UT 2004

[Whiskers 0]

After getting rudely snubbed by the techs at Atari that they dont support linux (even thoug they do have the linux installer script included) I read in a few sites that the script is messed up, it wants the play disc but it looking through the wrong cd.

 

I have the dvd edition and it says stick in the play disc and im like uhhh its dvd dude, its all on one disc

 

 

Anyone know how to install this from the dvd version? I copyed all the files to hard disk to avoid the mounting troubles that are caused by it. Apparently it doesnt care where the media is, but it looking through the wrong disc i think

 

 

DVD consists of 6 folders

labled cd1 - cd6 respectively

need the names to go with

ie

cd 1 install

cd 2 play?

cd 3?

cd 4?

cd 5?

cd 6?

 

or mebbe im totatally clueless

[Whiskers 0]

oops sorry i didnt know i was in the hardware forum

[Dapper Dan 0]

Look in that install cd. Is there a Windows executable - .exe in there only? Or do you also see a file that ends in .rpm or .gz or .tgz etc?

 

I'm fairly certain there is a Linux port of UT2004 that comes as an .rpm

 

 

[Whiskers 0]

its a script, but the stupid thing installs a bit then says insert cd 2, and im sitting here thinking "um dumbass its a dvd", its all on one disk

 

I have tried copying all data to hard drive in the CD1, CD 2, etc folders

and have tried dumping all CD folders into one folder

 

I was reading in another forum about this too,

 

Copy all six disks into one single folder on your hard disk,

eg. for the first disk.

 

quote:

mkdir /root/ut2k4_installer

cd /mnt/cdrom

cp -Rv * /root/ut2k4_installer

 

 

then repeat the last two steps for the 5 remaining disks.

You will of course have to un-mount the disk before hand.

eg. for unmounting

 

quote:

cd

umount /mnt/cdrom

 

 

 

When all of the copying is done issue the following command:

 

quote:

export SETUP_CDROM=/root/ut2k4installer/

 

 

then:

 

quote:

cd /root/ut2k4installer/

sh linux-installer.sh

 

 

once the install is done, issue the following comand to reclaim your HD space

 

quote:

rm -Rv /root/ut2k4installer/

 

 

I dont understand most of what it asking but I did the nautilus file manager and just copied files that way

 

This is soooo confusing

 

 

[Whiskers 0]

its a script, but the stupid thing installs a bit then says insert cd 2, and im sitting here thinking "um dumbass its a dvd", its all on one disk

 

I have tried copying all data to hard drive in the CD1, CD 2, etc folders

and have tried dumping all CD folders into one folder

 

I was reading in another forum about this too,

 

Copy all six disks into one single folder on your hard disk,

eg. for the first disk.

 

quote:

mkdir /root/ut2k4_installer

cd /mnt/cdrom

cp -Rv * /root/ut2k4_installer

 

 

then repeat the last two steps for the 5 remaining disks.

You will of course have to un-mount the disk before hand.

eg. for unmounting

 

quote:

cd

umount /mnt/cdrom

 

 

 

When all of the copying is done issue the following command:

 

quote:

export SETUP_CDROM=/root/ut2k4installer/

 

 

then:

 

quote:

cd /root/ut2k4installer/

sh linux-installer.sh

 

 

once the install is done, issue the following comand to reclaim your HD space

 

quote:

rm -Rv /root/ut2k4installer/

 

 

I dont understand most of what it asking but I did the nautilus file manager and just copied files that way

 

This is soooo confusing

 

 

[Dapper Dan 0]

Here's a way to "cheat."

 

I presume you are using KDE? Open the konsole terminal. It will be either on your bottom tool bar or in your menu under "terminals." You can copy and paste with it!

 

place your konsole terminal and your directions from your browser side by side on your desktop. Then copy each line from the "how to", and paste it in konsole and press enter like this.

 

 

 

mkdir /root/ut2k4_installer [enter]

 

cd /mnt/cdrom [enter]

 

cp -Rv * /root/ut2k4_installer [enter]

 

 

Then, just do that with every command they give you until done. I also presume all of this must be done as root.

 

 

 

 

 

[gfolkert 0]

Ummm, the docs say you need to copy the installer script to a writeable place.

 

And, I setup a directory /usr/games/ut2004

 

Gave ownership to the user I use for installs.

 

I then ran the installer from the writeable location. The DVD install went JUST FINE!

 

If it asks for another CD press enter.

 

Then once everything is setup right... switch users and run the game as /usr/games/ut2004/ut2004

 

You shall se some nice things.

 

Once you verify that it works, go get the update for it. 3286 is the version IIANM.

 

Luck!

[Whiskers 0]

it went smooth this time

 

I opened up t konsoles

 

in one i mounted the dvd

 

in the other i ran the install and voila worked great

i guess my problem was with the drive becoming unmounted? dunno

but omg its sooooooooooooo much faster than it was in windoze

 

I love my penguin box

[Dapper Dan 0]

It will be even faster if you play it under the IceWM desktop manager rather than KDE!

Interested? Did you install "other Desktops" when you installed?

If so, Icewm is already on your box. I use IceWM most of the time because it's just smokin' fast. Log out, then go back out to the KDE login thingie, called (KDM), then under "sessions". look for IceWM. If you don't have it installed, as root go:

 

urpmi icewm [enter]

 

After it installs do:

 

icepref [enter]

 

icepref is the IceWM cofigurator.

 

Then go to sessions for IceWM and see how fast it loads! (Don't blink or you might miss it!)

 

Right click anywhere to get the menu. Then, open a terminal and type in the command to start UT2004. If you like IceWM enough, you can then add UT2004 to the IceWM menu. I can show you how, it's real simple.