[0.13.17] Crash on start with ManjaroLinux

[quadrox]

I was trying to install factorio on Manjaro (Arch Linux derivative) today, however the game crashes with the following output:

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 0.000 2016-08-19 19:15:01; Factorio 0.13.17 (build 23946, linux64, alpha)
   0.004 Operating system: Linux (ManjaroLinux 16.08-pre3)
   0.004 Not rotating logs.
   0.004 Program arguments: "factorio" 
   0.004 Read data path: /usr/share/factorio
   0.004 Write data path: /home/corner/.factorio
   0.004 Binaries path: /home
   0.010 Graphics options: [FullScreen: false] [VSync: false] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Graphics quality: normal] [Video memory usage: high] [Light scale: 25%] [Screen: 255] [DXT: false]
   0.011 Available display adapters: 1
   0.011  [0]: resolution 3840x2160px at [0,0]
   0.011 Create display on adapter 0. Size 1280x720 at position [1270, 702].
   0.146 Initialised OpenGL:[0] GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2; driver: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 367.36.02
   0.146     Video memory size (dedicated/total available/current available): 8192/8192/7636 MB
   0.338 Error CrashHandler.cpp:210: Received SIGSEGV
   0.383 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
   0.397 Loading mod base 0.13.17 (data.lua)
   0.483 Checksum for core: 2228900852
   0.484 Checksum for mod base: 2069790529
   0.685 Info PlayerData.cpp:47: Local player-data.json unavailable
   0.685 Info PlayerData.cpp:52: Cloud player-data.json unavailable
Factorio crashed. Generating symbolized stacktrace, please wait ...
#0  0x5078db in CrashHandler::writeStackTrace() at /tmp/factorio-PYdhGR/src/Util/CrashHandler.cpp:105
#1  0x507b54 in CrashHandler::SignalHandler(int) at /tmp/factorio-PYdhGR/src/Util/CrashHandler.cpp:215
#2  0x7f1d8b5060b0 in ?? at ??:0
#3  0x7f1d8d2976a0 in ?? at ??:0
#4  0x7f1d8cfe09dd in ?? at ??:0
#5  0x7f1d8d01425a in ?? at ??:0
#6  0x7f1d8cfd340b in ?? at ??:0
#7  0xe0c440 in alsa_update_mmap at /tmp/factorio-PYdhGR/libraries/Allegro/addons/audio/alsa.c:355
#8  0xdd35bd in thread_func_trampoline at /tmp/factorio-PYdhGR/libraries/Allegro/src/threads.c:79
#9  0xdd32fb in thread_proc_trampoline at /tmp/factorio-PYdhGR/libraries/Allegro/src/unix/uxthread.c:49
#10 0x7f1d8d28c454 in ?? at ??:0
#11 0x7f1d8b5bb7df in ?? at ??:0
   1.040 Error Util.cpp:77: Unexpected error occurred. If you're running the latest version of the game you can help us solve the problem by posting the contents of the log file on the Factorio forums.
Please also include the save file(s), any mods you may be using, and any steps you know of to reproduce the crash.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

My computer:

Intel Core i7 6700K
32 GB DDR4 RAM
Gigabte Gaming G7 rev 1.0 Motherboard
2x Nvidia GTX 1070 (Asus Strix model)

Desktop Resolution: 4K (3840 x 2160)

[Oxyd]

Well, can't reproduce. I've never had this crash happen on my computer, nor have I seen anyone else report anything like this. So I installed Manjaro in a virtual machine and tested in that, but it starts just fine.

Can you think of anything about your computer that could cause this?

[quadrox]

Thanks. From the log output mentioning "alsa" I gather it's related to the sound system. I am using a USB sound card (Scarlet i2i), and I have had trouble getting it working as well as I would like - it seems that the sound card is in a disabled state until some program wants to use it, which results in noise artifacts at the beginning and end of playback. I haven't quite figured out why that would make factorio crash, but I will try to keep fiddling with things until it works.