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make ForgedAlliance.exe executable on Linux
See original GitHub issuewhen starting a game on Linux the following error occures:
2019-01-02 13:00:26.006 WARN 7291 --- [ Thread-627] com.faforever.client.game.GameService : Game could not be started
java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: com.github.nocatch.NoCatchException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "~/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe" (in directory "~/.faforever/bin"): error=13, Permission denied
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.encodeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:314) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:319) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniAccept.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:718) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(CompletableFuture.java:506) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.complete(CompletableFuture.java:2073) ~[na:na]
at com.faforever.client.replay.ReplayServerImpl.lambda$start$2(ReplayServerImpl.java:109) ~[downlords-faf-client-0.9.3-beta.jar:0.9.3-beta]
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:844) ~[na:na]
Caused by: com.github.nocatch.NoCatchException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/home/sws/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe" (in directory "/home/sws/.faforever/bin"): error=13, Permission denied
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:na]
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:488) ~[na:na]
at com.github.nocatch.NoCatch.wrapException(NoCatch.java:61) ~[nocatch-1.1.jar:na]
at com.github.nocatch.NoCatch.noCatch(NoCatch.java:104) ~[nocatch-1.1.jar:na]
at com.github.nocatch.NoCatch.noCatch(NoCatch.java:82) ~[nocatch-1.1.jar:na]
at com.faforever.client.game.GameService.lambda$startGame$33(GameService.java:467) ~[downlords-faf-client-0.9.3-beta.jar:0.9.3-beta]
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniAccept.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:714) ~[na:na]
... 4 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/home/sws/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe" (in directory "/home/sws/.faforever/bin"): error=13, Permission denied
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1128) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1071) ~[na:na]
at com.faforever.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService.launch(ForgedAllianceService.java:128) ~[downlords-faf-client-0.9.3-beta.jar:0.9.3-beta]
at com.faforever.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService.startGame(ForgedAllianceService.java:73) ~[downlords-faf-client-0.9.3-beta.jar:0.9.3-beta]
at com.faforever.client.game.GameService.lambda$startGame$32(GameService.java:467) ~[downlords-faf-client-0.9.3-beta.jar:0.9.3-beta]
at com.github.nocatch.NoCatch.noCatch(NoCatch.java:100) ~[nocatch-1.1.jar:na]
... 7 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=13, Permission denied
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.forkAndExec(Native Method) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:339) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:270) ~[na:na]
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1107) ~[na:na]
... 12 common frames omitted
Setting the executable bit on ~/.faforever/bin/ForgedAlliance.exe fixes this error
Issue Analytics
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Also having the same issue as @tatsujb kinda sucks since I have 0 rank and 0 games played, makes it difficult to get into custom games…
I wonder if the previous 1v1 support should be re-opened and this be there instead? Would be more semantic given the title of this issue.
Linking to the 1v1 thread for the above issues tatsu and I where having: https://github.com/FAForever/downlords-faf-client/issues/1095