Running America's Army in Ubuntu

[maverick2604]

Ok, so I downlowaded "armyops250linux.run" and installed it with "sudo sh armyops250linux.run". Then while reading on the topic from another website they suggested obtaining the video card's driver. So i obtained Ati's driver... "ati-driver-installer-8.20.8-i386.run" ... and installed it the same way...

but when i try to run the game from the applications menu... the game logo appears as if it will run then goes away... and the game never loads.

any ideas as to what I have to do or did? Do i need to uninstall the game and install it again because i cant figure out how to uninstall AA first.

any help would be great!

 

[n0cmonkey]

Run the game from the command line, it should give you an error as to why it isn't running.

 

[maverick2604]

im a linux noob.... what command would that be?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: maverick2604
im a linux noob.... what command would that be?

No idea, whatever the executable for america's army is. Check their documentation.

 

[maverick2604]

i ran it in command line and recieved this message:

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
Cheat protection disabled
WARNING: ALC_EXT_capture is subject to change!
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual


History:

Exiting due to error


-i believe i just have to get that ati driver installed....

 

[n0cmonkey]

-i believe i just have to get that ati driver installed....

That would be my guess. Good luck with that...

 

[rmrf]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

-i believe i just have to get that ati driver installed....

That would be my guess. Good luck with that...

exactly. ati's support on linux isn't exactly stellar. good luck though.

 

[drag]

Next time google around for something like;

Ubuntu ATI howto

I noticed that there was a couple posts on ubuntuforums about it and some other items that probably would of helped out some.

Oh, and ya... ATI's drivers suck. Not only they are dificult at times they are slower then the Windows versions.. With Nvidia at least you have similar performance to Windows.

 

[P0ldy]

You'll most likely have to change the glxdriver (or whatever it's called) to "ati" in /etc/xorg.conf if you successfully installed the driver.

 

[maverick2604]

i read something like that on maximumPC. i tried installing the driver at least 3 times.

 

[zbalat]

And Linux is as easy to use as Windows.

 

[maverick2604]

nothing worked so far. i may update to breezy ubuntu b/c they say the latest ati driver comes automatically installed.

 

[Seeruk]

*Heavy sigh*

WTF Dont you Linux zealouts help the guy out instead of smart-ass answers?

OP - The weakest argument I have ever heard for using Linux is it's community... its complete crap and most are elitist nimwits and christ knows I apologise on their behalf

Here is exactly what you need for ATI Driver Installation under Ubuntu:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75378&highlight=howto+ati

Good Luck

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Seeruk
*Heavy sigh*

WTF Dont you Linux zealouts help the guy out instead of smart-ass answers?

OP - The weakest argument I have ever heard for using Linux is it's community... its complete crap and most are elitist nimwits and christ knows I apologise on their behalf

Here is exactly what you need for ATI Driver Installation under Ubuntu:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75378&highlight=howto+ati

Good Luck

I didn't see a single smart assed answer from a linux user in this thread.

 

[maverick2604]

when i run the 'check' to see if the driver installation went well, I get the following message:

steve@steve:~$ mlomker@mlomkernote:/$ fglrxinfo
bash: mlomker@mlomkernote:/$: No such file or directory
steve@steve:~$ display: :0.0 screen: 0
bash: display:: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
bash: OpenGL: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
bash: OpenGL: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL version string: 1.3.5272 (X4.3.0-8.16.20)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

any idea as to the problem?

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: maverick2604
when i run the 'check' to see if the driver installation went well, I get the following message:

steve@steve:~$ mlomker@mlomkernote:/$ fglrxinfo
bash: mlomker@mlomkernote:/$: No such file or directory
steve@steve:~$ display: :0.0 screen: 0
bash: display:: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
bash: OpenGL: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
bash: OpenGL: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL version string: 1.3.5272 (X4.3.0-8.16.20)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

any idea as to the problem?

Could you clarify that a bit? As in, what did you type, what is the shell prompt and what was printed out? It looks like something was trying to execute the output of another program (fglrxinfo?) which makes no sense.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I'm trying to bold your command prompt, italicize what you input, and highlight the errors. Let me know if I did this wrong:

Originally posted by: maverick2604
when i run the 'check' to see if the driver installation went well, I get the following message:

steve@steve:~$ mlomker@mlomkernote:/$ fglrxinfo
bash: mlomker@mlomkernote:/$: No such file or directory
steve@steve:~$ display: :0.0 screen: 0
bash: display:: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
bash: OpenGL: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
bash: OpenGL: command not found
steve@steve:~$ OpenGL version string: 1.3.5272 (X4.3.0-8.16.20)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

any idea as to the problem?

Try running fglrxinfo instead of mlomker@mlomkernote:/$ fglrxinfo.

 

[DidlySquat]

1. Running America's army on Linux and Ubuntu (4.10, 5.04, or 5.10) in particular is simple
2. As mentioned, you first need to install 3D video drivers for your video card, in this case ATI. This is also quite simple -

http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Install_ATI_driver

3. After you download and install the game, you start it with the command armyops.

4. Search ubunutuforums.org for questions like that, for example this thread has some info

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=119091&highlight=america%27s+army

5. Other very useful websites for comprehensive ubuntu info

http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu

http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Main_Page

 

[sourceninja]

Its too bad ubuntu can't have packages for managing and installing applications like this. For example in gentoo I can just emerge americaarmy and its there, or emerge ut2004. Sure sometimes I have to download a rpm or a bin or some other file from the internet and put it in my /usr/portage/distfiles folder, but it makes it really easy to manage installs and patchs of a lot of programs. That is the one thing that I really love about gentoo and a feature ubuntu should look at picking up. I'm not sure how to do it with apt. Maybe they could have debs that are really scripts for installing these programs after you download them.