Thinktanks doesn't work
by Jim Lellman · in General Discussion · 06/19/2008 (3:14 pm) · 10 replies
I just paid 19.95 for that there game, figured out how to install it, and it doesn't work. A process runs, but no window ever comes up. Any ideas?
#2
What is your OS? What are your computer specs?
06/20/2008 (8:19 am)
Not really the right area of the forum.What is your OS? What are your computer specs?
#3
pretty sure I am ok on the processor and video card (not aware of any way to find those out), have an nvidia driver that is xfree86 compatible. As to glibc, which package would that be? the doc? the sources? is any number of libc6 packages compatible?
As to the appropriateness of the area of the forum, however I was getting to the forum, I did not find a more appropriate area.
06/20/2008 (2:14 pm)
Use linux- Kubuntu 8, kernel 2.6.20pretty sure I am ok on the processor and video card (not aware of any way to find those out), have an nvidia driver that is xfree86 compatible. As to glibc, which package would that be? the doc? the sources? is any number of libc6 packages compatible?
As to the appropriateness of the area of the forum, however I was getting to the forum, I did not find a more appropriate area.
#4
When you run TT, it should create a console.log. Could you either post it or send it to me (e-mail in profile)?
06/20/2008 (2:56 pm)
ThinkTanks forumsWhen you run TT, it should create a console.log. Could you either post it or send it to me (e-mail in profile)?
#5
06/20/2008 (7:59 pm)
Can't find any related console.log
#6
In a terminal "cd" to the ThinkTanks folder ex: nuts@nuts-desktop:~$ cd /home/nuts/ThinkTanks/
Then type (or paste): ./ThinkTanks.bin -nohomedir -console -log 1
This should then place a console.log in your TT folder.
Edit: before you do the " ./ThinkTanks.bin -nohomedir -console -log 1" just try " ./ThinkTanks.bin -nohomedir " and see what happens.
06/20/2008 (10:01 pm)
Try this:In a terminal "cd" to the ThinkTanks folder ex: nuts@nuts-desktop:~$ cd /home/nuts/ThinkTanks/
Then type (or paste): ./ThinkTanks.bin -nohomedir -console -log 1
This should then place a console.log in your TT folder.
Edit: before you do the " ./ThinkTanks.bin -nohomedir -console -log 1" just try " ./ThinkTanks.bin -nohomedir " and see what happens.
#7
Can't open file: console.log . . .
Segmentation fault
the second says that ThinkTanks is already running and then segmentation fault.
So i killed thinktanks, but it still acts the same.
also. the uninstall doesn't work:
Could not find a usable uninstall program. Aborting.
Thanks for your help.
06/21/2008 (12:28 pm)
The first says Can't open file: console.log . . .
Segmentation fault
the second says that ThinkTanks is already running and then segmentation fault.
So i killed thinktanks, but it still acts the same.
also. the uninstall doesn't work:
Could not find a usable uninstall program. Aborting.
Thanks for your help.
#8
To uninstall it delete the TT folder and also the .bravetree folder. Which is located in your home folder but you will need to click "view" then click on "show hidden files".. When you get done run a check type " ls -l ~/.gglokisetup/installed/ThinkTanks.xml " (from the TT linux read me) and that will tell you if there is any other TT folders. I would try and reinstall one more time. This time when you install and it ask for a path try /home/Jim/ThinkTanks. I believe it makes it a bit more user friendly since you then won't need to use the sudo command all the time. It will ask about placing some links, for some reason that has never worked for me. You can just say no. After that then I would try starting it like I described above.
There have been a few people who run some form of Ubuntu that have had problems starting TT. Most have been able to get it running with some type -nohomedir command. Be nice if TT was upgraded to use multi cores or add the 64bit libs. Heck throw in the lands and the tanks like on instantaction, I would throw down another $20.
06/21/2008 (1:06 pm)
Sorry to hear that. We have several people that play using Linux. Try over at the planethinks2.com in the help section. To uninstall it delete the TT folder and also the .bravetree folder. Which is located in your home folder but you will need to click "view" then click on "show hidden files".. When you get done run a check type " ls -l ~/.gglokisetup/installed/ThinkTanks.xml " (from the TT linux read me) and that will tell you if there is any other TT folders. I would try and reinstall one more time. This time when you install and it ask for a path try /home/Jim/ThinkTanks. I believe it makes it a bit more user friendly since you then won't need to use the sudo command all the time. It will ask about placing some links, for some reason that has never worked for me. You can just say no. After that then I would try starting it like I described above.
There have been a few people who run some form of Ubuntu that have had problems starting TT. Most have been able to get it running with some type -nohomedir command. Be nice if TT was upgraded to use multi cores or add the 64bit libs. Heck throw in the lands and the tanks like on instantaction, I would throw down another $20.
#9
06/21/2008 (3:39 pm)
Having to sudo in order to start the game is not consistent with the documentation. According to that, if you su the installation, then every user can play the game. For some reason, I hadn't tried that before. Turns out it works. Thanks for all your help. 
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