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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xscavenger - game
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 03:26:55
Message-Id: 20130706032711.GB30211@syscon7.inet
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xscavenger - game by Paul Hartman
1 On 07/05/13 21:45, Paul Hartman wrote:
2 >On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> I installed "xscavenger" and it installed without any problems but I can
4 >> seems to find this game anywhere.
5 >> Yes, I'm in "games" group.
6 >>
7 >> From the command line:
8 >> /usr/games/bin/scavenger
9 >> -bash: /usr/games/bin/scavenger: Permission denied
10 >>
11 >> /usr/games/bin/scavenger
12 >> -rwxr-x--- 1 root games 70496 Jul 5 18:39 /usr/games/bin/scavenger
13 >
14 >Probably does not help you solve your problem, but I just tried here
15 >and it worked for me. I am running as my normal user. The permissions
16 >of the installed binary look the same as yours.
17 >
18 >Where I start the game I saw some messages like:
19 >
20 >$ scavenger
21 >No /home/paul/.scavenger/!!! Setting one up...
22 >No /home/paul/.scavenger/levels.scl, setting one up...
23 >Trying to copy /usr/share/games/scavenger/levels.scl......copied.
24 >No /home/paul/.scavenger/scavrc, setting one up...
25 >
26 >
27 >Also BTW -- there is a more modern SDL-based version on the author's
28 >website. I don't see any ebuild but maybe you can compile it and see
29 >how it goes.
30
31 Maybe /usr/games/bin/ is not on the path?
32 How do I check it, I forgot :-/
33
34 --
35 Joseph

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Re: [gentoo-user] xscavenger - game Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>