[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 877886] Re: alien arena fails on upgrade to ocelot

[sparky64]

Got it working by running as root from console. This throws up a lot of errors and another shutdown.
But it does create  the symbolic link. It then starts ok from the games menu/console as an ordinary user.

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Title:
  alien arena fails on upgrade to ocelot

Status in “alien-arena” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Alien arena no longer works following an upgrade to oneiric a few days ago
  version 7.51-3
  console output:

  ~$alien-arena
  ln: creating symbolic link `/home/childs-dt/.config/alien-arena/data1': Permission denied
  using /home/childs-dt/.config/alien-arena/arena for writing
  Could not exec default.cfg
  Could not exec config.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

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