Linux Crashes

[wolfman928]

When i try to run Defcon in Ubuntu 8.04 nothing happens. the screen gos black and the whole computer crshes and i have to do the 6 seconds manual power off.
any ideas what might be wrong. (the icons show up under games and the installer produced no errors)

[Pox]

Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories or Applications -> System I think), type defcon, and paste any output here.

[bert_the_turtle]

I don't think this will be of much use if the screen goes black and the PC freezes

Problems like that are *always* problems with X11 or your drivers. Are you running a fancy 3D effects desktop thing? If so, disable it. They still don't go too well with games.

[xander]

I don't think this will be of much use if the screen goes black and the PC freezes :)

Problems like that are *always* problems with X11 or your drivers. Are you running a fancy 3D effects desktop thing? If so, disable it. They still don't go too well with games.

How about

$ defcon >> some_file.txt ?

xander

[wolfman928]

i got it
i turned off compiz and ran defcon with a sudo command