Wanted: idiot's guide to linux server setup

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Gandalf Parker said:
Ahhhh memory is coming back now.... See if this really REALLY old thread might help.

Well, sort of. I did apt-get install xlibmesa-gl, and it then required libGLU.so.1 so in a fit of inspiration I did apt-get install xlibmesa-glu. I don't mind these, they're only a few hundred k each.

So then I tried again, and it asked me for the CD key. So I typed it in, and it bombed with

-bash: my CD key command not found

which is bizarre. Then I realised I was trying to run it in the background ...

You see, I want to run it unattended. Is that possible, for one of the players to choose the map and settings after races have been chosen, instead of having to choose those on the server?

Failing that, I can script all the settings and then run it in the background, right? Or is it going to ask for the damn CD key every time?

While you're there, I've just tried running the client on my other linux box, in Gnome. It takes 100% CPU all the time! What's the solution for this? In Windoze it takes 100% CPU if I'm stupid enough to leave it at the game selection screen, but it's fine once I start the game and move to the main map screen. In Linux it's still using 100% CPU on the main map screen. Am I doing something wrong?

CC