HI all, I'm on FC3 and installed Sim City 3000 unlimited but when I tried to run it, I found an error with glibc after googling for this, I found I need a patch, the problem is when I try to run the patch I get this: Does someone know how to patch this game succesfully and play it??
Thanks in advance.

That's the default error message you get when running the bash built-in `trap' with too few, many or wrong arguments.

I would guess that sc3u-2.0a-x86.run is, contains or creates a bash script.

could you please look in sc3u-2.0a-x86.run--and if it's readable or contains readable chunks of a reasonable size, post them? Otherwise please just post the output of this:
--Jonas

OK, it's a long file (7mb) but the readable part is this:

label="SimCity 3000 Unlimited 2.0a Update"
script=./update.sh
targetdir=sc3u-2.0a-x86
scriptargs=""
keep=n
finish=true; xterm_loop=;
[ x"$1" = x-xwin ] && {
finish="echo Press Return to close this window...; read junk"; xterm_loop=1; shift 1;
}
if [ x"$1" = "x-help" -o x"$1" = "x--help" ]; then
cat << tac
1) Getting help or info about $0 :
$0 --help Print this message
$0 --info Print embedded info : title, default target directory, embedded script ...
$0 --lsm Print embedded lsm entry (or no LSM)
$0 --list Print the list of files in the archive
$0 --check Checks integrity of the archive

2) Running $0 :
$0 [options] [additional arguments to embedded script]
with following options (in that order)
--confirm Ask before running embedded script
--keep Do not erase target directory after running embedded script
--target NewDirectory Extract in NewDirectory
tac
exit 0;
fi
if [ x"$1" = "x-lsm" -o x"$1" = "x--lsm" ]; then
cat << EOF_LSM
no LSM
EOF_LSM
exit 0;
fi
if [ "$1" = "--info" ]; then
echo Identification: $label
echo Target directory: $targetdir
echo Uncompressed size: 8674 KB
echo Compression: gzip
echo Date of packaging: Tue Nov 7 17:18:06 PST 2000
echo script run after extraction: $script $scriptargs
[ x"$keep" = xy ] && echo "directory $targetdir is permanent" || echo "$targetdir will be removed after extraction"
exit 0;
fi
if [ "$1" = "--list" ]; then
echo Target directory: $targetdir
tail +$skip $0 | gzip -cd | tar tvf -
exit 0;
fi
if [ "$1" = "--check" ]; then
sum1=`tail +6 $0 | cksum | sed -e 's/ /Z/' -e 's/ /Z/' | cut -dZ -f1`
[ $sum1 -ne $CRCsum ] && {
echo Error in checksums $sum1 $CRCsum
exit 2;
}
if [ $MD5 != "00000000000000000000000000000000" ]; then
# space separated list of directories
[ x"$GUESS_MD5_PATH" = "x" ] && GUESS_MD5_PATH="/usr/local/ssl/bin"
MD5_PATH=""
for a in $GUESS_MD5_PATH; do
if which $a/md5 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
MD5_PATH=$a;
fi
done
if [ -x $MD5_PATH/md5 ]; then
md5sum=`tail +6 $0 | $MD5_PATH/md5`;
[ $md5sum != $MD5 ] && {
echo Error in md5 sums $md5sum $MD5
exit 2;
} || { echo check sums and md5 sums are ok; exit 0; }
fi
if [ ! -x $MD5_PATH/md5 ]; then
echo an embedded md5 sum of the archive exists but no md5 program was found in $GUESS_MD5_PATH
echo if you have md5 on your system, you should try :
echo env GUESS_MD5_PATH=\"FirstDirectory SecondDirectory ...\" $0 -check
fi
else
echo check sums are OK ; echo $0 does not contain embedded md5 sum ;
fi
exit 0;
fi
[ x"$finish" = x ] && finish=true
parsing=yes
x11=y
while [ x"$parsing" != x ]; do
case "$1" in
--confirm) verbose=y; shift;;
--keep) keep=y; shift;;
--nox11) x11=n; shift;;
--target) if [ x"$2" != x ]; then targetdir="$2"; keep=y; shift 2; fi;;
*) parsing="";;
esac
done
if [ "$x11" = "y" ]; then
if ! tty -s; then # Do we have a terminal?
if [ x"$DISPLAY" != x -a x"$xterm_loop" = x ]; then # No, but do we have X?
if xset q > /dev/null 2>&1; then # Check for valid DISPLAY variable
GUESS_XTERMS="dtterm eterm Eterm xterm rxvt kvt"
for a in $GUESS_XTERMS; do
if which $a >/dev/null 2>&1; then
XTERM=$a
break
fi
done
chmod a+x $0 || echo Please add execution rights on $0
if [ `echo "$0" | cut -c1` = / ]; then # Spawn a terminal!
exec $XTERM -title "$label" -e "$0" -xwin "$@"
else
exec $XTERM -title "$label" -e "./$0" -xwin "$@"
fi
fi
fi
fi
fi
if [ "$keep" = y ]; then echo "Creating directory $targetdir"; tmpdir=$targetdir;
else tmpdir="/tmp/selfgz$$"; fi
mkdir $tmpdir || {
$echo 'Cannot create target directory' $tmpdir >&2
$echo 'you should perhaps try option -target OtherDirectory' >&2
eval $finish; exit 1;
}
location=`pwd`
echo=echo; [ -x /usr/ucb/echo ] && echo=/usr/ucb/echo
$echo -n Verifying archive integrity...
sum1=`tail +6 $0 | cksum | sed -e 's/ /Z/' -e 's/ /Z/' | cut -dZ -f1`
[ $sum1 -ne $CRCsum ] && {
$echo Error in check sums $sum1 $CRCsum
eval $finish; exit 2;
}
echo OK
if [ $MD5 != \"00000000000000000000000000000000\" ]; then
# space separated list of directories
[ x$GUESS_MD5_PATH = x ] && GUESS_MD5_PATH=\"/usr/local/ssl/bin\"
MD5_PATH=\"\"
for a in $GUESS_MD5_PATH; do
if which $a/md5 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
MD5_PATH=$a;
fi
done
if [ -x $MD5_PATH/md5 ]; then
md5sum=`tail +6 $0 | $MD5_PATH/md5`;
[ $md5sum != $MD5 ] && {
$echo Error in md5 sums $md5sum $MD5
eval $finish; exit 2;
}
fi
fi
$echo -n "Uncompressing $label"
cd $tmpdir
[ "$keep" = y ] || trap 'cd /tmp; /bin/rm -rf $tmpdir; exit $res'
if ( (cd $location; tail +$skip $0; ) | gzip -cd | { tar xvf - || failed=y ; } | (while read a; do $echo -n .; done; echo; )); then
if [ x$failed = xy ]; then
echo 'File extraction failed!'; cd /tmp; /bin/rm -rf $tmpdir; eval $finish; exit 1
fi
chown -Rf `id -u`.`id -g` .
res=0; if [ x"$script" != x ]; then
if [ x"$verbose" = xy ]; then
$echo "OK to execute: $script $scriptargs $* ? [Y/n] "
read yn
[ x"$yn" = x -o x"$yn" = xy -o x"$yn" = xY ] && { $script $scriptargs $*; res=$?; }
else
$script $scriptargs $*; res=$?
fi
[ $res != 0 ] && echo "The program returned an error code ($res)"
fi
[ "$keep" = y ] || { cd /tmp; /bin/rm -rf $tmpdir; }
else
echo "Cannot decompress $0"; eval $finish; exit 1
fi
eval $finish; exit $res
END_OF_STUB

The result of 'file sc3u-2.0a-x86.run' was this:
[vicente@localhost ~]$ file sc3u-2.0a-x86.run
sc3u-2.0a-x86.run: Bourne shell script text executable
[vicente@localhost ~]$

1) When posting code, please put it in code tags (i.e. [ code ] <put the code here> [ /code ] --- but without the extra spaces).

2) could you upload the file to somewhere so I could see all of it? Otherwise mail it to jonaskoelker@users.sourceforge.net, please.

3) Could you please run it like this:
$ bash -x fname.run
(where fname is that dumb name that takes forever to type ) and either post the output, or (if its too big) upload it or mail it to me?

--Jonas

Ok, the file is located here . I applied the patch as you said and did patch the game. The problem now is when I try to run the game I get this error: (Means Segmentation fault). I think I saw something about this in google, gonna look again.

Ok, after googling, I found I have to run the game like this: . For me, it worked substituting '2.2.4' for '2.2.5'. Works good. Thanks for your help on patching the game.

Uhh... Did I help? Oh, well...

You're welcome

--Jonas

hi there,
i managed to fix the updatescript by editing two things:

[ "$keep" = y ] || trap 'cd /tmp; /bin/rm -rf $tmpdir; exit $res'
to
[ "$keep" = y ] || trap -lp 'cd /tmp; /bin/rm -rf $tmpdir; exit $res'

after that it complained about the checksum

so i disabled this line:
#CRCsum=2069455402

and it worked

maybe not the best way - but workin

You could have applied the patch also deleting the first lines (where readable) and then saving the file as a tar.gz. Unpacking it would create a directory with an "update.sh" file.

Anyway, I'm not able to run the game: it starts, but it presents no video. I can hear sound, anyway. Anybody with this issue?

I'm not sure, but I finally had to delete it when upgrading to FC4.

The patch script was made for the Bourne Again SHell (bash) so you should always try this when it doesn't work.
bash sc3u-2.0a-x86.run
I can read that u did it and got it to update.
But if i get things right it still Segmentation faults?

The pathc applied cleanly in the way jonaskoelker told me to apply it but still got errors when running sc3u so I had to run it like this: Anyway after I upgraded to FC4 (clean install) I had to erase the game, so doesn't matter now.

Hey anyone. I also installed FC4 and would love to play Sim City 3000 once more - I know its old, but I love it!! The does not work! I get Does anyone know what I can do here??

PLEASE!

Sorry if I can't help you there. I made a FC4 clean install and erased the game. Since that, I haven't reinstalled it. Anyway, you can try the following code:

It worked for me on FC3, maybe on FC4 works too.