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by Cmdr. Keen
Wed Jan 14, 2015 1:13 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: [Solved] Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"
Replies: 19
Views: 20720

Re: Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"?

I still question whether this is the best driver for this graphics processor but I will continue using it for now I had similar problems with my nvidia gforce 7025 on mint 17. I installed the drivers with the method suggested at the bottom of this thread on the mint forums and I've had a lot better...
by Cmdr. Keen
Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:16 pm
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: [Solved] Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"
Replies: 19
Views: 20720

Re: Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"?

First let me apologise for not responding sooner. The Holidays! :? glad it's almost over! Second, thank you to everyone that responded to this post. With the help and advice of everyone that responded, I have worked through the problem by following the steps and recommendations given and believe tha...
by Cmdr. Keen
Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:16 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: [Solved] Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"
Replies: 19
Views: 20720

Re: Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"?

If you followed Cmdr Norby's instructions you should have a non-privileged installation, therefore please, open a terminal window and execute: $ ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/oolite Post here any error message that pops-up. Following the above instructions led to the following output: keen@The-Keen...
by Cmdr. Keen
Thu Dec 25, 2014 4:49 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: [Solved] Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"
Replies: 19
Views: 20720

Re: Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"?

<didn't install Oolite from the installer in a while, mostly compiling and running it from the source, but, still ... /> After installing you should have 2 options (IIRC): 1. If you installed is as a root, for all users, running oolite (not .oolite -- note the missing point) in Terminal, should do....
by Cmdr. Keen
Wed Dec 24, 2014 2:58 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: [Solved] Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"
Replies: 19
Views: 20720

Re: Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"?

I have to admit that I am at a loss here. :( I have tried to launch the game from a Terminal by typing .oolite and all I get is a message that says "The program 'oolite' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install oolite". I have even tried the same comma...
by Cmdr. Keen
Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:48 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: [Solved] Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"
Replies: 19
Views: 20720

Re: Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"?

Welcome Cmdr. Keen! Try run it in a terminal window to see the error message. For example type: cd /home/yourloginname/Downloads ./oolite-1.80.linux-x86_64.run If you got "permission denied" then allow execution: chmod +x ./oolite-1.80.linux-x86_64.run Else Otherwise please post the messa...
by Cmdr. Keen
Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:12 am
Forum: Oolite-Linux
Topic: [Solved] Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"
Replies: 19
Views: 20720

[Solved] Not able to install Oolite on Linux Mint 17 "Qiana"

Hello gang. I had Oolite 1.80 installed in Linux Mint 17 but performance was so bad that I finally un-installed Oolite and decided to just play the game from a different (lighter) distro. i.e. Lubuntu; installed on a separate partition. Then I discovered that Mint was using the wrong GPU driver so I...