Thanks bilbous,
The repository has the latest planeshift distro, besides all the latest dependancies.
I believe most everyone soon installs to HD soon after trying the live cd. It is the fastest and most stable OS I ever used, and would have installed it earlier if I hadn't been distracted by running Vista beta.
Late last night, one of the PCLOS support team confirmed my problem on his machine and are looking into it. The site is down due to a database overload caused by the sudden popularity.
The reason I like PCLOS is because of the synaptic system, which has been flawless except in the games I wanted to try.
If I get a chance, I'll try a manual install of planeshift with a usb HD and a sacrificial copy of PCLOS.
All our programs on the repository are pre-screened to work with PCLOS, and I don't want to cause problems in the future with manual installs.