just need some advice:

when im installing ut2004 with the linux install script, it loads fine goes thru disc one and then prompts me for disc two. problem is that even if i umount and mount the drive again it doesn't see the cd as being there. Any helpful suggestions?

But mount/umount doesn't give any errors? Perhaps you're mount/umounting the wrong directory?

Here's my quick installation article for UT2004 on Linux:
http://holla.no-ip.org/art/utinstall.php

i did a 2004 install using the Mepis install.http://www.mepisguides.com/ut2k4/ut2k4.html

everything went fine but i got stuck on a 800x600 resolution with no way to change it. does the install method here allow for resolution change?

You have to switch to Software Rendering from OpenGL in order to change game resolution. Once you change the resolution, switch back to OpenGL. It's on the options menu for graphics in the game, top left, in a combo box.

The install script automatically mounts and unmounts. You just insert and remove the CDs.

If you manually mount and unmount, it doesn't work.

i tried that at first and everything went crazy till i changed it back......but will try again.

Yeah, software rendering is really slow, but unfortunately you can't change the resolution in OpenGL...only when your in software rendering mode.

when i do not do anything and let the script do everything, even if i put the 2nd disc in when it asks for it it keeps saying please enter the right disc... and i click retry and it keeps asking me for the disc.

Are you installing with root? What does your file look like for your CD-ROM drive?

Mine looks like this if you want to compare:

not sure what it is suppose to look like but here is mine...

linux:/home/nomb # cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda2 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/hda1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
none /subdomain subdomainfs noauto 0 0
linux:/home/nomb #

oh well, i switched over to software rendering. logged off,logged on and nada---! i click the UT2004 start icon. it comes up for 3 seconds---no game whatsoever. hmmmmmmm. i'll do a restart......stay tuna

sorry nomb, not trying to hijack your topic. i'll start a new thread

In general or just in lenny45's case? With the Nvidia drivers installed I have been able to change the game resolution in OpenGL mode without switching to software mode. Oh and in another thread started by lenny45, it appears he does not have the Linux Nvidia drivers installed, so that may be the crux of his problem.

i don't mind, u don't have to start your own. Im just waiting for a fix.

just a thought...

to install a game via any means on SUSE you have to first create the images using for example k3b and then mount each one using the loop when needed

eg. mount -o loop /mnt/cdrom /home/user/"image file" (or something like this)

the other way is to copy all folders from the disks into a folder of your choice (that you have full read/write access to) and then just use the patch from the UT website for linux and change/create the key file by using your Game's key.

a lot of games can be done in this manner.