copy protection

veritas · #1 21st January 2005, 11:51 PM

IN my ongoing struggle to get Cedega from Transgaming to make a game work for me on Linux, I've run across a known issue. What's not known is how to fix it. Evidently there is some kind of issue with the way copy protection is handled in fc3 2.6.9. In my case, it may be the reason that when I attempt to play a game through Cedega, the cd spins but nothing happens. does anyone know about this flaw and possibly have a fix for it?

Jman · #2 22nd January 2005, 07:24 AM

Which game and which protection scheme?

veritas · #3 22nd January 2005, 03:25 PM

Well the game is Knights of the Old Republic. Let me see if I can find info on the protection scheme on their site. I have no idea how to figure it out on my own. Talk amongst yourselves while I search......

Thanks for waiting....I see that it is SecuRom...though I can't say what version. There is no tech support for Linux at the bioware site for KOTOR (they did their own port of NWN, so drop in and thank them even if you don't play that game!) but there are listed issues with exactly my problem: the spinning disk of death. Evidently, according to bioware, if you get the first splash screen and then nothing but a spinning cd, it may very well be copy protection issue. Why I"m the only one at Transgaming that had this happen, I don't know, but it figures. They can't help me there. Others who have the same kernel have avoided this problem, or maybe I'm the only one using this kernel? In their own documentation it does say "Don't use 2.6.9 as it has cp problems" but naturally I didn't see that till after I gave my 15 bucks.

Happy to post any and all files deemed necessary. I expect I'll see this problem again if I try other games so if anyone has ideas, that will be great. I can't imagine that SecuRom can, in a linux environment, actually go out and detect CD emulation software or whatever else it does. Nevertheless, the behavior is exactly like that of some Windows users.