The program is in a .RUN format "et-linux-2.60.x86.run"

When I double-clicked in it, Mepis tried to open it with KWord, and it crashed

How can I install this application?

Login as root.

chmod +x et-linux-2.60.x86.run
./et-linux-2.60.x86.run

if you want an easier way, you can likely just right click on it (assuming you are in kde since you said kwrite) and click 'properties.' then you will look at the tabs and then click permissions. then click the box that says "is executable." then click ok and double click it, the installer should start.

a little hard is open the console, then use dir to switch to that directory. then simply type "sh et-linux-2.60........run" (actually finish the name of the file) and press enter. it'll ask you for your root password, give it if you like, but i like putting games in my home, so you can then just press enter. from there it's a gui.

IT WORKED!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

This is got to be the best forums EVER!!!

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EXIT:
I have the GuardDog Firewall...I think that it is stopping the game from running (connecting to other computers/servers and such) is there a way to add the game to the list of allowable programs?

I would say that there is, i'm not sure the ports it runs with though, but if you use
shorewall/iptables as your firewall instead it works fine with enemy territory

I've just looked into shorewall/iptables and I cannot get it to ruin....the installion help files...do me no good - I cannot understand what they are talking about

Can someone go over it for me?
(I took a screenshot of the error that I got)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5.../terminal3.png


Thanks in Advance

Which distrobution are you running? Most of the mainstream ones have a config utility for shorewall and that is much easier. likely you just need to define the zones in the config file. check in the shorwall folder.

now, more than likely it's still not your firewall on your PC. do you have a router? have you checked it?

let me know and if you get going, connect to s2.dtdm.org and check out dtdm.org.

in fact, i bet our clan leader, odin, can help you. he's much better at linux than me. check out www.dtdm.org and go to the IRC channel link on the site and talk to odin, he's almost always in there.

take care
travis

I use Simply Mepis 3.3, it is built upon Debian Linux though...I dont know which Debian file to install though...there is an entire list of programs

is there a computer config program? like, something tht controls your entire system? I know with mandrake there is drakconf and suse has yast and so on...

check under your computer config utility.

maybe someone with more experience with firewalls (as I just use the default settings) can come in.

I installed Firestarter instead of shorewall/iptables and the game works!

Thank you for your help though!

nice! check out the server s2.dtdm.org

...I have another problem now; I was using it yesterday everything worked nicely...

Today, I tried to open the "et" (program) file and it started to run, the screen turns black, like it is soppose to, but the program returns to the desktop

It will not load or execute....has anyone fixed this problem before?

I even tried to reload the program, by deleting and reinstalling ET, but it did not fix the problem


Thanks in advance

are you running it from a terminal program? if so, post the output of that. i know that if i don't pass some arts flags, it won't load right.

...I dont know how I fixed it...I was undating the kernel...to install VMWARE (...I never managed to install it), but I tried to run Wolfenstein and it run; I'm back to playing it...sorry that I posted the last question prematurely

about to try this...