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Game removed: AppID 4920 "Natural Selection 2", ProcID 3642 

dmeg output:

[  765.799930] ns2_linux32[3642]: segfault at 0 ip 00000000f71caf4e sp 00000000ffedd970 error 6 in libSpark_Render.so[f718c000+e6000]
[  847.011909] type=1400 audit(1377962774.426:29): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" parent=1 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=1021 comm="cupsd" pid=1021 comm="cupsd" capability=36  capname="block_suspend"

sysinfo:

System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 8/31/2013 9:30:36 AM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo

SYSTEM INFORMATION
	Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) release.
	GNOME: unknown (unknown)
	Kernel version: 3.8.0-29-generic (#42~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 14 16:19:23 UTC 2013)
	GCC: 4.6 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
	Xorg: 1.13.3 (07 June 2013  09:48:08AM)
	Hostname: bill-cipher
	Uptime: 0 days 0 h 18 min

CPU INFORMATION
	GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
	Number of CPUs: 8
	CPU clock currently at 1600.000 MHz with 8192 KB cache
	Numbering: family(6) model(58) stepping(9)
	Bogomips: 7062.61
	Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms

MEMORY INFORMATION
	Total memory: 16011 MB
	Total swap: 7810 MB

STORAGE INFORMATION
	SCSI device -  scsi0
		Vendor:  ATA      
		Model:  OCZ-VERTEX3      
	SCSI device -  scsi1
		Vendor:  ATA      
		Model:  WDC WD1002FAEX-0 
	SCSI device -  scsi3
		Vendor:  TSSTcorp 
		Model:  CDDVDW TS-H653N  

HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
	Host bridge
		Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
		Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5000
	PCI bridge(s)
		Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
		Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
		Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
		Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
		Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c4) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
		Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
		Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
		Integrated Technology Express, Inc. Device 8892 (rev 30) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	ISA bridge
		Intel Corporation Z77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
		Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001

GRAPHIC CARD
	VGA controller
		NVIDIA Corporation GF100 [GeForce GTX 480] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
		Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device 1480

SOUND CARD
	Multimedia controller
		NVIDIA Corporation GF100 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
		Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device 1480

NETWORK
	Ethernet controller
		Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
		Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device e000

NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION
	Model name: unknown
	Card Type: unknown 16x
	Video RAM: 1536 MB
	GPU Frequency: 50 MHz
	Driver version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  325.15  Wed Jul 31 18:50:56 PDT 2013

Confused

I have no Idea if you will find them more stable on 13.04

I am running 310.44 on 13.04


If you try it and things work much better, let me know and i will add it to the info we have.

Will also add a note about the two drivers you have mentioned in 12.04

coryd

This sounds like it could be the same problem as reported here:
[Linux] Game crashes if texture quality is set to high

If your Texture Quality is set to High then try Medium and see if it stops the crashing.

OscarMayer

Thanks coryd, that was it and medium texture will work for now. I'll have to try out either the 310 drivers and/or 13.04 another day when I've got more time.