Ok got the work-around working. It was ~$sudo su that I had to do (never had to log into root like that before) first and then I had to run alien-arena twice as root before it would work without requiring root access. Thanks.
On 27 October 2011 08:30, sparky64 <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry should have said, I tried kdesudo and it didn't work so I did sudo > su - password and then just alien-arena > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877886 > > Title: > alien arena fails on upgrade to ocelot > > Status in “alien-arena” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Alien arena no longer works following an upgrade to oneiric a few days ago > version 7.51-3 > console output: > > ~$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 > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877886 Title: alien arena fails on upgrade to ocelot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alien-arena/+bug/877886/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
