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General => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: llllllllll on February 27, 2007, 02:31:54 pm

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: llllllllll on February 27, 2007, 02:31:54 pm

I downloaded trem for linux (ubuntu 6.10) and i open it and i write something this:

Code: [Select]

I can not open blabla/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
Gedit was not able to detect coding marks.
Choose coding mark from menu and try it again.
Actual coding mark: Midlle europe (ISO - 8859-2)

What can I do?

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: David on February 27, 2007, 02:52:20 pm

Your trying to edit the file, you need to run it instead.
make it executable (right click should be somewhere on the properties thing) and then run it.

or do `sh path/to/installer` from the console.

Title: Re: Ubuntu problem
Post by: next_ghost on February 27, 2007, 03:21:48 pm

Quote from: "llllllllll"

I downloaded trem for linux (ubuntu 6.10) and i open it and i write something this:

Code: [Select]

I can not open blabla/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
Gedit was not able to detect coding marks.
Choose coding mark from menu and try it again.
Actual coding mark: Midlle europe (ISO - 8859-2)

What can I do?

Stop opening files by double click.

Title: Re: Ubuntu problem
Post by: llllllllll on February 28, 2007, 02:56:47 pm

Now i installed trem and i start it and there's a litlle moment black screen and after 0,5 second it fall down...
(geforce4 mx440)

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: Caveman on February 28, 2007, 03:08:30 pm

a) get a name here
b) start reading some manuals for _using_ linux
c) use the Search-Button
d) install the driver for your card

Title: Re: Ubuntu problem
Post by: next_ghost on February 28, 2007, 05:49:50 pm

Quote from: "llllllllll"

Now i installed trem and i start it and there's a litlle moment black screen and after 0,5 second it fall down...
(geforce4 mx440)

Linux is not a cheap clone of Windows. Linux has a very useful tool called terminal. Run Tremulous from it and then post here everything it writes out.

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: Odin on February 28, 2007, 07:48:35 pm

Guys, stop being so mean to him(especially next_ghost). He's just trying to get the game running. Nothing wrong with that.

Open a terminal and type "tremulous"(without quotes) and hit enter. When it crashes, copy the output and paste it here.

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: Caveman on February 28, 2007, 09:35:35 pm

Odin, you might be right, but it just get's on my nerves when such a clueless newb starts asking questions that have been answered over and over.
And using a name consisting only of special chars to look l33t is just stupid if he does not even know the basics.

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: tomek-k on February 28, 2007, 11:25:21 pm

Quote from: "Caveman"

Odin, you might be right, but it just get's on my nerves when such a clueless newb starts asking questions that have been answered over and over.

unfortunately you are right...

yes. if the guy is a linux newb that just switched to it from windows then he can have problems with installing/runnig programs, since it is done a little different way than in windows.
But I bet he is familiar with www and knows how to use the 'search' button...

@llllllllll
before you post the output of tremulous, please check if the same problem haven't been discussed here before (check for eventual error messages in the output and search the forum for such messages).

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: treminator on March 02, 2007, 06:30:59 am

More than likely he's using Xorg's dri and default 'nv' driver.

From a terminal, type

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy

then,

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and scroll down to the "Device" section and change the line which says 'nv' to 'nvidia'.

If that don't work, type the following to launch tremulous

tremulous &> start.txt

and post back start.txt using QUOTES from the forum interface please - don't just dump it all without using QUOTES.

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: llllllllll on March 02, 2007, 02:09:36 pm

Hmm sry...
So I instaled graphic driver and its running, but there's next problem. :P
I have ok FPS but it's "cutting" (I dont know in english, but in my czech language it's cutting) and very much....
is ubuntu so hard for my pc (celeron 1,7ghz, 512mb ram, geforce4 mx440) or what? On windows it was ok...

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: treminator on March 02, 2007, 03:56:53 pm

Your system is good. I ran trem on a P3/mx440 myself before.  I just had to play at 800x600 though.

Do this in a terminal:

grep -i nvidia /var/log/Xorg.0.log | cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/host-bridge - > nvidia.txt

post back the output of 'nvidia.txt' using the QUOTE option.

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: tomek-k on March 02, 2007, 05:26:16 pm

hmm... weird

again low fps with ubuntu... (http://tremulous.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3654)

maby it's just ubuntu's fault?

are you able to check another distro (eg. do you have a spare partition on which you could install it)?

Title: Ubuntu problem
Post by: next_ghost on March 02, 2007, 06:06:58 pm

The ussual stuff: play a bit with r_anything cvars in Tremulous, compile your own kernel optimized for your system, tweak graphics driver options (see the link above) and close other programs.