Docking Station Linux Technical FAQ

Linux System Requirements:
x86 or 100% compatible processor (Pentium, AMD) - must be at least Pentium 2 or equivalent x86
32Mb RAM (Docked with Creatures 3 will require 64Mb)
100Mb hard drive space (but only a 20Mb download)
Linux kernel 2.2
Glibc 2.1
Other common software: GTK (most versions), GNU text and file utilities (bash, md5sum etc.), wget or Lynx, bzip2
Internet connection

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Technical problems. Q : "I'm running SuSE 7.0 and the game freezes on startup!"
A : SuSE 7.0 ships broken versions of the Xfree86 3.3.6 libraries. You need to upgrade to XFree86 4.0.

Q : "Where can I find my saved worlds?"
A : In your home directory in the folder '.dockingstation/My Worlds'. You can move the folders in there to other places to backup the worlds or to give them to friends.

Q : "Where do I put .agents files that I've downloaded?"
A : The Linux version of Docking Station has the same agent and egg file format as the Windows version. To install the file, copy it to '.dockingstation/My Agents'. If you have multiple users on one machine, you can put the agent file in '/usr/local/games/dockingstation/My Agents' to give everyone access to it.

Q : "How do I install Docking Station in my home directory?"
A : If you don't have 'super user' access to your computer, you can install Docking Station to your home directory. Instead of typing './dstation-install', type the following: mkdir ~/bin INSTALL_DEST=~/DockingStation BIN_DEST=~/bin ./dstation-install After installation you can then run the game by typing '/bin/dockingstation', or you can add '~/bin' to your path.

Q : "How do I: change the language after installation, uninstall, check my installation is OK or launch the game without checking for updates?"
A : Type 'dockingstation --help' for information on how to do all these things.

Q: "I'm having weird trouble and I'm using kernel 2.x.y where x is an odd number, or y is small"
A : Any kernel where x is an odd number, or with 'pre' in its name is an experimental kernel, and may have bugs. Also, the 2.4.y kernel is rather "new" and still contains some bugs. The larger the y' number is, the more stable the kernel is. Please try again with the lastest 2.4.y kernel, or try a 2.2.y kernel. Kernel bugs are difficult to track down, and difficult for us to test. We don't have the resources to support Docking Station with non-stable or patched kernels. We suggest you look at your Linux distribution's web site for further details concerning kernels.

Q : Towards the end of installation I get the following error message:

Converting images for checksumming
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0

A : On some distributions root does not have privileges to open a window on the X server. To solve this problem, type xhost + (that's one space between "xhost" and "+") before installation. You won't have to download everything again. Just rerun the installation, it will check the files then continue with the install.

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