Re: [Nolug] UT2K4

just a note on vi

instead of ESC you can CTRL [ insert mode as well (I find it a bit
quicker than ESC)

On Jun 23, 2004, at 4:57 PM, David B. John wrote:

> (assuming you have vi)
> From the command line do:
>
> vi /etc/fstab
>
> press "i" to edit
> press "ESC" to stop editing
> "CTRL w" saves
> "CTRL x" to end
>
> later
>
> dave
>
>> I've also came across this in the newsgroup...
>>
>> I spent several hours last night working on a way to install Unreal
>> Tournament 2004 DVD Edition on SuSE 9.1 Pro. It had some problems, so
>> here are the fixes:
>>
>> First, submount and the Linux installer do not play well together. It
>> appears that the installer is set up to attempt to call 'mount' to
>> mount drives after each CD's contents are extracted, regardless of
>> whether or not you're actually installing it from a DVD or a series of
>> six CD's. It also doesn't care whether or not the media is already
>> mounted. So when installing from DVD you'll see a bunch of "mount
>> failed: fstab shows media already mounted" errors. I guess the
>> installer guesses that if it's already mounted, you'll get a harmless
>> warning and can truck on.
>>
>> But of course SuSE 9.1 does submounting by default, which means that
>> calling mount /dev/dvd will net you a big fat error code. And since
>> 'mount' is returning an error code, the Linux UT2004 installer assumes
>> that you don't have a disc in the drive. *sigh*
>>
>> The workaround is to comment out your DVD/CD drive entry in /etc/fstab
>> and replace it with a conventional mount entry. For example:
>> /dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs
>> fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
>>
>> Should be replaced with
>> /dev/dvd /media/dvd iso9660 user,ro 0 0
>>
>> Then things should install fine.
>>
>> Also the speed hacks of symlinking in your distro's libSDL and
>> libopenal libraries to replace UT2004's statically linked libSDL and
>> openal libraries kinda/sorta work in SuSE 9.1. Replacing
>> ut2004/System/libSDL-1.2.so.0 with a symlink to
>> /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0 worked fine and gave me a nice speed boost,
>> but replacing ut2004/System/openal.so.0 with a symlink to
>> /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 caused random garbage and loud pops to
>> randomly spew through my speakers. Reverting back to the openal.so.0
>> that ships with UT2004 fixed the problem, and rolling your own
>> openal.so.0 probably will work, too.
>>
>>
>> To any point, if you're an advocate of Linux gaming be sure and pick
>> up a copy of Unreal Tournament 2004... even if it's not exactly your
>> bag. Word is that the publishers are watching the number of Linux
>> clients that are connecting to servers in order to determine the
>> viability of Linux as a target gaming platform. I don't believe their
>> judging via retail sales (i.e. Best Buy as opposed to TuxGames), but
>> instead watching server logs.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> But the question stll remains. how to edit the fstab file??? :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Remember I'm new to this..
>>
>>
>>
>> Nimrod
>>
>>
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: owner-nolug@joeykelly.net [mailto:owner-nolug@joeykelly.net] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Nimrod
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:37 PM
>> To: nolug@joeykelly.net
>> Subject: [Nolug] UT2K4
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok guys,
>>
>>
>>
>> I never really asked a question .. so this is my first time.
>>
>> First off I'm new to the Linux world and I've just installed Suse 9.1
>> and
>> I
>> would like to install UT 2004 and I've get this message please insert
>> the
>> Play disc in the cd rom drive and click on ok. I'm installing the DVD
>> version of UT 2004 so all files are on that one DVD. I've also
>> checked the
>> UT2004 forum and here is the link
>> http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?
>> s=3b1cf1de66a2a6b2647288
>> 634bf9d23d
>> <http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?
>> s=3b1cf1de66a2a6b264728
>> 8634bf9d23d&threadid=382671&highlight=Suse>
>> &threadid=382671&highlight=Suse
>>
>> The guy edit his fstab file from this /dev/cdrecorder
>> /media/cdrecorder
>> subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
>>
>> To this /dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder iso9660
>> ro,user,noauto,unhide,iocharset=utf8 0 0
>>
>> And he said it works for him. My question is how can I edit this
>> file??
>> And
>> if anyone of you guys tried to install UT2004 on your linux know if
>> this
>> would work!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roland
>>
>> Nimrod
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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