make sure he does a: chmod +x 3110_full.bin ./3110_full.bin and see what that does. Substiture 3110_full.bin for the exact name of the file he downloaded. Also make SURE they have the "./" at the start of the second line. If that fails ask them to do a: md5sum 3110_full.bin
and compare the answer to the same command on your machine. This will see if they have a corrupt file. SavannahLion wrote: > I'm trying to help someone out, but I can't quite puzzle this error out > since I don't have the experience to solve it. It works quite well on my own > machine but he can't get anything out of the Linux HLDS package. Here's what > he wrote. > > -- > I recently installed Linux 7.3 but could not find any 3110 tar files for the > full hl linux installation. > > I download 3110_full.bin from fileplanet but could not chmod to tar. I > received an error message: Cannot allocate memory. > > My Svr sys specs r: > Intel Server SDS2 dual 1.26g processors > 512 ECC Ram > 18G Seagate SCSI 10K rpm drive > > Help needed & I am quite a newbie in Linux. > Thank u in advance. > -- > > I asked him to clarify and it turns out that he seems to have managed to > change the execute permissions on the file. But when he attempts to execute > the file he gets the following error; error reading meta data, cannot > allocate memory. > > It's also Red Hat 7.3 (Not Linux 7.3. Took me hours to eek that out of the > poor soul....) > > I can't replicate the error on my own Slackware install now matter how hard > I > try to screw it up. And I searched the web, and all I could find was that it > may have been caused by a lack of RAM. But at 512MB of RAM, it's hard to see > how unless he's running all kinds of crap. > > Any ideas? > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux -- Alfred Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
