alien arena problem

[Fabian Melters]

try to set the rights for ~/.config/alien-arena:

chown -R psutton:psutton ~/.config/alien-arena

xx4h

On 03.12.2012 21:49, paul sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am running Lubuntu 12.04 and have just installed Alien arena,
>
> psutton at E-machine:~$ uname -a
> Linux E-machine 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:19:45 UTC
> 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>
> psutton at E-machine:~$ lsb_release -a
> LSB Version:
> core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
> Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
> Release:    12.04
> Codename:    precise
>
> if any of the above helps,  I have lubuntu_desktop installed hence it is
> saying Ubuntu but the base OS is the same, or pretty much the same.
>
> upon running i get the following output
>
> psutton at E-machine:~$ alien-arena
> ln: failed to create symbolic link
> `/home/psutton/.config/alien-arena/data1': Permission denied
> using /home/psutton/.config/alien-arena/arena for writing
> Could not exec default.cfg
> Could not exec config.cfg
> Could not exec profile.cfg
> Console initialized.
> --------- [Loading Renderer] ---------
> Master server at 69.136.224.226:27900
> Sending shutdown to 69.136.224.226:27900
> recursive shutdown
> Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx
> psutton at E-machine:~$
>
>
> any suggestions welcome please
>
> Paul
>