Americas Army Errors + Other Prob??

[Kiada]

I installed americas army, but when i went to execute i got this message:

[root@localhost kiada]# armyops
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
open /dev/[sound/]dsp: Device or resource busy
Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual


History:

Exiting due to error

Now the sound bits pretty obvious, but the other 2.. and suddenly, when i go to add software using Mandrake Control Manager (even if i have no upgrades selected) and i press 'Install' it brings up a big thing..

'The following packages have to be removed for others to be upgraded..'

then proceeds to list what could possibly be every bit of software i have installed?? (i cant be sure, it cuts of at the bottom cause its so long)

Im a newb lol, ive been using Mandrake 9.1 for a day or 2... but ive JUST installed Wine before installing AA, is this anything to do with it you think? any help appreciated! thanks...

[bwkaz]

You can get rid of the /dev/[sound/]dsp error by either shutting down Arts or ESD (which one to shut down depends on which desktop environment you run; Gnome uses ESD, KDE uses Arts), or switching from OSS to the newer Alsa drivers. But switching drivers is a bit complicated, so try shutting down ESD/Arts first. ;)

As for the "couldn't find matching GLX visual" error, what video card do you have? Have you done anything with the drivers? Does glxinfo | grep direct say that direct rendering is on, or off? The "extension XFree86-DRI missing" message is OK if you have an nVidia card and are using their drivers, but if you don't have one of their cards, then you'll need to set up DRI. If you do have one of their cards but aren't using their drivers, then you'll need to install them. www.nvidia.com to download, and there are plenty of posts hanging around here on how to install them.