HOW-TO: Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper - 6.10 Edgy

[Massimo32]

1) First of all you need hardware acceleration.
Some useful links:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport ... VideoCards
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto

How to check:

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glxinfo | grep direct

You should get: direct rendering: Yes

2) then you need to install the shared library libXxf86vm

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm1

3) and add a simbolic link to the library:

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sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1 /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so

Also, if you have a joystick connected to the gameport, this may be useful:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=55173