Armagetron won't load - help!

[dpcole72]

Loved this game the last time I used SUSE (v9). I then migrated to Vista. I regained my senses and am back with Linux.

I installed v11.1, 64-bit yesterday, from the repository and not the DVD to ensure I have all the latest packages, including the nvidia 180.29 driver.

Armagetron will not load once clicked.

Has this happened to anybody else?


SYSTEM SPECS:

Asus P5Q Deluxe
8GB RAM
Q9650 CPU
300GB HD (will be making a RAID-5 array in the future)
nVidia GTX260 video card (768MB RAM)

Thanks!

[vpoqol5]

yes, so I compiled it myself and it works perfectly
you can first try with rpm from that page, but I can promise you nothing,
compiling from source works with no problem

Armagetron Advanced :: a Tron clone in 3D

[silentstone]

Same problem here, openSUSE 11.1 32-bit. Haven't tried the suggested source-compile, yet.

Haven't done any compile from source on SUSE, yet. Wonder if installing automake, checkinstall, krpmbuilder first are necessary.

[Yippee38]

I've got the same problem. Haven't tried compiling from source, nor do I really want to if it can be avoided.

[VorianGrey]

Have you tried starting it from the command line to see what error messages (if any) is generated?

[silentstone]

Error in int main(int, char**) in gArmagetron.cpp:364 :
Data files not found. You have to run Armagetron from its own directory or use the wrapper script installed in /usr/local/bin

Not sure what this means or how to fix it. I tried running the command "armagetrond" from my home directory, /usr/games/ (where the bin is), and /etc/armagetron/ (the system-wide config files). Same error every time.

[RedDwarf]

The package from the games repo works fine.

[Scott_Swinyard]

I installed the game with Yast and had the same problem. It was also telling me the data files were missing. Last night I updated the game using Yast as there was a newer version available and now it works fine.There never were any data files for the game listed in the package manager.