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General => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: into9rod on January 25, 2008, 02:21:49 am

Title: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: into9rod on January 25, 2008, 02:21:49 am
Hello,
since i installed ubuntu i wanted to play this game so i been trying like a week
because i just cant ... this is the file that im downloading: tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
when i doubleclick in the file this is the error; Couldn't display "/home/into9rod/Desktop/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run".
ive been trying to run it with different apps and is not working at all
so its starting to be painfull i dont know whats wrong i hope i can get a reply
thank you
 :-\
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 25, 2008, 02:59:57 am
It's a self-extracting shell script. Run it in a terminal.
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: into9rod on January 25, 2008, 04:04:18 am
ok tks for the reply what do i write just the name of the file thats all
i tried this      sh tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run and is not working (cant open the file)
any other commands ... :-\
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 25, 2008, 04:11:43 am
You may need to chmod u+x it first to make it executable.
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: into9rod on January 25, 2008, 04:16:31 am
any pros can tell me plz
tks anyway dude
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 25, 2008, 04:20:56 am
i tried this      sh tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run and is not working (cant open the file)
What was the exact error message?
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: into9rod on January 25, 2008, 04:24:44 am
thanks uk its solved
right click in the file and (open with a command) i writed there sh and it works
now i have another problem on the blue screen NO WRITE PERMISSIONS FOR usr/local/games..........>>i know i can use chmod but how ...
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: Taiyo.uk on January 25, 2008, 04:55:37 am
You can choose to install to your home directory instead of /usr

If you specifically want to install tremulous system-wide then chmodding /usr to give yourself write permissions is not a good idea. Use sudo instead:

$ sudo bash ~/Desktop/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run

You'll be asked for your password. The installer will then be run with root privileges.
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: into9rod on January 25, 2008, 06:17:25 am
thanks for the command now my issue is the video is getting crazy i cant see any letters and the graphics are bs
man...and i dont know how to fix it i already install the ati binary drivers that are in the add/remove menu but i just dont know if thats correct... :-\
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: kevlarman on January 25, 2008, 08:19:31 pm
thanks for the command now my issue is the video is getting crazy i cant see any letters and the graphics are bs
man...and i dont know how to fix it i already install the ati binary drivers that are in the add/remove menu but i just dont know if thats correct... :-\
you need to turn off 3d desktop effects to run opengl games.
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: IOA on January 27, 2008, 01:22:20 am
thanks for the command now my issue is the video is getting crazy i cant see any letters and the graphics are bs
man...and i dont know how to fix it i already install the ati binary drivers that are in the add/remove menu but i just dont know if thats correct... :-\
you need to turn off 3d desktop effects to run opengl games.
That's not true. I've run the game perfectly fine with all 3D desktop settings in effect.
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help
Post by: kevlarman on January 27, 2008, 02:19:10 am
thanks for the command now my issue is the video is getting crazy i cant see any letters and the graphics are bs
man...and i dont know how to fix it i already install the ati binary drivers that are in the add/remove menu but i just dont know if thats correct... :-\
you need to turn off 3d desktop effects to run opengl games.
That's not true. I've run the game perfectly fine with all 3D desktop settings in effect.
that only works on some drivers with some graphics cards (or if you have your wm set to unredirect fullscreen windows, but windowed mode is kinda useful for alt-tab), and it can kill performance.
Title: Re: i cant install this game plz help(solved)
Post by: into9rod on January 27, 2008, 06:48:53 pm
 ;D in my case im running this with visual effects off because my x300  :'(
but the requirments of this game are poor anyway thanks all for the support
 :repeater: