0ad Errors when run as regular user

[f45]

This was compiled on Arch Linux. Getting errors when 0ad is run as a regular user:

$ 0ad
Cache: 500 (total: 5973) MiB
file_system.cpp(155): Function call failed: return value was -110300 (Insufficient access rights to open file)
Function call failed: return value was -110300 (Insufficient access rights to open file)
Location: file_system.cpp:155 (CreateDirectories)

Call stack:

(0x7ba52a) ./pyrogenesis() [0x7ba52a]
(0x761cc1) ./pyrogenesis() [0x761cc1]
(0x76299e) ./pyrogenesis() [0x76299e]
(0x762199) ./pyrogenesis() [0x762199]
(0x767872) ./pyrogenesis() [0x767872]
(0x76780b) ./pyrogenesis() [0x76780b]
(0x76a9b2) ./pyrogenesis() [0x76a9b2]
(0x773838) ./pyrogenesis() [0x773838]
(0x593e48) ./pyrogenesis() [0x593e48]
(0x59606d) ./pyrogenesis() [0x59606d]
(0x41fda8) ./pyrogenesis() [0x41fda8]
(0x413bfe) ./pyrogenesis() [0x413bfe]
(0x7fd7e56b138d) /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x7fd7e56b138d]
(0x41f1c9) ./pyrogenesis() [0x41f1c9]                                                                                                                                              

errno = 0 (Insufficient access rights to open file)                                                                                                                                
OS error = ?                                                                                                                                                                       


(C)ontinue, (S)uppress, (B)reak, Launch (D)ebugger, or (E)xit?

I can suppress this error and the game will load, however I get further errors when trying to save a game:

vfs.cpp(105): Function call failed: return value was -110100 (VFS directory not found)
Function call failed: return value was -110100 (VFS directory not found)
Location: vfs.cpp:105 (GetDirectoryEntries)

Call stack:

(0x7ba52a) ./pyrogenesis() [0x7ba52a]
(0x761cc1) ./pyrogenesis() [0x761cc1]
(0x76299e) ./pyrogenesis() [0x76299e]
(0x762199) ./pyrogenesis() [0x762199]
(0x777360) ./pyrogenesis() [0x777360]
(0x779fb4) ./pyrogenesis() [0x779fb4]
(0x7e3921) ./pyrogenesis() [0x7e3921]
(0x74c2e7) ./pyrogenesis() [0x74c2e7]
(0x7fd7e7e0d909) /opt/0ad/system/libmozjs185-ps-release.so.1.0(+0xc5909) [0x7fd7e7e0d909]
(0x7fd7e7e17025) /opt/0ad/system/libmozjs185-ps-release.so.1.0(+0xcf025) [0x7fd7e7e17025]
(0x7fd7e7e174c2) /opt/0ad/system/libmozjs185-ps-release.so.1.0(+0xcf4c2) [0x7fd7e7e174c2]
(0x7fd7e7e183ac) /opt/0ad/system/libmozjs185-ps-release.so.1.0(+0xd03ac) [0x7fd7e7e183ac]
(0x7fd7e7d95201) /opt/0ad/system/libmozjs185-ps-release.so.1.0(JS_CallFunctionValue+0x41) [0x7fd7e7d95201]
(0x71b308) ./pyrogenesis() [0x71b308]
(0x71b693) ./pyrogenesis() [0x71b693]
(0x75b58a) ./pyrogenesis() [0x75b58a]

errno = 0 (Try again later)
OS error = ?


(C)ontinue, (S)uppress, (B)reak, Launch (D)ebugger, or (E)xit?
(C)ontinue, (S)uppress, (B)reak, Launch (D)ebugger, or (E)xit?
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[xcb] Unknown sequence number while processing queue
[xcb] Most likely this is a multi-threaded client and XInitThreads has not been called
[xcb] Aborting, sorry about that.
pyrogenesis: xcb_io.c:273: poll_for_event: Assertion `!xcb_xlib_threads_sequence_lost' failed.
/usr/bin/0ad: line 3: 15106 Aborted                 ./pyrogenesis $*

Suppressing this error causes the game to crash as you can see.

Running the game as root obviously isn't an option. Anyway to solve these errors?

[f45]

Anything on this? Looks like its trying to create a directory somewhere it shouldn't.

The game is saving fine now, so you can disregard the second error.

[Kazu Kun]

You installed the game as root, right?

[leper]

Is by any chance some of the folders .config or .local in your ~ directory owned by another user (usually caused by running programs that write there as root)?

Did you build it with makepkg and install it with pacman?

The saved games are stored in ~/.local/share/0ad/saves/ (or $XDG_DATA_HOME/0ad/saves if you changed that environment variable) so you should check the file permissions of that folder.

[Ykkrosh]

If you're able to edit the source code before compiling, then applying this patch should make it give a bit more information about exactly what it's trying and failing to create. Incorrect owner or permissions for the directories leper mentioned are probably the most likely causes.