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Re: [LUG] alien arena

 

any suggestions welcome please

have you tried FM's suggestion yet?

quoth Fabian Melters to lubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:29:27 
+0100:
try to set the rights for ~/.config/alien-arena:

chown -R psutton:psutton ~/.config/alien-arena


also, fyi, problems strikingly similar to your own are discussed in a few forum 
discussions, listed below.

if i were you, i would keep the following things in mind when reading them:

1.  do *not* su to root and run the game.  do *not* sudo the game.  advice to run 
any game with root privileges is of dubious wisdom.

2.  it looks to me like one of the posters in the kubuntu-specific thread suggests 
making the game world-writeable.  that sounds like a Bad Idea (though i am not An 
Expert).

that said, here are the threads:

lubuntu-specific thread:
 
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-games-33/lubuntu-alien-arena-wont-start-917531/

kubuntu-specific thread:
 http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?57565-Alien-Arena

ubuntu thread:
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1882171

-wes


On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, paul sutton wrote:

Hi

I am running Lubuntu 12.04 and have just installed Alien arena,

psutton@E-machine:~$ uname -a
Linux E-machine 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:19:45 UTC
2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

psutton@E-machine:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:
core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release:    12.04
Codename:    precise

if any of the above helps,  I have lubuntu_desktop installed hence it is
saying Ubuntu but the base OS is the same, or pretty much the same.

upon running i get the following output

psutton@E-machine:~$ alien-arena
ln: failed to create symbolic link
`/home/psutton/.config/alien-arena/data1': Permission denied
using /home/psutton/.config/alien-arena/arena for writing
Could not exec default.cfg
Could not exec config.cfg
Could not exec profile.cfg
Console initialized.
--------- [Loading Renderer] ---------
Master server at 69.136.224.226:27900
Sending shutdown to 69.136.224.226:27900
recursive shutdown
Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx
psutton@E-machine:~$


any suggestions welcome please

Paul

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