Hi, got this:
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DEBUG SPEW: No debug_filter.cfg found, so only general, error, and warning
categories can be shown and no debug_filter.cfg info will be saved.
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Opened log '/home/bernd/.fs2_open/data/fs2_open.log', Sat Dec 20 01:29:49 2008 ...
FreeSpace version: 3.6.10
Passed cmdline options:
  -spec_exp 15
  -ogl_spec 20
  -spec_static 
  -spec_point 1.2
  -spec_tube 1.5
  -ambient_factor 35
  -env 
  -missile_lighting 
  -glow 
  -spec 
  -ballistic_gauge 
  -dualscanlines 
  -orbradar 
  -rearm_timer 
  -targetinfo 
  -3dwarp 
  -mod mediavps
Building file index...
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/mediavps/MV_Core.vp' with a checksum of 0x0a0213e0
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/FS2OGGcutscenepack.vp' with a checksum of 0x84396e99
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/multi-mission-pack.vp' with a checksum of 0x377695e0
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/multi-voice-pack.vp' with a checksum of 0xd50e7442
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/root_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x3f08ae08
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/smarty_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x0098ee1f
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/sparky_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x749032a2
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/sparky_hi_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x566add58
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/stu_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xf2983309
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/tango1_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xd4e3ad49
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/tango2_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x799e46a1
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/tango3_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0x825f5ee0
Found root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/warble_fs2.vp' with a checksum of 0xa7037300
Searching root '/home/bernd/.fs2_open/mediavps/' ... 12 files
Searching root '/home/bernd/.fs2_open/' ... 34 files
Searching root '/home/bernd/FSO/mediavps/' ... 0 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/mediavps/MV_Core.vp' ... 139 files
Searching root '/home/bernd/FSO/' ... 5 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/FS2OGGcutscenepack.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/multi-mission-pack.vp' ... 110 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/multi-voice-pack.vp' ... 307 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/root_fs2.vp' ... 157 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/smarty_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/sparky_fs2.vp' ... 3027 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/sparky_hi_fs2.vp' ... 1337 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/stu_fs2.vp' ... 1777 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/tango1_fs2.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/tango2_fs2.vp' ... 15 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/tango3_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/home/bernd/FSO/warble_fs2.vp' ... 52 files
Found 17 roots and 7034 files.
AutoLang: Language auto-detection successful...
Setting language to German
TBM  =>  Starting parse of 'mv_strings-lcl.tbm' ...
ERROR: mv_strings-lcl.tbm is corrupt
File: localization/localize.cpp
Line: 608
any ideas?