In order to do this in the folder I put it in (/usr/games/neverball-1.0.0), I had to be root. It would not run as a normal user. I put this in my home directory (did the whole chmod thing too), pointed the link to this file, and it works slick. Even though I have it working, how can I get the start.sh in the game directory to work for everyone (so I do not have to put this file in everyone's home directory)? Thanks for all the help Russ The Purple Tiger wrote:
On Tuesday 20 January 2004 03:09, Russ wrote:
5. do a "chmod u+x start.sh"
What does this do?
chmod: Change the "mode" or "permissions" of a file u+x : This means that for the [U]ser that owns the file, make it e[X]ecutable [runnable] start.sh: The file to do the actions to.
In dos it is like calling something .bat - it is a script that is now runnable :)
6. link to the start.sh script and all should be well :)
Even though I didn't do the chmod thing, I pointed the link to start.sh and still nothing. Game still plays though when I go through the console ... yada yada yada
Yes, this is because you didn't tell the system that the script is runnable [the chmod line]. Try the chmod line above, which should make it work.
Thanks
No problem :)