Ohayden: /* Game Fix for Enemy Territory */

2010-08-01T19:10:23Z

Game Fix for Enemy Territory

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= Hydra - The four core beast =
== Server Specifications ==
{| border="1"
! Brand !! Model !! Description !! Link !! Price
|-
|AMD || 9650 / HD9650WCGHBOX || Phenom X4 Quad-Core Processor, 1.10/1.15/1.20/1.25V, 95W, 2.3GHz, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 2MB L3 Cache, Socket AM2+ || [http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=398 Manufacture] [http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009199 Purchased] || $129.99
|-
| ASUS || M2N-MX SE Plus || AM2+/AM2, NVIDIA GeForce 6100, FSB:1000MHz HT (2000 MT/s) North Bridge: NVIDIA GeForce 6100, South Bridge: NVIDIA nForce 430 Conductive Polymer Caps in V-Core || [http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=345&l4=0&model=1870&modelmenu=1 Manufacture] [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131249 Purchased] || $48.99
|-
| Fan died and fried GPU <strike>Chaintech</strike> || <strike>GSE85GT 512MB</strike> || <strike>NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT, 128-bit GDDR2, PCI Express x16, SLI, HDTV Out & DVI-I & D-SUB</strike> || [http://www.chaintech.com.tw/a2111_product_spec.php?serno=370 Manufacture] [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814145156 Purchased] || $51.99
|-
| OCZ || Platinum / OCZ2N10662GK || 2x1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500), CL5, 5-5-5-15, 2.1-2.3V || [http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_8500_platinum_sli_ready_edition_dual_channel Manufacture] [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227178 Purchased] || $26.99
|-
| Seagate || Barracuda 7200.11 / ST3750330AS || 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s || [http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1cd981f8c0f43110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD Manufacture] [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148298 Purchased] || $119.99
|-
| Generic || <N/A> || CD-ROM 48X/AKU, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM || <N/A> || Garage Special
|-
| Cool Master || DK8-9GD4A-0L-GP || 2200 ± 10% RPM, 30.67 CFM, 22 dBA, 95mm, Fan Life Expectancy:40000hrs || [http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?category_id=1627&product_id=2756 Manufacture] [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103050 Purchased] || $9.99
|-
| Linksys || ? || Wireless 10/100 NIC || ||
|-
| Antec || EA500 || ATX12V v2.0, 500W Continuous Power, 80mm low noise cooling fan, 80 PLUS Certified || [http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NjU= Manufacture] [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007 Purchased] || $54.99
|-
| Generic || <N/A> || Generic white case || <N/A> || Garage Special
|}

== BIOS Configuration ==
* P:admin{ex}
* BIOS revision 0503 at initial build
* BIOS revision 0602 on July 16th, 2009

== BIOS Flashing Steps ==
# Download latest BIOS ROM from [http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=M2N-MX%20SE%20Plus here]
# Rename the ROM file to M2PLUSSE.ROM
# Burn to a CD from laptop
# Put the new CD into Hydra
# At boot, press <alt>+<f2> for the EZ BIOS update utility
# It will detect the CD / M2PLUSSE.ROM and then flash the BIOS

== Installed Debian 64Bi Etch and a half ==

* Comment out "deb cdrom:"
vim /etc/apt/sources.list

* Install ssh server / client
apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client

* Install rsync
apt-get install rsync

* Install htop because it so pretty seeing all four cores
apt-get install htop

* Get CPU/HD temp monitor
apt-get install lm-sensors
apt-get install hddtemp

* Run sensors-detect (from lm-sensors) and afterwards "sensors" should work
sensors-detect

* Turned on vino / remote control - This allows for a connect when a session logged in (aka shadowing)
# Select Desktop->Preference->Remote Desktop
# Check "Allow other users to view your desktop"
# Check "Allow other users to control your desktop"
# Uncheck "Ask you for confirmation"
# Check "Require the user to enter this password:"

* Turn on vnc / remote desktop - This allows for a new connection as it creates a new session
# Select Preference->Login Window->Remote TAB->Style->Same as Local
apt-get install vnc4server xinetd xvnc4viewer
vncpasswd /root/.vncpasswd
vim /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
<pre>
[daemon]
#RemoteGreeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdmgreeter
#FLC-Light weight login screen
RemoteGreeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdmlogin

[xdmcp]
#FLC-Enable=true gets gnome to load, otherwise you see just x and no login
#FLC-Uses port 177
Enable=true
</pre>

vim /etc/xinetd.d/Xvnc
<pre>
service Xvnc
{
type = UNLISTED
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/bin/Xvnc
server_args = -inetd :1 -query localhost -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 -once -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc -DisconnectClients=0 -NeverShared passwordFile=/root/.vncpasswd
port = 5901
}
</pre>
* To debug the vnc, I used this to kick out errors:
Xvnc :2 -query localhost -geometry 1024x768 -depth 16 -once -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc -DisconnectClients=0 -NeverShared passwordFile=/root /.vncpasswd

== Install Nvidia Drivers ==

wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/173.14.12/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run

* Get the prerequisites
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` libx11-6 libx11-dev x-window-system-core x-window-system xspecs libxtst6 psmisc build-essential

* Nvidia wants x server to be close and for some odd reason CTRL+ALT+F1 (or any other term) was just blanking out the screen (after installing nvidia drivers, this problem goes away). I had to become creative, hence the following:
update-rc.d -f gdm remove
* Reboot and install Nivdia drivers
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run
update-rc.d -f gdm defaults
* Reboot again and volia

== Install VMWare ==
* Setup static IP

vim /etc/network/interfaces
<pre>
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.90
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.5
</pre>

* Restart network
/etc/init.d/networking restart

* Add nameserver
<strike> vim /etc/resolv.conf
<pre>
search server
nameserver 192.168.0.5
</pre>
</strike>
vim /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/tail
<pre>
nameserver 192.168.0.5
</pre>

* Add name to hosts
vim /etc/hosts
<pre>
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.90 hydra.crancho.com hydra
</pre>
* Update package database
apt-get update

* Get the prerequists (If you install the nvidia driver, then this may already be done)
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` libx11-6 libx11-dev x-window-system-core x-window-system xspecs libxtst6 psmisc build-essential

* Create a dir for VMs
mkdir /var/vm

* Get VMware Server for linux (Binary tar.gz) from http://www.vmware.com/download/server and copy to tmp
cd /tmp
tar xfz VMware-server-*.tar.gz

* Run the script
cd vmware-server-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

* Read questions carefully, typically I accept all the defaults except the VM directory as I prefer /var/vm for short justice

* Install "ia32-libs" if you receive the following error:
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

== Sound Fix for Enemy Territory ==
aptitude install alsa
mkdir /share/et
cd /share/et
wget http://nullkey.ath.cx/~stuff/et-sdl-sound/et-sdl-sound.gz
gunzip -d et-sdl-sound.gz
chmod a+x et-sdl-sound
cp et-sdl-sound /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/
cd /usr/local/bin/
mv et et.orig
ln -s /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/et-sdl-sound et
cd /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/
mv et et.orig
ln -s /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/et-sdl-sound et
== Game Fix for Enemy Territory ==
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/et +r_mode "-1" +r_customheight "768" +r_customwidth "1024" +vid_restart

== Final Touch Ups ==
* Added the following to /etc/crontab
*/5 * * * * root /sbin/flc/setip.sh
0 0 * * * root /sbin/flc/setdatetime.sh > /dev/null

=== /sbin/flc/setip.sh ===
Private use only - Not documented here.

===/sbin/flc/setdatetime.sh ===
Cheap way of fixing date / time without using a NTP client.
#!/bin/sh
# Date-Time by Frank Cardoza (Who needs NTP Client... blah!)
rdate time.mit.edu &
rdate tick.greyware.com &
rdate utcnist.colorado.edu &

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