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| 372862 | 2005-07-17 07:05:00 | Have a look at this (fedora.redhat.com) for information about the Audit Daemon auditd and Log Files. You can turn the service off for all runlevels if you like using chkconfig. Not sure why you have it under services, I don't on my FC4. There is a discussion on that daemon here (forums.fedoraforum.org) as well. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 372863 | 2005-07-17 07:27:00 | OK, auditd went the same place as KDE :p No problems so far, did 2 reboots just to make sure. Thanks for the links Jen :) I installed gl117 (flight sim game in Linux) the other day, just to check it out. I used Yumex, which also installed the libs it needed. However, even after a couple of reboots, I cannot start it I go to the games menu, click on it, and nothing. And I mean nothing, the cursor doesn't even change to the hourglass. Any ideas? |
Myth (110) | ||
| 372864 | 2005-07-17 07:49:00 | However, even after a couple of reboots, I cannot start it I go to the games menu, click on it, and nothing. And I mean nothing, the cursor doesn't even change to the hourglass.A good thing to try when applications don't launch or drop dead soon after launching is to start the program from command line. You will be able to see the output and most likely a useful error message which can help track down what the problem is. You will need to know what command starts the application. Try the game name of gl117 first, and if that gives command not found, then under the Gnome menu if you right-click on the game name > properties you should be able to find the command (going from memory here). Failing all that, you might need to use the full file path to the application to launch it. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 372865 | 2005-07-17 09:35:00 | Ok, went looking for this lil sucker... did the find a file search, found it. Tried executing it... nothing Thought fine, I will check the package. Uninstalled it using Yumex, reinstalled using Synaptic (thinking Synaptic is the best, surely it will install it and it will go :)) Rebooted, didn't show in Games menu. Looked for excutable, trie executing it ... nothing Thought fine Uninstalled it using Synaptic. Found RPM and tried that Rebooted, didn't show in Games menu. Looked for excutable, tried executing it ... nothing Thought #@&* it Look for another game Anyone know of a Flight Sim game for Linux? Pref that works |
Myth (110) | ||
| 372866 | 2005-07-17 09:39:00 | What happened when you launched it via the console? | Jen (38) | ||
| 372867 | 2005-07-17 09:45:00 | Just to double check... whats the command to execute a file from console... ./home/blah ? The only thing I can find even slightly resembling an exe is in /usr/bin When I execute using the ./usr/bin/gl-117 command it gives the no such file or directory error Even though the file is there, and has the exe permissions |
Myth (110) | ||
| 372868 | 2005-07-17 09:53:00 | If it has been installed in your $PATH, then all you need to do is type the name. Eg, for yumex I just need to enter yumex at the bash prompt. Where have you installed the game? To see what your $PATH is just at a console window as user, enter in echo $PATH |
Jen (38) | ||
| 372869 | 2005-07-17 09:57:00 | Gotcha (learn somethin new everyday Tried the yumex example, worked, so did same to gl-117 Got this: Info: Found gl-117 data directory /usr/share/gl-117 Info: Startup gl-117, V1.3 ... Info: Loading /home/tazzy/.gl-117/conf Info: Saving /home/tazzy/.gl-117/conf Info: Loading /home/tazzy/.gl-117/conf.interface Info: Saving /home/tazzy/.gl-117/conf.interface Warning: Could not load saves/pilots Warning: Could not load pilot Info: Using SDL and GLUT Usage:program_name [address][:port] Info: Using SDL_mixer Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed) Usage:program_name [address][:port] and to think I been doing it the long and sometimes wrong way :blush: |
Myth (110) | ||
| 372870 | 2005-07-17 10:12:00 | Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed) That line shows your problem and the warnings above it. Hit google or the game forum and see what further information you can find on that error. Where did you get the program from? I can't find it listed in any of my yumex repositories. BTW, if you are entering in a file path to launch an application, you just start at / and work your way down. You do not need the fullstop at the start. It can be used when you are already in the directory where the executable lives eg ./configure to start the configuration script in that folder. A fullstop also indicates a hidden file eg /home/jennifer/.gaim/ indicates the folder gaim is hidden. This can also be written using the abreviated form for your home eg ~/.gaim/ where the ~/ is used to represent my home directory. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 372871 | 2005-07-17 10:16:00 | A fullstop also indicates a hidden file eg /home/jennifer/.gaim/ indicates the folder gaim is hidden. This can also be written using the abreviated form for your home eg ~/.gaim where the ~/ is used to represent my home directory.I knew about the hidden file fullstop. Thanks for explainig the other usage of fullstop, I kinda got that one wrong. Does find a file not look at hidden files? |
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