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Got it sorted out thanks to e5150 over at 'Linuxquestions.org' What I had to do was add a HOME variable in the quake4.sh file in the /usr/local/games/quake4/ directory. What I added was, HOME=/home/username/.quake41.0.4 and that made a new folder called .quake41.0.4 in my /home directory, with it's own .quake4 folder inside containing it's own settings, so now I can run both versions with each storing it's stuff in separate folders.

yes, it uses config files, but I don't think you can use them for that type of thing, I know Unreal games you could have your game assets stored in different locations, and have them referenced through the .ini files, but it's not like that for id's games. I read some command the other day, and I was under the impression that it was for telling Mandrive/Linux where to store things, but alas I can't find where I seen that, should remember to note things down, may not have been what I was looking for though.

What I am trying to do is run 2 different versions of Quake4, but my problem is that they both save my settings to the .quake4 folder in my home dirrectory, thus overwritting the settings from one version each time I play the other. So how can I/can I, force one version to store the files in another folder other than .quake4 What I have been doing is using a seperate user for each version, but if I could save logging in and out it would be good.

open console, then type su enter password avggui That will allow you to scan the whole PC (well almost) including any other users stuff. If you just open it via the start menu you won't be able to scan other users stuff, and probably other stuff you don't have access to. You will still get some of those messages you mention, but not as many. Why you get them I don't know, if you just do a scan of the /sys folder, you will see that most of the enties in the scan log gives you that error message. I think because those files are locked. If you go into Service/Program Settings and select the Report tab, then check "Do not report locked files" and then scan the /sys folder again, those messages will be gone. Which leads you to think that they can't be scaned because they are 'locked files', so it seems that even though you are running the program as root, there are still some things it will not allow you access to. This is only what I think, and may well be wrong, I'm only a Linux noob aswell, let us know if you find out anything.

Thank you, that did it. I feel like a real egg, I went looking through a lot of stuff, but didn't look in the "Accessibility" section, because I thought it was for stuff like magnifiers and other aids to help those with certain disabilities. Seems I need some help ridding myself of my disability, ... Windows ;)

When using GTKRadiant, I use ctrl+Tab to cycle through side, front and top veiws (well I used to in Windows) however when I hit this key combination in Mandriva it brings up the "Desktop' thing. How can I disable this, so as I can use ctrl+Tab in GTKRadiant as I used to ?, as it is now I have to use the menu items to click through views, which is slow and quite annoying.

ok. everything seems to work fine, what I done was create my own shell script file, added the following to it, #!/bin/bash cd /usr/bin /usr/bin/doomsday -game jdoom -file /usr/share/deng/Data/jDoom/doom.wad -file }Data/jDoom/jDRP.pk3 -def }Defs/jDoom/jDRP.ded -userdir ~/.jdoom placed it in the games directory, made a Link to application on my desktop pointing to that shell script, and as they say the rest is history. I could have just left the shell script on the desktop and clicked it to start the game, but decided to move it and creat a link to app for the sake of consistency, thats how the other games I have seem to do it.

I have it, don't know if it is the correct way, but I will test it, then write back how I done it, and hopefully someone can tell me if it is the correct way, or at least ok to do it that way. Thanks

I've tried that, but it doesn't seem to work, I have done it by creating a link to application, and inserting the relevant stuff, but it either does nothing, or I get a message saying that it is malformatted, or KDinit(or something) can't open it. Must be doing something wrong, I am lost here, but I guess I'll get there eventually. Its really frustrating when something that would take you 30 seconds to do on windows, takes you many hours to work out, but thats just unfamiliarity though, frustrating none the less, when I understand how it's done I'm sure it will be quick and easy. I've been googling, and reading, but ... the journey continues...

Ok, for some programs, well games actually, I have to type quite a bit in the console to start them. What I want to be able to do is creat a shortcut so as I just have to click it to start the game. Example, to start Doom, I must enter the following. doomsday -game jdoom -file /usr/share/deng/Data/jDoom/doom.wad -file }Data/jDoom/jDRP.pk3 -def }Defs/jDoom/jDRP.ded -userdir ~/.jdoom What do I have to do to create a shortcut/file that I can just click, instead of typing all that? I know I can cycle through recently entered stuff in the console and hit enter, and I know how to create shortcuts for other games which have a 'shell script' file(I think it is), in the instalation directory, eg, Quake4, I just point the shortcut to quake4 file in the Quake4 directory. But for those that don't have this, I don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A new version of Warsow, a Quake type FPS game has been released. It is based on the Qfussion 3d engine, which is a modification of Quake 2 GPL engine. It's quite well done, and fun to play. It is mainly multiplayer, but I am to beleive that you can play against/with bots (though I haven't got there yet) If fast paced First person shooters is your thing, then this may be worth checking out for you. http://www.warsow.net Direct Download Linux version 62.7MB http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/games/nofr...11_linux.tar.gz Linux Installer (64.34MB http://www.liflg.org/?what=dl&catid=6&game....11-english.run

Try opening KlamAV, under the 'Scan' tab, choose the 'Options' button on the far right, uncheck the box 'Mark as virus if limits exceeded' You could also adjust the Archive Limits settings etc and could probably acheive the same thing (maybe), however unchecking the above mentioned box is quick and easy.

I think he may mean that he had to sign in as root to copy the files?. Glad you got it working bilbo, and yes, I was also totally blown away when I first seen all the software you could get through the repositories, still amazes me. Stick with it, and just try to solve all your problems one by one, keep chipping away, its a good learning experience. And don't worry too much if you stuff things up, it easy to reinstall, and you'll find you do things better next time ;) Have fun.

Don't give up bilbo, stick with it, it does get easier as you become more familiar with the seemingly alien ways of Linux, and there is something about it, something enjoyable. If you are trying to install flash for your web browser, say Firefox, just open the install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz (or whatever if you have a different version) and copy the 2 files 'flashplayer.xpt' and "libflashplayer.so" into your browsers plugin folder. For firefox something like /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.6 if you are still using the standard version that came with Mandriva 2006.

woohoo!!! Thank you all, and especially Mr Gowator for the info he gave to the original poster with regards to the resolv.config, which after reading got me to investigate it, rearange the order of the ip addies, and bam........ My situation was a little different to the original posters, I had set up my speedtouch usb modem, which was very easy, just download a couple of files, run a script, enter some info, and away it went, but it didn't perform to good, it would download files etc at full speed, but accessing web pages would give a 15 to 30 sec pause before anything happend, and then when it did it was a little slow, trying to play streaming radio with Amarok etc wouldn't work, I guess they would time out or something. But after looking at the resolv.config and changing the order of things, everythings how it should be. I was just about to buy another Modem and router after reading about the troubles with usb modems and especially the one I have, so I am glad I re read this thread, saved me a couple of $'s, and my trusty little speedtouch usb modem is as easy as to setup. One step closer to being windows free... //me is a happy little penguin

Yes you sure can, just open it up and select the 'scan' tab, look through the options, set it up how you want, choose the files/folders you want to scan from the tree, hit scan. You can also just right click and select 'Scan with KlamAV' (rightclick/Actions/Scan with KlamAV) It will tell you :) Also if your intersted check out AVG, its free, and very good http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5 Direct download link http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup...vi0720.i386.rpm There also other freebies available for Linux, however I have used AVG for a long time under Windows, and have never felt the need to look for another. As soon as I tried it, i ditched my comercial Anti Virus products, and never looked back. [/end UNpaid advertisement] ;)

Under the Scan tab, select the 'options' button on the far right, there you will find options that deal with scanning archives. One of them is 'Mark as virus if limits exceeded'. You will also find settings to change the limits etc. [edit] AVG have just released a Linux version of their Virus scanner. I have been using the windows version for long time now, and always found it to be very good, trouble free. I was glad to see the Linux version released, downloaded it straight away, install was a breeze, and works fine, not as many options as the windows version, but that may come in time. So if your interested in giving it a whirl, this is where you can get it, http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5 Direct download link http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup...vi0720.i386.rpm

Thanks, I just gave that a whirl, but still no dice, I get the following, "Some package requested cannot be installed: gtkradiant-1.5.0-7.i386 (due to unsatisfied mhash[>=0.9.0])" I haven't tried that, although I had a bit of a look at the '-f' option, I think the option to force not to check for dependencies is '--nodeps' ? . -f was something else if I was reading correctly, but there was way to much for me to read now. Thanks anyway, and please correct me if I am wrong,

Well, like a well oiled newbie, I wouldn't have a clue. I just used urpmi 'suggested package name', it installed it, kept going through the list of things the GTKRadiant said it needed, until I got to the mhash thing. That seems to be all it is asking for now, but...... This is what I get, php-mhash-5.0.4-1mdk libmhash2-devel-0.9.2-2mdk libmhash2-0.9.2-2mdk php4-mhash-4.4.0-1mdk 2 of those were already installed, the 2 php ones I installed, all 4 of them were said to contain mhash. :unsure:

Hi, I am trying to install GTKRadiant 1.5, (it is a level editor for the Quake series of games and Doom3 and others, anyway) when I first tried to install it, it gave me this, gtkglext >= 1.0.0 is needed by gtkradiant-1.5.0-7.i386 libgdkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 is needed by gtkradiant-1.5.0-7.i386 libgtkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 is needed by gtkradiant-1.5.0-7.i386 libmhash.so.2 is needed by gtkradiant-1.5.0-7.i386 mhash >= 0.9.0 is needed by gtkradiant-1.5.0-7.i386 so I did the dance and got what was needed, all except for the last one "mhash >= 0.9.0 is needed by gtkradiant-1.5.0-7.i386" when I tried to get it I was told, no package named mhash The following packages contain mhash: libmhash2 libmhash2-devel php-mhash php4-mhash So I checked these out, I was told that the first 2 were already installed, but still no joy, so I installed the last 2. Then I tried to install GTKRadiant again, but I got the following, error: Failed dependencies: mhash >= 0.9.0 is needed by gtkradiant-1.5.0-7.i386 What am I to do?

lol, I like that, straight to the point, and it made me laugh, I was getting some of these type crashes that the original poster was mentioning, but they never seemed to bother anything much so I just ignored them. But I will certainly follow your advice, and dispatch the Kat forthwith to oblivion. By the way AussieJohn, I am just a stones throw down the road from you, Ayr, just south of Townsville, it's a small world...

You don't have to remove your extensions, start FF1.5 in safemode, it will start with all extensions disabled, if the problem goes away, then you could start to look at your extensions one by one to eliminate them. /path/to/firefox/firefox -safe-mode [EDIT] To late she cried :)

Thanks all for your replies, the most demanding things I would use are Doom3 and Quake4 I would say, I have them, and Quake3 up and running just fine, only thing left is Quake,Quake2 and Doom, Doom2 and Final Doom, once I have them and the editors soughted out, and am satisfied with how they run, the last major hurdle in my transition will be getting my ADSL modem up and running(currently connecting with my Linux system through ICS with my XP machine connected to the net), but it seems that it will be fairly troublesome, so I may just buy a new one that will be easier to get going. Then I will be bidding farewell to Windows, and continuing my journey with Linux/Mandriva, which after a couple of false starts, and some fairly intensely frustrating moments, has leveled out a bit, to the point where I am enjoying it much more, just learning what I need to do as I go, without trying to get to far ahead of myself with things that aren't required at the present. Thanks again

free Mem: total = 2074504 used=646184 free=1428320 shared=0 buffers= 35824 cached=418656 -/+ buffers/cache: used=191704 free=1882800 Swap: total=1124508 used= 0 free=1124508 free -m Mem: total=2025 used=630 free=1395 shared=0 buffers=35 cached=408 -/+ buffers/cache: used=186 free=1839 Swap: total=1098 used=0 free=1098 While I'm at it, I will be reinstalling everything soon, after I have played around some more, what should I set my swap partition to? should I follow the 2 x RAM rule? I have plenty of space, there is no problem there.

Thank you for your reply, mine says the same # CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM is not set So I am good to go?