Creating a symbolic link in ~/.config/alien-arena is wrong. I believe it is being done by the packagers because they haven't discovered the --bindir, --datadir, and --datarootdir options to the Autotools configure script. Remember, ~/.config/alien-arena/ must be *writable* or the game won't work.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debian/Ubuntu Games Team, which is subscribed to alien-arena in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877886 Title: alien arena fails on upgrade to ocelot Status in “alien-arena” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Alien arena no longer works following an upgrade to oneiric a few days ago version 7.51-3 console output: ~$alien-arena ln: creating symbolic link `/home/childs-dt/.config/alien-arena/data1': Permission denied using /home/childs-dt/.config/alien-arena/arena for writing Could not exec default.cfg Could not exec config.cfg Console initialized. --------- [Loading Renderer] --------- Master server at 69.136.224.226:27900 Sending shutdown to 69.136.224.226:27900 recursive shutdown Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alien-arena/+bug/877886/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Pkg-games-ubuntu mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-games-ubuntu
