Wired crash error.

[David]

Tremulous is crashing every time I start it, and its really pissing me off now.
When it starts it just sits there on the menu, with the background music on a half-second loop and the mouse and console etc not working. I then have to kill it to make it go away.

I am running the default version on XUbuntu edgy. (reinstalled)
I also tried removing the ~/.tremulous, but that didn't help.

I any one can help me fix this, I will be very appreciative.

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tremulous 1.1.0 linux-x86 Feb 28 2006
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/david/.tremulous/base/wth.pk3 (8 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/vms-unlagged-beta.pk3 (2 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/tjw-vms-872M-3.pk3 (52 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/starfish-a1.pk3 (6 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/outpost_p4.pk3 (42 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/nameless_alpha.pk3 (29 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/mod-fixedsounds.pk3 (10 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/mod-crazylcannon.pk3 (1 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/minicube.pk3 (7 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/marsbase.pk3 (103 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map_powergrid_b25.pk3 (44 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map_aegis_station_b1.pk3 (13 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map_aegis_station.pk3 (13 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-wth.pk3 (8 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-watah-b4.pk3 (108 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-watah-b2.pk3 (59 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-UTCSb2.pk3 (11 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-urban-p2.pk3 (83 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-uranium-alpha3.pk3 (77 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-uncreation-1.1.0.pk3 (110 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-tremor-1.1.0.pk3 (45 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-transit-1.1.0.pk3 (135 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-thermal-b2.pk3 (207 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-thermal-b1.pk3 (204 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-theBunker-1.0.0.pk3 (107 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-sokolov_0.5.pk3 (151 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-sokolov_0.4.pk3 (100 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-sokolov_0.2.pk3 (69 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-sedna-beta3-1.1.0.pk3 (79 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-sedna-beta2-1.1.0.pk3 (72 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-sedna-beta1-1.1.0.pk3 (72 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-pulse-beta3-1.1.0.pk3 (198 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-procyon-preview2.pk3 (75 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-procyon-preview1.pk3 (6 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-procyon-beta2.pk3 (93 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-procyon-beta1.pk3 (85 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-Outpost-Warthog.pk3 (300 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-openfield-beta2.pk3 (49 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-omega_b1.pk3 (8 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-noname.pk3 (48 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-niveus-1.1.0.pk3 (134 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-nexus6-1.1.0.pk3 (151 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-minetest2.pk3 (2 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-mg_crate2.pk3 (13 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-mg_crate.pk3 (6 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-meep_b2.pk3 (181 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-marsbase_b2.pk3 (85 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-Labyrinth.pk3 (45 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-Labyrinth-Build14.pk3 (112 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-karith-1.1.0.pk3 (118 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-gloom_b1.pk3 (52 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-gloom3t.pk3 (172 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-gloom2beta2.pk3 (219 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-gamma_core-beta6.pk3 (78 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-gamma_core-beta5.pk3 (74 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-gamma_core-beta2.pk3 (62 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-foto_ita.pk3 (6 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-DMB01-alpa.1.0.pk3 (141 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-derelictb-beta04.pk3 (178 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-derelictb-beta03.pk3 (157 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-cannon_b1.pk3 (17 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-Bunker5634.pk3 (40 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-battlezone_final.pk3 (19 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-battlezone_b2.pk3 (18 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-atcszalpha.pk3 (116 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-atcszalpha-b2.pk3 (50 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-atcszalpha-b1.pk3 (52 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-atcs-1.1.0.pk3 (87 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-arkadia.pk3 (39 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-arachnid2-1.1.0.pk3 (67 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-ancient_remains-1.0.pk3 (123 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/map-abyss_a1.pk3 (8 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/highrise3.pk3 (13 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/highrise-b5.pk3 (23 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/highrise-b4.pk3 (24 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/hamunaptra.pk3 (762 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base/dark.pk3 (8 files)
/home/david/.tremulous/base
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/vms-1.1.0.pk3 (4 files)
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/map-uncreation-1.1.0.pk3 (110 files)
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/map-tremor-1.1.0.pk3 (45 files)
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/map-transit-1.1.0.pk3 (135 files)
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/map-niveus-1.1.0.pk3 (134 files)
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/map-nexus6-1.1.0.pk3 (151 files)
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/map-karith-1.1.0.pk3 (118 files)
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/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/map-arachnid2-1.1.0.pk3 (67 files)
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base/data-1.1.0.pk3 (1229 files)
/usr/local/games/tremulous/base

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8421 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
execing autogen.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----

------- Input Initialization -------
Joystick is not active.
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...loading libGL.so.1:
Calling SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)...
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) passed.
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 4: 800 600
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5b
Using 8/8/8 Color bits, 24 depth, 8 stencil display.
GL_RENDERER: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 915GM 20050225
Initializing OpenGL extensions
...GL_S3_s3tc not found
...ignoring GL_EXT_texture_env_add
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array

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PIXELFORMAT: color(24-bits) Z(24-bit) stencil(8-bits)
MODE: 4, 800 x 600 fullscreen hz:N/A
GAMMA: hardware w/ 0 overbright bits
CPU:
rendering primitives: single glDrawElements
texturemode: GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR
picmip: 2
texture bits: 16
multitexture: enabled
compiled vertex arrays: enabled
texenv add: disabled
compressed textures: disabled
Initializing Shaders
...loading 'scripts/ladder.shader'
...loading 'scripts/mirror.shader'
...loading 'scripts/test_63.shader'
...loading 'scripts/emeraldfog.shader'
...loading 'scripts/jajlands1.shader'
...loading 'scripts/mytex.shader'
...loading 'scripts/marsbase.shader'
...loading 'scripts/powergrid.shader'
...loading 'scripts/watah.shader'
...loading 'scripts/utcs.shader'
...loading 'scripts/urban.shader'
...loading 'scripts/uranium.shader'
...loading 'scripts/uncreation.shader'
...loading 'scripts/q3map2_tremor.shader'
...loading 'scripts/tremor.shader'
...loading 'scripts/transit.shader'
...loading 'scripts/thermal.shader'
...loading 'scripts/thebunker.shader'
...loading 'scripts/sokolov.shader'
...loading 'scripts/common.shader'
...loading 'scripts/sedna-beta3.shader'
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...loading 'scripts/sedna.shader'
...loading 'scripts/pulse.shader'
...loading 'scripts/q3map2_pulse_102.shader'
...loading 'scripts/procyon.shader'
...loading 'scripts/openfield.shader'
...loading 'scripts/omega_b1.shader'
...loading 'scripts/niveus.shader'
...loading 'scripts/nexus6.shader'
...loading 'scripts/mg_crate2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/meep.shader'
...loading 'scripts/labyrinth.shader'
...loading 'scripts/karith.shader'
...loading 'scripts/eq2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/mrcleantex_3.shader'
...loading 'scripts/tech1soc.shader'
...loading 'scripts/organics.shader'
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...loading 'scripts/evil6_lights.shader'
...loading 'scripts/evil6_support.shader'
...loading 'scripts/evil6_trims.shader'
...loading 'scripts/evil6_walls.shader'
...loading 'scripts/evil8_base.shader'
...loading 'scripts/speedtech.shader'
...loading 'scripts/gloom3t.shader'
...loading 'scripts/gloom2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/q3map2_gloom2beta2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/gamma_core-beta6.shader'
...loading 'scripts/gamma_core-beta5.shader'
...loading 'scripts/gamma_core-beta2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/dmb01.shader'
...loading 'scripts/gothic_light.shader'
...loading 'scripts/derelictb.shader'
...loading 'scripts/cannon.shader'
...loading 'scripts/battlezone_final.shader'
...loading 'scripts/battlezone_b2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/atcszalpha.shader'
...loading 'scripts/atcszalpha-b2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/atcs.shader'
...loading 'scripts/arkadia.shader'
...loading 'scripts/arachnid2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/ancient_remains.shader'
...loading 'scripts/dasprid_common.shader'
...loading 'scripts/odium.shader'
...loading 'scripts/abyss_a1.shader'
...loading 'scripts/ut_egypt.shader'
...loading 'scripts/sggatev1.shader'
...loading 'scripts/sgdhd.shader'
...loading 'scripts/multiplant2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/multiplant.shader'
...loading 'scripts/egyptsoc.shader'
...loading 'scripts/dasprid.shader'
...loading 'scripts/jetpack.shader'
...loading 'scripts/core.shader'
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...loading 'scripts/misc.shader'
...loading 'scripts/common-trem.shader'
...loading 'scripts/titan.shader'
...loading 'scripts/water.shader'
...loading 'scripts/displays.shader'
...loading 'scripts/plant_life.shader'
...loading 'scripts/stasis.shader'
...loading 'scripts/booster.shader'
...loading 'scripts/eggpod.shader'
...loading 'scripts/medistat.shader'
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...loading 'scripts/reactor.shader'
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...loading 'scripts/trapper.shader'
...loading 'scripts/overmind.shader'
...loading 'scripts/tesla.shader'
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...loading 'scripts/hive.shader'
...loading 'scripts/level2.shader'
...loading 'scripts/human.shader'
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...loading 'scripts/weapons.shader'
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...loading 'scripts/advckit.shader'
...loading 'scripts/psaw.shader'
...loading 'scripts/mdriver.shader'
...loading 'scripts/flamer.shader'
...loading 'scripts/crosshairs.shader'
...loading 'scripts/grenade.shader'
...loading 'scripts/splash.shader'
...loading 'scripts/marks.shader'
...loading 'scripts/sprites.shader'
...loading 'scripts/muzzleflashes.shader'
----- finished R_Init -----
------ Initializing Sound ------
Initializing SDL audio driver...
SDL audio driver is "alsa".
SDL_AudioSpec:
  Format:   AUDIO_S16LSB
  Freq:     48000
  Samples:  1024
  Channels: 2
Starting SDL audio callback...
SDL audio initialized.
----- Sound Info -----
    1 stereo
32768 samples
   16 samplebits
    1 submission_chunk
48000 speed
0x901a1d8 dma buffer
No background file.
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Sound intialization successful.
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Sound memory manager started
Loading vm file vm/ui.qvm...
...which has vmMagic VM_MAGIC_VER2
Loading 1075 jump table targets
VM file ui compiled to 782758 bytes of code
ui loaded in 4595040 bytes on the hunk
UI menu load time = 710 milli seconds
UI menu load time = 44 milli seconds
UI menu load time = 34 milli seconds
--- Common Initialization Complete ---
Opening IP socket: localhost:30720
Started tty console (use +set ttycon 0 to disable)
Received signal 15, exiting...
----- CL_Shutdown -----
Closing SDL audio device...
SDL audio device shut down.
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
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Shutdown tty console


[next_ghost]

Signal 15 is SIGTERM. Try running Tremulous from debugger and let us know what does it say.

[Somethief]

You are prolly missing the sound library.
Ubuntu site saves:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/libs/libopenal0a

I think it's that one, but http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/libs/libsdl1.2debian might do it too

Whole Tremulous package content:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/games/tremulous

[David]

ok, thanks for the help.
I installed libopenal0a from apt, but that didn't help.
I also installed tremulous from sources (rev 755) and that didn't work either.

I'll run it under gdb when I figure out how to use it.

[next_ghost]

Simply do this:

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gdb tremulous
run
*SIGTERM*
quit

That's all there is to do to get some info. If you rebuild Tremulous with debugging symbols, it'll even tell you the code line which was being executed when the game received SIGTERM.

[David]

thanks, I'll do that tomorow

[David]

Ok, sorry about the time it took me to get this done, but here it all is.

I compiled tremulous with make debug (sources that come with the installer), and run it under gdb. Had to kill X.
so I ran gdb tremulous 2>&1 | tee ~/tremlog and got this out: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~dsever/tremlog

the interesting bit is:

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Sys_Error: Couldn't load default.cfg
tremulous: src/unix/unix_main.c:354: Sys_Exit: Assertion `ex == 0' failed.

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

This is all well beyond my C skills, so any help would be appreciated.

[next_ghost]

Please run tremulous from GDB again and use the 'bt' (backtrace) command after those quoted lines. So far, the behaviour is correct. That assert is there to get the backtrace. Whatever went wrong, it's not in the log.

[David]

Ok, I did the backtrack, and got http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~dsever/tremlog2

the interesting bit is

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#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb7db4770 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2  0xb7db5ef3 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3  0xb7daddbb in __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#4  0x0812fabe in Sys_Exit (ex=1) at src/unix/unix_main.c:354
#5  0x0812fc2e in Sys_Error (error=0x8143dd3 "%s") at src/unix/unix_main.c:444
#6  0x08074065 in Com_Error (code=0, fmt=0x8145653 "Couldn't load default.cfg")
    at src/qcommon/common.c:309
#7  0x0807f4f9 in FS_InitFilesystem () at src/qcommon/files.c:3211
#8  0x08077081 in Com_Init (commandLine=0x89f5008 "")
    at src/qcommon/common.c:2298
#9  0x081311fc in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfeb91a4) at src/unix/unix_main.c:1424

[next_ghost]

Wait a minute, how do you run GDB on Tremulous, or more importantly, where is the file through which you run Tremulous and what file type is it (executable file or symlink)? That GDB output is useless because it crashes on missing files BEFORE your problem actually happens. :roll: Run

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which tremulous
ls -l `which tremulous`
file -L `which tremulous`


[David]

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$ which tremulous
/home/david/bin/tremulous
$ ls -l `which tremulous`
lrwxrwxrwx 1 david david 35 2007-01-29 23:51 /home/david/bin/tremulous -> /home/david/tremulous/tremulous.x86
$ file -L `which tremulous`
/home/david/bin/tremulous: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.0, not stripped

/home/david/tremulous/tremulous.x86 is the right file, but gdb provides differnt output when I use the full path (sorry, I just assumed it would work with out the path)

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~dsever/tremlog3 has the new stuff.

[next_ghost]

Again, this doesn't seem to be your real problem. Do you run GDB from system console (without X server) or from xterm?

[David]

I run it from the system console, when I run form xterm tremulous crashes on top of it and I cant bet back to the xtrem.

[next_ghost]

You'll have to set DISPLAY shell variable to whatever is set in xterm then. Otherwise Tremulous won't find your X server. I assume DISPLAY is set to :0.0 (default for single local X server). You should check for your value by running `echo $DISPLAY` from xterm.

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DISPLAY=':0.0' gdb tremulous

[coax333]

I am having generally the same problem, start the game and within say 20 seconds, some times sooner than later the game and mouse freeze, the music loops, and I have to control+alt+backspace out and kill tremulous in the process dialog. I'm running Ubuntu Edgy as well, I have the libs at the beginnng of this topic libopenal0a and libsdldebian I think.

[next_ghost]

...

Follow the instructions above and tell me the result then.

[coax333]

definitely not leet....not sure I'm running gdb right...here is what I have so far. I apologize upfront for my ignorance.

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thomas@tihome2:~$ gdb /usr/lib/tremulous/tremulous
GNU gdb 6.4.90-debian
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/tremulous/tremulous
(no debugging symbols found)
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[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1214743696 (LWP 8881)]
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---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
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tremulous 1.1.0 linux-x86 Jul 20 2006
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/thomas/.tremulous/base
/usr/lib/tremulous/base

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0 files in pk3 files
----- CL_Shutdown -----
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----- CL_Shutdown -----
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Sys_Error: Couldn't load default.cfg

Program exited with code 01.
(gdb)

strange..../home/thomas/.tremulous/base has a autogen.cfg file
and my pk3 files are in /usr/share/games/tremulous

[next_ghost]

...

Well, you DO run gdb right, almost.
1) Don't use full path to Tremulous executable, see above posts
2)

... If you rebuild Tremulous with debugging symbols, it'll even tell you the code line which was being executed when the game received SIGTERM.

[coax333]

ok I typically run tremulous from the desktop, tremulous is installed through synaptic, and the file I run it through is a symlink to the full path. But when I run "gdb tremulous --quiet" it chokes on the fact that its not an executable? Am I going to have to unistall through synaptic and reinstall from source with make debug, and then run gdb? As much as I would love to solve this, I may just wait for the next release.

[Lava Croft]

You should run MicroSoft windows.

[next_ghost]

ok I typically run tremulous from the desktop, tremulous is installed through synaptic, and the file I run it through is a symlink to the full path. But when I run "gdb tremulous --quiet" it chokes on the fact that its not an executable? Am I going to have to unistall through synaptic and reinstall from source with make debug, and then run gdb? As much as I would love to solve this, I may just wait for the next release.

No, it crashed because you had specified the full path to the symlink, not the executable. When you specify the full path, Tremulous will search for base directory in that path (unless specifically compiled to search elsewhere first). No base directory = crash. If you run just `gdb tremulous` instead, it'll look in the right place and it'll work. Also there's no need to uninstall. Simply grab the sources either from SVN (revision 755) or from the installation package, compile them for debug and copy the compiled tremulous.x86 next to the one you use now. Then just run GDB on the compiled executable.