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0bserver
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| Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:19 pm RtCW:ET Linux |
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnemyTerritory
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-5246.html
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Getting and installing on Ubuntu (Best free OS I've played with so far)
Code:
wget -c http://ftp.games.skynet.be/pub/wolfenstein/et-linux-2.60.x86.run
sudo sh ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run
Thats as far as I got when I realized that I was going to have to reinstall windows so as to still be able to use my tv tuner. Not to mention that there turns out to be some odd issues about permissions when reading cd/dvds burned by a Mac, among other oddities.
Ubuntu is nice to play with.
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty
Was more fun playing with then Vista.
The xperiments shall continue! |
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Happytap
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| Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:48 am Hope this helps |
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ET has permissions issues, so you can't load maps or anything unless you run it as root or pseudo root. That is until you give it the proper permissions
--terminal---
sudo chmod -R a+rwx ~/.etwolf
ET also has sound issues in Linux. It uses OSS(Open Sound System)which does not allow multiple channels to play like the more modern ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
So typically right out of the install sound will not work at all no matter how you configure your sound card. I did this at first.
---This is all in terminal
sudo killall esd
sudo -i
echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
---this worked but was a pain in the butt since I had to do it upon every reboot and was a bit overkill as far as killing sound processes. This is the one i use now, and it worked so well I wrote it into a boot script. here it is----
---note, you must be logged in as root, so here is complete command list in terminal
sudo -i
sh -c "echo 'et.x86 0 0 direct' > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss"
sh -c "echo 'et.x86 0 0 disable' > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss"
exit
---and if that works for your sys then you can make it permanent by changing a script with this command--
---to open--
sudo gedit /etc/rc.local
--then add these lines to end of file before "exit 0"--
echo 'et.x86 0 0 direct' > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
echo 'et.x86 0 0 disable' > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss
--these should display as red in gedit if you have done it right--
--save changes and you are set--
Hope that helps those of you that may or may not be interested in trying ET in linux, or already have and are tired of the sound issues and re-entering the same commands over and over again.
Remember, all the 0's in these commands are Zeros not ohs
BTW my Linux flavor is Ubuntu Feisty Fawn |
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Happytap
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| Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:57 am |
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| Just noticed those links go to this exact information, can't bring myself to delete all that though, was a lot of typing... sorry for the redundant information |
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0bserver
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| Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:57 pm |
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Reduncy is not necesarily a bad thing.
What I'd put in was the little bit I found out in my actually 2 or 3 weeks of playing with Linux. I'll probably go back to playing with it again some day, but at the moment I can make xp leap through flaming hoops.
Its frustrating to make oneself learn a different system when the first one is already super tamed. :oops:
The FiestyFawn does rock. The name kind of makes me cringe a little though ;-) |
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Happytap
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| Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:14 pm |
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Linux is great in nearly every way except for software compatibility... and its a big thing. Performance is great, infinitely customizable and there is a huge amount of free help and support out there... Not to mention security...
Let me know if you ever get back into it... and as far as gaming goes you can always get a subscription to Cedega or tinker about with WINE |
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Wolf 359
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| Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:13 pm |
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| I ran Ubuntu on VMWare for a while, I thought it was pretty slick. I'll have to get that set up again and poke around some more. |
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0bserver
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| Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:24 pm |
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Wolf 359 wrote: I ran Ubuntu on VMWare for a while, I thought it was pretty slick. I'll have to get that set up again and poke around some more.
Yeah. I keep a copy running on Parallels VM for risky websites. I could be wrong, but it seemed to me like a good double shield from within my regular xp. |
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Wolf 359
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| Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:43 pm |
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0bserver wrote: Wolf 359 wrote: I ran Ubuntu on VMWare for a while, I thought it was pretty slick. I'll have to get that set up again and poke around some more.
Yeah. I keep a copy running on Parallels VM for risky websites. I could be wrong, but it seemed to me like a good double shield from within my regular xp.
I did the same thing with a duplicate VMWare session of XP. Linux would be a better choice, however... |
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